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Always is the second album of Pebbles. It was released in 1990 on MCA Records, and spawned two #1 R&B hits, "Giving You the Benefit" and "Love Makes Things Happen", a duet with Babyface, as well as the top 5 R&B hit "Backyard" with Salt-n-Pepa and the top 20 R&B hit "Always".

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Giving You the Benefit"L.A. Reid, Babyface5:40
2."Backyard" (featuring Salt-n-Pepa)L.A. Reid, Babyface, Salt5:56
3."Love Makes Things Happen" (with Babyface)L.A. Reid, Babyface5:10
4."Say a Prayer for Me"L.A. Reid, Babyface5:15
5."Why Do I Believe" (Prelude)Babyface1:05
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Give It to Me"L.A. Reid, Babyface4:10
7."Why Do I Believe"Babyface3:53
8."Always"Pebbles, Danny Sembello5:33
9."Stay With Me"Daryl Simmons, Kayo, Pebbles4:38
10."Good Thang"L.A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons, Kayo, Pebbles4:25
CD bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Giving You the Benefit" (Extended Club Mix)L.A. Reid, Babyface7:41

Production

  • Executive Producers: L.A Reid & Babyface, Perri Reid
  • Producers: L.A. Reid & Babyface, Pebbles, Daryl Simmons, Kayo
  • Recorded & Engineered By Ron Christopher, Ryan Dorn, Jim Dutt, John Gass, Thom "TK" Kidd, Barney Perkins
  • Assistant Engineers: Michael Alvord, Steve Battle, Mike Baumgartner, Kyle Bess, Rich Caughron, Jim Champagne, Milton Chan, Ross Donaldson, Fred Law, Ted Malia, Joe Shay, Donnell Sullivan, Michael White, Bill Zalin, Jim "Z" Zumpano
  • Mixing: Jon Gass, L.A. Reid
  • Mastering: Eddy Shreyer

Personnel

  • Drums: Kayo, L.A. Reid
  • Percussion: Kayo, L.A. Reid
  • Bass: Babyface, Kayo
  • Guitars: Babyface
  • Keyboards: Babyface, Kayo, Danny Sembello, Daryl Simmons
  • Synthesizer Programming (Fairlight CMI, Yamaha DX7, Roland): Donald K. Parks
  • Backing Vocals: After 7, Babyface, Cherrelle, Johnny Gill, Bambi Jones, Kayo, Pebbles, Daryl Simmons, Karyn White

Chart

Year Chart[3] Peak
position
1990 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 12
1990 US Billboard 200 37

References

  1. ^ Hogan, Ed. Always review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  2. ^ Sandow, Greg (September 14, 1990). "Always review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013-03-23. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Always > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
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