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I'm Movin' On is the third studio album recorded by American singer CeCe Peniston, released on September 9, 1996, by A&M Records. Taking Peniston's work deeper foray into mainstream R&B genre, A&M consulted a number of pop musicans to record with her, including Dave Hall, Gordon Chambers, and Andrea Martin. Other collaborated include DJ Steve "Silk" Hurley, Damon Thomas, Danny Sembello, Darryl Pearson, and Jorge "G-Man" Corante.

I'm Movin' On
Studio album by
CeCe Peniston
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1996 (1996-09-09)
Length71:56
LabelA&M
Producer
  • Dave Hall
  • Darren "Nitro" Clowers & Romany Malco
  • Danny Sembello & Albert Willis
  • Bradley & Storm
  • JoJo Hailey & Daryl Pearson
  • Oji Pierce
  • Steve "Silk" Hurley
  • Jorge "G. Man" Corante
CeCe Peniston chronology
Good News in Hard Times
(1995)		 I'm Movin' On
(1996)		 The Best Of
(1998)
Singles from I'm Movin' On
  1. "Movin' On"
    Released: July 16, 1996
  2. "Before I Lay (You Drive Me Crazy)"
    Released: November 5, 1996

Upon release, the album garnered mixed to favorable reviews from music critics. Most of them criticized the predominant promoting of R&B tracks, as well as her label for insistence on Peniston abandoning dance community in favor of urban arena. In terms of chart performance, the album has been viewed as a commercial failure with no entry on the US Billboard 200, nor overseas. The only out of two released singles that cracked the US Billboard Hot 100 list was the lead single "Movin' On", which climbed to number eighty-three, eventually. "Somebody Else's Guy", an update of Jocelyn Brown's hit from 1984, became a surprising hit for Peniston in addition, after being promoted as support of her greatest hits compilation, and the closing release under her contract with A&M.


Background


I'm Movin' Onwas supposed to be Peniston's deeper foray into mainstream R&B followed the pattern of her previous release Thought 'Ya Knew (1994), in which Peniston began her unsuccessful transition into the R&B market. The label heavily focusing on hip-hop influenced R&B jams and a variety of slow ballads invited several producers to join her session, in front of Dave Hall and Gordon Chambers, who co-wrote the title track. This time, Peniston reprised her fellow collaboration with Steve Hurley on two songs. "The Last to Know" that she co-wrote, and "Don't Know What to Do". None of these would be released on single, though. In order to push her musical horizons further, A&M also featured JoJo Hailey of the group Jodeci and Tenina Stevens (also known as Suga T), as the first time ever that another artists would be vocally credited on her record.


Critical reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]

I'm Movin' On met with mixed to favorable reviews from music critics. AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis labeled the A&M calculations to reincarnate Peniston into an R&B diva as "total alienation of her core fans" and her "career killer". Apart from giving the album two and a half (out of five) stars, he branded most of songs as "R&B clichés of the 1990s abound", but praised "Don't Know What to Do" and the singer's cover version of "Somebody Else's Guy".[1] William Stevenson from Entertainment Weekly foresaw in his B-graded review that the "blah ballads" are [to be] waste of Peniston's voice tailor-made for dance genre, citing also Jocelyn Brown's "Don't Know What to Do" and "House Party" as the album's most powerful pipes that should not had been overlooked on single.[2] Rudi Meyer of Vibe was the most enthusiastic about Peniston's approach towards R&B mainstream. Appealing to the singer's past urban hit singles (such as "Keep on Walkin", "Inside That I Cried" and "I'm in the Mood"), she found potential in her new material (namely in "The Last to Know", "If It Should Rain" and "Before I Lay"). Meyer rated the final result as "mostly pleasing outcome". Nevertheless, she praised club oriented tracks at the same time.[3]


Chart performance


Two weeks after its official shipping to music stores, the album entered the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart at number forty-eight (its peak) on September 28, 1996. In total, the set spent four weeks in the component chart, with no appearance in the Billboard 200,[4] or in the overseas albums charts.


Track listing


I'm Movin' On — Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Movin' On"
Hall3:46
2."Looking for a Love That's Real"
  • Clowers
  • Malco
3:54
3."Sprung on You (Groove Me)"
  • Willis
  • Sembello
5:00
4."Try"
  • Bradley Spalter
  • Emanuel Officer
  • Robert Daniels
  • Spalter
  • Storm
4:55
5."Before I Lay (You Drive Me Crazy)"
  • JoJo Hailey
  • Darryl Pearson
  • Hailey
  • Pearson
4:47
6."Somebody Else's Guy"
Darren "Nitro" Clowers5:37
7."If It Should Rain"
  • Clowers
  • Malco
Clowers3:48
8."House Party"
  • Peniston
  • Oji Pierce
  • Emanuel
  • Pierce
  • Officer
4:11
9."The Last to Know"
  • Peniston
  • Steve Hurley
S. Hurley5:22
10."Interlude I"
Jorge "G-Man" Corante1:03
11."I'm Over You"
  • Martin
  • Corante
  • Harris
  • Thomas
  • Ford
Corante4:40
12."Don't Know What to Do"
  • S. Hurley
  • Tonia Hurley
S. Hurley4:49
13."Interlude II"
  • Martin
  • Corante
  • Harris
  • Thomas
  • Ford
Corante1:03
Total length:71:56
US and Canadian edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Movin' On" (G. Man Slammin' Remix without Rap)
  • Hall
  • Peniston
  • Chambers
4:25
Australian, European and Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Don't Know What to Do" (Silk House Mix)
  • S. Hurley
  • Tonia Hurley
S. Hurley5:31
16."Looking for a Love That's Real" (David Morales House Mix)
  • Clowers
  • Malco
  • Clowers
  • Malco
  • David Morales[a]
4:05

Notes

"Sprung on You (Groove Me)"
"Don't Know What to Do"
"The Last to Know"
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Credits and personnel



Charts


Chart performance for I'm Movin' On
Chart (1996) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5] 48

Release history


Release history for I'm Movin' On
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
United States September 9, 1996
  • CD
  • cassette
 A&M Records
Japan September 11, 1996 [6]

References


General

Specific

  1. Promis, Jose F. "I'm Movin' On Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  2. Stevenson, William (1996-09-13). "I'm Movin' On Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  3. Meyer, Rudi (September 1996). "I'm Movin' On Review". Vibe. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  4. "CeCe Peniston - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  5. "CeCe Peniston Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  6. "シー・シー・ペニストン" (in Japanese). Oricon. oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-03-21. ムービン・オン ▪ 発売日 1996年09月11日 ▪ 品番 POCM-1180




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