Inner Child

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Inner Child
Studio album by Shanice
Released November 19, 1991
Recorded 1991
Genre Pop/R&B, New jack swing
Length 59:36
Label Motown
Producer Narada Michael Walden & Hakeem Samad, with Louis Biancaniello, Eric Daniels & Mike Mani (associate & additional production)
Shanice chronology
Discovery
(1987)
Inner Child
(1991)
21... Ways To Grow
(1994)
Singles from Inner Child
  1. "I Love Your Smile"
    Released: October 22, 1991
  2. "I'm Cryin'"
    Released: February 18, 1992
  3. "Silent Prayer"
    Released: April 28, 1992
  4. "Lovin' You"
    Released: August 11, 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[1]

Inner Child is the second studio album by American R&B singer Shanice Wilson, released November 19, 1991 on Motown Records. The album peaked at No. 13 on Billboards Top R&B Albums chart. The lead single I Love Your Smile peaked at #2 Pop and #1 R&B charts.[2] The album also features the remake of Minnie Riperton's 1974 hit "Lovin' You" which hit #59 on the R&B Singles chart in the summer of 1992. Her other two singles, "I'm Cryin''" and her duet with Johnny Gill, "Silent Prayer", also proved to be successful on the R&B charts. The album was certified Gold making it Shanice's most successful album.

The UK album version features track 14 - I Love Your Smile (Driza Bone Remix) – 4:23

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. Keep Your Inner Child Alive (interlude) – 1:24 (Sally Jo Dakota, Narada Michael Walden)
  2. I Love Your Smile – 4:19 (Featuring Branford Marsalis) (Walden, Jack Baker, Shanice, Bernard Jackson)
  3. Forever In Your Love – 4:46 (Baker, Dakota, Walden)
  4. I'm Cryin' – 5:07 (Dakota, Walden, Shanice)
  5. I Hate To Be Lonely – 6:46 (Walden, Wilson, Louis Biancaniello)
  6. Stop Cheatin' On Me – 4:50 (Baker, Walden, Shanice, Sandy Griffith, Claytoven Richardson)
  7. Silent Prayer (duet with Johnny Gill) – 5:03 (Walden, Jeffrey Cohen)
  8. Peace in the World – 4:26 (Baker, Dakota, Walden, Shanice)
  9. Lovin' You – 3:57 (Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph)
  10. You Ain't All That – 4:36 (Walden, Shanice, Biancaniello, Mike Mani, Hathaway Pogue)
  11. Shanice & Mookie Meet Homie (interlude) – 0:23
  12. You Didn't Think I'd Come Back This Hard – 3:39 (Baker, Shanice, Mani, Eric Daniels)
  13. You Were The One – 5:21 (Shanice, Crystal Wilson, D. Duncan, K. Anderson)
  14. I Love Your Smile (Hakeem's Mix) – 4:16
  15. Goodnight (interlude) – 0:23

[edit] Singles

Year Title Pop R&B
1991 "I Love Your Smile 2 1
1992 "I'm Cryin'" 11
"Silent Prayer" 31 4
"Lovin' You" 59

[edit] Personnel

  • Shanice: Vocals, Spoken Word, Synthesizers
  • Louis Biancaniello, Eric Daniels, Mike Mani, Claytoven Richardson: Keyboards, Programming, Vocal Backing
  • Vernon "Ice" Black, Corrado Rustici, Ric Wilson: Guitars
  • Joel Smith: Bass
  • Narada Michael Walden: Keyboards, Synthesizers, Programming, Drums, Percussion
  • Branford Marsalis: Sax
  • Johnny Gill: Spoken Word
  • Jarvis La Rue Baker, Kitty Beethoven, Zorana Edun, Nikita Germaine, Sandy Griffith, Chris Hawkins, Skyler Jett, Ellen Keating, Alyssa Lala, Tony Lindsey, Crystal Wilson: Vocal Backing
  • String Arrangements By Jerry Hey

[edit] Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Swiss Album Charts 12
Norwegian Album Charts 16
Swedish Albums Chart 17
Austrian Album Charts 29
US Billboard 200 83[3]
US Top R&B Albums 13[4]

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