Sexsational (Tony Thompson album)

Sexsational is the only solo album by American R&B singer Tony Thompson of the group Hi-Five. It was released June 23, 1995, on Giant Records. The album spawned two singles, one of which was its lead single scored moderate success, the top 20 R&B hit "I Wanna Love Like That" became his highest-charting sole appearance on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking inside the top sixty, where it reached #59 on that chart.

Sexsational
Studio album by Tony Thompson
Released	June 23, 1995
Studio	Various Axis Recording Studios Battery Studios Electric Lady Studios The Hit Factory Unique Recording Studios (New York) Future Recording Studios (Virginia Beach, Virginia) The Tracken Place (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	R&B
Length	50:23
Label	Giant
Producer	Babyface Jeffrey Bowens (exec.) Sean "Puffy" Combs Charles Farrar Reggie Griffin Dave Hollister Jon-John Jerome Jefferson Jonathan C. Kinloch (exec.) Darryl Pearson Teddy Riley Al B. Sure DeVante Swing The Characters Joe Thomas Tony Thompson (also exec.)
Tony Thompson chronology
Hi-Five's Greatest Hits (1994) Sexsational (1995)
Singles from Sexsational
"I Wanna Love Like That" Released: March 28, 1995 "Handle Our Business" Released: May 23, 1995

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Sexsational received positive reviews, particularly praise for Thompson's vocals, but was criticized for the album's weak material, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, writing, "when given the right material, Thompson is convincing, but he isn't powerful enough to rescue weak songs." and awarded the album three out of five stars.[2]

Chart performance

The album charted within the top 100 of the US Billboard 200, peaking at number ninety-nine. It fared better on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it peaked inside the top twenty of that chart, peaking number seventeen.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Know"	Mary J. Blige Tony Dofat Faith Evans	Sean "Puffy" Combs	4:43
2.	"What's Goin' On"	Evans	Combs	4:17
3.	"I Wanna Love Like That"	Babyface	Jon-John Reggie Griffin	5:07
4.	"Sweat"	Albert Joseph Brown III Maurice Pearl	Al B. Sure! Maurice Pearl	4:06
5.	"Handle Our Business"	Dave Hollister Chris "Lil' Chris" Smith	Hollister Smith^[a] Jerome Jefferson^[a]	4:28
6.	"My Cherie Amour"	Henry Cosby Sylvia Moy Stevie Wonder	The Characters	3:45
7.	"Come Over"	Evans Floyd Howard Chucky Thompson	The Characters Thompson	5:08
8.	"Dance With Me"	Babyface	Jon-John Griffin	4:51
9.	"Goodbye Eyes"	Farrar Taylor	The Characters	4:39
10.	"Slave"	Melissa Elliott Darryl Pearson DeVante Swing	Pearson Swing	4:59
11.	"Break It Down"	Joe Thomas Michelle Williams	Joe	4:20

Notes

• ^{^a} denotes co-producer

Personnel

Tony Thompson: Vocals, Background Vocals, Primary Artist Al B. Sure!: Composer, Engineer, Producer Babyface: Composer Dave Hollister: Producer, Composer, Background Vocalist Teddy Riley: Keyboards, Guest Artist, Composer, Programming

DeVante Swing: Composer, Producer, Background Vocalist Missy Elliott: Background Vocalist Mary J. Blige: Background Vocals Faith Evans: Guest Artist, Background Vocals Joe: Composer, Producer, Background Vocals

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[3]	99
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4]	17

References

3. "Tony Thompson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
4. "Tony Thompson Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2017.

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