Joey Lawrence (album)

Joey Lawrence is the debut album by American singer and actor Joey Lawrence,[2] released on February 2, 1993 on MCA Records. It features a total of three singles; the biggest of which, the Lawrence co-written "Nothin' My Love Can't Fix", reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Joey Lawrence
Studio album by Joey Lawrence
Released	February 2, 1993
Genre	New jack swing
Length	50:20
Label	Impact/MCA
Producer	Steve Barri Eric Beall Vassal Benford Steve Diamond Alexandra Forbes Jud J. Friedman Axel Kroell Jim Lang Tony Peluso Nathaniel Phillips Ian Prince Richard Scher Elliot Wolff
Joey Lawrence chronology
Joey Lawrence (1993) Soulmates (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "I Can't Help Myself" (Axel Kroell; Mark Holden; Michael Price) – 4:24
2. "Nothin' My Love Can't Fix" (Joey Lawrence; Alexandra Forbes; Eric Beall) – 4:03
3. "Stay Forever" (Joey Lawrence; Ariel Shallit; Art Lafrentz Bacon; Nicholas Bacon) – 4:18
4. "Justa 'Nother Love Song" (Joey Lawrence; Michael Price; Richard Scher; Terry Lupton) – 4:20
5. "Night by Night" (Richard Scher; Steve Diamond) – 4:19
6. "I Like the Way (Kick da Smoove Groove)" (Joey Lawrence; Ariel Shallit; Lafrentz Bacon, Arthur) – 4:18
7. "In These Times" (Joey Lawrence; Elliot Wolff) – 4:17
8. "Anything for Love" (Ronald Spearman; Vassal Benford) – 4:04
9. "My Girl" (Joey Lawrence; Elliot Wolff) – 3:25
10. "Where Does That Leave Me" (Joey Lawrence; Allan Rich; Jud J. Friedman) – 4:46
11. "The Ways of Love" (Joey Lawrence; Ian Prince) – 4:33
12. "Read My Eyes" (Joey Lawrence; Russ Faith) – 3:26

Singles

1. "Nothin' My Love Can't Fix" – February 9, 1993 (US #19,[3] UK #13)[4]
2. "Stay Forever" (US #52,[3] UK #41)[4]
3. "I Can't Help Myself" – October 12, 1993 (UK #27)[4]

Personnel

• Joey Lawrence – main vocal
• Maxi Anderson, Liz Constantine, Joey Diggs, Jim Gilstrap, Julia Waters, Oren Waters, Maxine Waters, Terry Wood, Monalisa Young, Terry Young – backing vocals
• Steve Skinner – keyboards and programming
• Jim Lang – keyboards
• Steve Diamond, Dean Parks, Sheldon Reynolds – guitars
• Nathaniel Phillips – keyboards, drums
• Richard Scher – drums
• Ronald Spearman – percussion
• Richard Elliott, Dave Koz – saxophone

Production

• Produced by Steve Barri, Eric Beall, Vassal Benford, Steve Diamond, Alexandra Forbes, Jud J. Friedman, Axel Kroell, Jim Lang, Tony Peluso, Nathaniel Phillips, Ian Prince, Richard Scher and Elliot Wolff
• Associate producers – Julie Barri, Joey Lawrence, Randy Nicklaus
• Engineers – Ted Blaisdell, Martin Brass, Phil Brown, Jim Lang, Tony Peluso, Richard Scher, Joe "Gruvtek" Seta, Fred Tenny, Elliot Wolff
• Assistant engineers – Benny Mouthon, Axel Nielhaus
• Mixing – Ted Blaisdell, Victor Flores, Steve Peck, Tony Peluso
• Mix assistant – Fred Kelly
• Mastering – Steve Hall

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
RPM Canadian Albums Chart[5]	25
UK Albums Chart[4]	39
US Billboard 200[6]	74

References

1. AllMusic
2. "Joey Lawrence". PopMatters. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
3. "Joey Lawrence - Chart history - Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
4. "joey-lawrence - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
5. "Joey Lawrence: Joey Lawrence". bac-lac.gc.ca. RPM.
6. "Joey Lawrence - Chart history - Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 16 August 2017.