All for Love (album)
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| Studio album by New Edition | |||||
| Released | November 04, 1985 | ||||
| Recorded | 1985 | ||||
| Genre | Bubblegum pop/R&B | ||||
| Length | 45:15 | ||||
| Label | MCA | ||||
| Producer | Vincent Brantley Richard Rudolph Michael Sembello Rick Timas Freddie Perren New Edition |
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All for Love is an album released by R&B quintet New Edition on the MCA label in 1985. It also was the last studio album involving original member Bobby Brown until 1996.
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[edit] Overview
[edit] History
By spring 1985, New Edition were one of the biggest pop acts in the world after the success of their second self-titled album, which was released in 1984. By this point, the group—whose members' ages were all around 16, 17 years of age—were going through a transition period, going from teen bubblegum pop to more adult R&B. While most of the members were comfortable with the group's direction, Bobby Brown argued that the songs they were recording were too sappy, and he wanted to stop singing bubblegum pop. Also, Brown was angry that he did not have more than two songs where he was singing lead while Ralph Tresvant (and occasionally Ricky Bell) sang most of the lead vocals. During their second national tour, tensions had grown between the members of the group with some upset that Tresvant was attracting most of the screams from female audience members and, according to Tresvant in Behind The Music trashed their performance on that basis of Tresvant getting the most attention. Brown, in particular, feuded with Tresvant and cut in on Tresvant's leads, often performing more raunchily onstage compared to his bandmates, angering the group's management. By the time of production of this album, the tension between Brown and his bandmates, especially Tresvant, had reached a standstill and while he is featured on all the songs on this album, this would be the final non-Christmas studio album that he was featured on as member of New Edition. Vincent Brantley originally wanted the lead single to feature Brown but MCA balked at this idea and said stick to what works and work with Ralph.
[edit] Release and reaction
While not as hugely successful with its singles as New Edition, All for Love still was able to go double platinum based on the success of the hits "Count Me Out", "With You All the Way" and the sole top 40 pop hit, "A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)", which peaked at number thirty-eight on the pop chart. All three songs reached the top ten of the R&B charts however. With the success of two albums, New Edition continue to reign as the top teen group in the country. Notably, Brown began distancing himself from the band and was not featured on the group's videos for this album. "Count Me Out" in particular only featured Tresvant, Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe.
[edit] Track listing
- "Count Me Out" (Brantley/Timas) (5:37)
- "A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)" (Perren/Wyatt) (4:05)
- "Sweet Thing" (Rudolph/Sembello/Waldman) (4:13)
- "With You All the Way" (Wurtz) (3:30)
- "Let's Be Friends" (Conley/Jackson/Townsend) (4:19)
- "Kickback" (Brantley/Timas) (3:25)
- "Tonight's Your Night" (Duarte/Paul) (3:34)
- "Whispers in Bed" (Duarte/Paul) (3:40)
- "Who Do You Trust?" (Batteau/Sembello) (4:10)
- "School" (Bell/Bivins/DeVoe/Tresvant) (4:52)
- "All for Love" (Duarte/Paul) (3:50)
[edit] Credits
- Ricky Bell: vocals, producer, mixing
- Michael Bivins: vocals, producer, mixing
- Bobby Brown: vocals
- Ronnie DeVoe: vocals, producer, mixing
- Ralph Tresvant: vocals, producer, mixing
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