Ginuwine...the Bachelor

Ginuwine...the Bachelor
Studio album by Ginuwine
Released October 8, 1996
Recorded 1995–96
Genre R&B, hip hop soul
Length 63:35
Label 550 Music, Epic
Producer Ginuwine (exec.), Robert Reives (exec.), Timbaland
Ginuwine chronology
Ginuwine...the Bachelor
(1996)		 100% Ginuwine
(1999)100% Ginuwine1999
Singles from Ginuwine...the Bachelor
  1. "Pony"
    Released: August 20, 1996
  2. "Tell Me Do U Wanna"
    Released: March 25, 1997
  3. "When Doves Cry"
    Released: July 25, 1997
  4. "I'll Do Anything / I'm Sorry"
    Released: September 9, 1997
  5. "Only When Ur Lonely"
    Released: September 9, 1997
  6. "Holler"
    Released: December 1, 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Q[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Ginuwine...the Bachelor is the debut studio album from American R&B artist Ginuwine, released October 8, 1996 on 550 Music and distributed through Epic Records. It featured the singles "Pony", "When Doves Cry" and "Holler". It is the second major Swing Mob album (third overall).

The album peaked at number 26 on the US Billboard 200 chart. In March 1999, the album was certified double platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), after sales exceeding two million copies in the United States.

Release and reception

The album peaked at number 26 on the US Billboard 200 and reached the fourteenth spot on the R&B Albums chart.[5] The album was certified gold by January 1997 and double platinum by March 1999.[6]

Rob Theakston of Allmusic stated that with the album "Ginuwine effortlessly displays not only a powerful voice, but sharp songwriting and production skills."[1]

Track listing

All music by Timbaland.

No.TitleWriter(s)Sample(s)[7]Length
1."Intro" * Dialogue from the motion picture The Usual Suspects1:41
2."Pony / Interlude"Stephen Garrett, Lumpkin, Mosley* "Moments in Love" by Art of Noise5:24
3."Tell Me Do U Wanna / Interlude"Jimmy Douglass, Lumpkin, Mosley, Reives 5:34
4."Holler / Interlude" (featuring Nikki and Virginia Slim)Lumpkin, Mosley, Siplin 5:04
5."Hello"Lumpkin, Mosley 4:06
6."Lonely Daze"Barcliff, Lumpkin, Mosley* "You Are Everything" by The Stylistics4:55
7."Ginuwine 4 Ur Mind / Interlude"Lumpkin, Mosley, Reives 5:22
8."Only When Ur Lonely / Interlude"Lumpkin, Mosley, Reives 5:49
9."I'll Do Anything / I'm Sorry" (featuring Timbaland)Elliott, Lumpkin, Stevie Wonder* "Visions" by Stevie Wonder4:14
10."World Is So Cold / Interlude"Lumpkin, Mosley 5:02
11."When Doves Cry / Interlude"Prince 5:08
12."G. Thang / Interlude" (featuring Misdemeanor "Missy" Elliott and Magoo)Barcliff, Geoff Barrow, Elliott, Beth Gibbons, Mosley, Adrian Utley, Williams* "The Boomin' System" by LL Cool J
4:29
13."550 What? / Interlude" (featuring Timbaland)Lumpkin, Mosley 6:47

Chart history

Album

Chart (1996)[5] Peak
position
U.K. Albums Chart[8] 74
U.S. Billboard 200 26
U.S. Heatseekers 1
U.S. R&B Albums 14

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.[9]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Album reviews at CD Universe
  3. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 332. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. 1 2 "allmusic ((( Ginuwine...the Bachelor > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  6. ↑ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - October 2, 2010 : Search Results - Ginuwine". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  7. ↑ Credits as per liner notes for Ginuwine...the Bachelor album
  8. ↑ "Chart Stats – Ginuwine – The Bachelor". ChartStats.com. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  9. ↑ "allmusic ((( Ginuwine...the Bachelor > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
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