Stay (The Controllers album)
| Stay | ||||
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| Studio album by The Controllers | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Quiet storm, boogie, urban contemporary, R&B | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer |
Galen Senogles, Ralph Benatar, Barry J. Eastmond Beau Huggins and Jimmy Bee (Executive producers) | |||
| The Controllers chronology | ||||
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Stay is the 1986 album, released by the late 1970s and 1980s band The Controllers, which was released by MCA Records. It was produced by the band's member Barry J. Eastmond in collaboration with Galen Senogles and Ralph Benatar
The album subsequently went on the charts, peaking at number 25 on the Black Albums chart, making it the most successful R&B album of their career.[1] This album also spanned two R&B singles, "Distant Lover" and their title track "Stay", which was a moderate hit in the UK.[2]
Track listing
All songs written by Barry Eastmond, V.J. Smith, except where noted.
| Side 1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Distant Lover" (M. Gaye, G. Fuqua, S. Greene) | 4:47 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Stay" | 5:43 | ||||||||
| 3. | "So Glad" | 5:04 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Bad Bad Jama" | 4:48 | ||||||||
| Side 2 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 5. | "My Secret Fantasy" (R. Benatar, G. Senogles, K. Pinto) | 4:35 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Breakout the Love" (B. Eastmond, J. Skinner) | 4:50 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Deep in Love" | 4:20 | ||||||||
| 8. | "Got a Thang" (K. Keys, R.A. Brown, B. Eastmond) | 5:11 | ||||||||
Chart positions
The album
| Chart (1986) | Peak position[1] |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 | - |
| US R&B Albums | #25 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | U.S. Club |
U.S. R&B |
UK | |||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | "Distant Lover" | — | — | #23 | — | |||||||||||||||
| 1986 | "Stay" | — | — | #12 | #77 | |||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ((( Stay ))) - Allmusic. Retrieved 07-01-2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Controllers at ChartsStats". ChartsStats. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
- ↑ . Billboard Retrieved 2012-01-07.