Saturday Night (Zhané album)
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| Released | April 22, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–1997 | |||
| Genre | R&B[1] | |||
| Length | 70:18 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
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| Zhané chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Saturday Night | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Muzik | 7/10[3] |
Saturday Night is the second and final studio album from American R&B group Zhané, released April 22, 1997, on Motown Records. The duo broke up in 1999.
The album peaked at number forty-one on the Billboard 200 chart.
Release and reception
[edit]Leo Stanley of AllMusic called the album "infectious" and "more textured and funkier than [Zhané's] debut album."[4]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Request Line" | Ashford, Gist, Lighty, Bolden, Neufville, Simpson | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Saturday Night" (featuring The LOX) | Bowens, Harrison, Jacobs, Neufville, Philips, Styles | 4:49 |
| 3. | "So Badd" | Brown, Gist, Lighty, Neufville, Redman, Simon | 4:43 |
| 4. | "Crush" | Gist, Lighty, Neufville, Coleman | 3:00 |
| 5. | "This Song Is for You" | Neufville, Swinga | 4:25 |
| 6. | "Just Like That" | Ferrell, Neufville, Sparks | 4:59 |
| 7. | "Last Dance" | Gist, Laws, Lighty, Neufville | 4:42 |
| 8. | "Good Times" | Edwards, Rodgers | 4:12 |
| 9. | "For the Longest Time" | Joel | 4:16 |
| 10. | "Rendez-Vous" | Booker, Norris | 4:59 |
| 11. | "My Word Is Bond" | Neufville | 2:41 |
| 12. | "Kindness for Granted" | Neufville | 4:55 |
| 13. | "Temporary Thing" | Norris | 4:31 |
| 14. | "Confusion" | Neufville, Norris | 4:12 |
| 15. | "Color" | Norris | 4:59 |
| 16. | "Piece It Together" (featuring Will Downing and Najee) | Neufville | 4:59 |
Chart history
[edit]Album
[edit]| Chart (1997)[5] | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 41 |
| U.S. R&B Albums | 8 |
Singles
[edit]| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[6] | |||
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | U.S. Rhythmic Top 40 | ||
| 1997 | "Request Line" | 39 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| "Crush" | — | — | 24 | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Personnel
[edit]Information taken from Allmusic.[7]
- art direction – Carol Friedman
- bass – Kirk Lyons
- composing – Naheem "Pop Holiday" Bowens, Michael Harrison, Jean Norris, Gus Redman, Jeffrey Simon
- design – David Harley
- drums – Naheem "Pop Holiday" Bowens, Steve Williams
- engineering – Ben Arrindell, Mike Iverson
- executive production – Celestine, Edward "DJ Eddie F" Ferrell, Andre Harrell, Kay Gee, Charm Warren, Zhané
- guitar – Norman Brown, Mike Campbell
- guitar (bass) – Tony Bridges, Freddie Cash
- keyboards – Scott Booker, Naheem "Pop Holiday" Bowens
- mastering – Chris Gehringer
- mixing – Daniel Abrahams
- multi-instruments – Scott Booker, Malik Pendleton, J.R. Swinga
- percussion – Peter Basil, Bashiri Johnson
- photography – Heidi Niemata
- piano – Renee Neufville, Jean Norris, Kenny Seymour
- production – Renee Neufville, Rex Rideout
- project coordinator – Tony Vanias
- rapping – The LOX
- synthesizer – Scott Booker, Jean Norris
- trumpet – Kevin Batcheler, Kenyatta Beasley, Mark Leadfoot
- vocal arranging – Malik Pendleton
- vocals (background) – Will Downing, Malik Pendleton, Zhané
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Stanley, Leo. Saturday Night > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2000). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
- ^ Springer, Jacqueline (May 1997). "Zhane: Saturday Night" (PDF). Muzik. No. 24. p. 112. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ Stanley, Leo. "allmusic ((( Saturday Night > Review )))". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ "allmusic ((( Saturday Night > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ "allmusic ((( Saturday Night > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ^ "allmusic ((( Saturday Night > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
