KW is the third studio album by American singer Keith Washington. It was released by Silas Records on March 10, 1998. His debut with the label, it reached number 27 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[1]

KW
Studio album by Keith Washington
Released	March 10, 1998
Genre	R&B
Length	61:59
Label	Silas
Producer	Rashad Coes Terry Coffey Mark J. Feist Rob Fusari Calvin Gaines Vincent Herbert Fred Jerkins III Carsten Lindberg Donnie Lyle Marc Nelson Louil Silas, Jr. Joachim Svare Keith Washington Mark Wilson
Keith Washington chronology
You Make It Easy (1993) KW (1998)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

In his review for AllMusic, editor Alex Henderson felt that "containing mostly ballads and slow jams, the CD is very much in the late '90s neo-soul vein – the production is high-tech and hip-hop-ish, but the singing is classic R&B. Washington often brings to mind Alexander O'Neal, and he also shows an awareness of Luther Vandross and Freddie Jackson. A few of the tracks are excellent [...] most of the other material, however, is decent, although not remarkable. But while KW isn't the all-out gem that Washington is quite capable of providing, it was still nice to see him recording again."[2] Billboard found that with KW "Washington brings his no-nonsense ballads and think-on-it, midtempo tracks to the table [...] It will be interesting to see how [he] fares against such other balladeers as R. Kelly and Maxwell."[3]

Track listing

Notes

• ^{^a} denotes co-producer
• ^{^b} denotes additional producer

Charts

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