I'll Give All My Love to You
I'll Give All My Love to You is the second studio album by the American R&B recording artist Keith Sweat. It was released on June 12, 1990, and went to number one on the Top R&B albums chart and number 6 on the Billboard 200. It spawned Sweat's second and third number 1 R&B hits: "Make You Sweat" and the title track (both Top 20 pop hits), while "Merry Go Round" and "Your Love Part 2" were Top 5 R&B hits.
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| Released | June 12, 1990 | |||
| Studio | Unique Recording Studios, New York City[1] | |||
| Genre | New jack swing[2] | |||
| Length | 50:56 | |||
| Label | Vintertainment, Elektra | |||
| Producer | Keith Sweat, Bobby Wooten, Teddy Riley | |||
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| Singles from I'll Give All My Love to You | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Robert Christgau |  [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[5] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
This was the last Keith Sweat album under Vincent Davis' Vintertainment label, which severed ties with Elektra soon after the release of this album. On March 7, 1991, I'll Give All My Love to You was certified double platinum by the RIAA, for shipments of two million copies in the United States.[8] The single "Make You Sweat" was certified gold by the RIAA on October 4, 1990, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States.[8]
Reception
In a review upon the album's release, Rolling Stone gave it three-and-a-half out of five stars and commented that "this album discusses love, lost, found and reclaimed, and lust over grinding, pounding synth grooves".[7] In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, the critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "dud" rating,[4] indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought".[9] The Los Angeles Times writer Connie Johnson wrote, "Sweat's debut album 'Make It Last Forever' caught fire largely because of producer Teddy Riley, and his absence is strongly felt on this Sweat-produced follow-up".[6] Greg Sandow of Entertainment Weekly complimented Sweat's vocals and singing style, but wrote that "despite all this passion, there's no obvious pop hit on the record [...] Most of the tracks sound interchangeably slow and steamy".[5] In a retrospective review, Allmusic editor Alex Henderson called the album "a respectable disc that sounds consistently heartfelt and sincere", writing that "For all its high-tech production gloss and use of hip-hop elements, this self-produced CD reminds you that Sweat is quite aware of the great soul music of the 1970s".[3]
Track listing
Credits adapted from AllMusic.[10]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Interlude (I'll Give All My Love to You)" |
| 0:53 |
| 2. | "Make You Sweat" |
| 5:15 |
| 3. | "Come Back" |
| 4:39 |
| 4. | "Merry Go Round" |
| 7:29 |
| 5. | "Your Love" |
| 5:53 |
| 6. | "Your Love, Pt. 2" | Keith Sweat | 5:51 |
| 7. | "Just One of Them Thangs (featuring Gerald Levert)" | Keith Sweat | 6:12 |
| 8. | "I Knew That You Were Cheatin'" |
| 4:18 |
| 9. | "Love to Love You" |
| 4:50 |
| 10. | "I'll Give All My Love to You" |
| 5:36 |
Personnel
- Keith Sweat – lead vocals, background vocals, keyboards (tracks 5 and 6), producer, mixing
- Teddy Riley – keyboards, producer, drum programming, mixing
- Jacci McGhee – vocals (track 8), background vocals
- Gerald Levert – performer
- John Adams – keyboards
- Thor Baldursson – keyboards, saxophone, drum programming
- Charles "Poogie" Bell, Jr. – drum programming
- Bobby Douglas – keyboards
- Bobby Wooten – keyboards, producer, engineer, mixing[11]
Charts
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] | 54 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[13] | 47 |
| US Billboard 200[14] | 6 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[15] | 1 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[16] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- https://www.facebook.com/UniqueRecordingStudios/photos/a.649655181769411/649655845102678/?type=3&theater
- Holden, Stephen (July 11, 1990). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- Henderson, Alex (August 1, 2003). I'll Give All My Love to You - Keith Sweat. Allmusic. Retrieved on April 17, 2011.
- Christgau, Robert (1990). Robert Christgau: CG: Keith Sweat. The Village Voice. Robert Christgau. Retrieved on April 17, 2011.
- Sandow, Greg (June 15, 1990). I'll Give All My Love to You | Music | EW.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on April 17, 2011.
- Johnson, Connie (July 15, 1990). ** Keith Sweat, "I'll Give All My Love to You," Elektra.: Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to five (a classic). - Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on April 17, 2011.
- Keith Sweat - I'll Give All My Love To You CD Album. Muze. CD Universe. Retrieved on April 17, 2011.
- RIAA - Gold & Platinum: Keith Sweat. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on April 18, 2011.
- Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). Robert Christgau: CG 90s: Key to Icons. Robert Christgau. Retrieved on April 17, 2011.
- Henderson, Alex. "I'll Give All My Love To You". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- Keith Sweat - I'll Give All My Love to You, @Discogs.com. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
- "Dutchcharts.nl – Keith Sweat – I'll Give All My Love to You" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- "Keith Sweat | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- "Keith Sweat Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- "Keith Sweat Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
- "American album certifications – Keith Sweat – I'll Give All My Love to You". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 21, 2020. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
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