Candy Rain is the debut studio album from American R&B group Soul for Real, released March 28, 1995 on Uptown Records and distributed through MCA Records.
Candy Rain | ||||
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Studio album by Soul for Real | ||||
Released | March 28, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994–1995 | |||
Length | 44:47 | |||
Label | Uptown/MCA | |||
Producer | Andre Harrell (exec.), Heavy D (exec.), Trackmasters, Kenny Greene, Dave Cintron | |||
Soul for Real chronology | ||||
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Singles from Candy Rain | ||||
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The album peaked at number twenty-three on the Billboard 200 chart. By August 1995 it was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA after sales exceeding one million copies in the United States.
Candy Rain peaked at twenty-three on the United States Billboard 200 and number five on the R&B Albums chart.[1] The album was certified platinum by August 1995.[2]
While Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic did call the group "undoubtedly fine singers," he didn't feel they were strong enough to make some of the weaker material on the album very convincing.[3]
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Candy Rain" | Barnes, Heavy D & the Boyz, Olivier, Robinson | 4:34 |
2. | "Every Little Thing I Do" | Barnes, Raymond Calhoun, Dwight Myers, Olivier, Robinson | 4:17 |
3. | "All in My Mind" | Belasco, Myers, Olivier, Robinson | 3:56 |
4. | "If You Want It" | Samuel Barnes, Cintron, Myers, Jean-Claude Olivier, Robinson | 3:34 |
5. | "I Wanna Be Your Friend" | Barnes, Myers, Olivier, Robinson | 4:00 |
6. | "Ain't No Sunshine" | William Withers, Jr. | 1:15 |
7. | "Spend the Night" | Barnes, Andre Dalyrimple, Myers, Olivier, Robinson | 3:53 |
8. | "I Don't Know" | Myers, Olivier, Terri Robinson | 8:03 |
9. | "If Only You Knew" | Cynthia Biggs, Kenny Gamble, Myeers, Olivier, Dexter Wansel | 5:50 |
10. | "Thinking of You" | Dave Cintron, Kenny Greene | 4:48 |
11. | "Piano Interlude" | 0:37 |
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Year | Single | Peak chart positions[8] | ||||
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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 | U.S. Top 40 Mainstream | ||
1994 | "Candy Rain" | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
1995 | "Every Little Thing I Do" | 17 | — | 11 | 4 | 25 |
"If You Want It" | — | 43 | 53 | — | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Information taken from Allmusic.[9]
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