Words (Tony Rich album)
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| Studio album by Tony Rich | ||||||||||
| Released | January 16, 1996 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||||||||
| Genre | R&B, neo soul | |||||||||
| Label | LaFace, Arista | |||||||||
| Producer | Tony Rich, Antonio M. Reid (exec.) | |||||||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (A)[3] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [4] |
| New York Times | (favorable)[5] |
| Q | [6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| USA Today | [8] |
| Washington Post | (favorable)[9] |
| Yahoo! Music | (favorable)[10] |
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Words is the debut album of American R&B musician Tony Rich, released January 16, 1996 on LaFace Records. The album is produced, written, arranged and performed by Tony Rich. In 1997, the album won a Grammy Award for the Best R&B Album.
At the start of 1996 with the acoustic R&B ballad, "Nobody Knows", the song was a hit peaking at #2 for 2 weeks, going platinum, and spending almost a year on the Billboard Hot 100 (47 weeks).[citation needed]
In total three singles were released from Words: "Nobody Knows", "Like a Woman", and "Leavin'".
[edit] Track listing
- "Hey Blue" — 3:48
- "Nobody Knows" — 5:06
- "Like a Woman" — 4:08
- "Grass is Green" — 4:08
- "Ghost" — 4:21
- "Leavin'" — 3:44
- "Billy Goat" — 4:11
- "Under Her Spell" — 4:24
- "Little Ones" — 3:37
- "Missin' You" — 3:49
[edit] References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. [Words (Tony Rich album) at Allmusic Review: Words]. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Review: Words". The Village Voice: May 21, 1996. Archived from the original on 2009-08-05.
- ^ Browne, David. Review: Words. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
- ^ Hilburn, Robert. Review: Words. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
- ^ Columnist. "Review: Words". The New York Times: 30. February 11, 1996.
- ^ Columnist. "Review: Words". Q: 115. March 2000.
- ^ Cooper, Carol. Review: Words. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
- ^ Ayers, Anne. "Review: Words". USA Today: 3.D. January 30, 1996.
- ^ Joyce, Mike. "Review: Words". The Washington Post: February 7, 1996.
- ^ Waller, Don. Review: Words. Yahoo! Music. Retrieved on 2009-08-05.
