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Provocative is the fourth album by American R&B recording artist Johnny Gill. It was his second album for Motown Records and fourth album overall.

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Provocative
Studio album by Johnny Gill
Released	June 8, 1993 (1993-06-08)
Recorded	1992-93
Studio	Flyte Tyme Studios (Edina, Minnesota) Studio LaCoCo Doppler Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) Elumba Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California) Studio 4 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre	R&B new jack swing soul
Length	47:43 (US version) 63:15 (UK version)
Label	Motown
Producer	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Babyface and L.A. Reid Boyz II Men Daryl Simmons and Kayo
Johnny Gill chronology
Johnny Gill (1990) Provocative (1993) Let's Get the Mood Right (1996)

Three singles were released from the album with music videos. The first single, "The Floor", was accompanied by a music video directed by Julien Temple. Temple previously directed the music video "Fairweather Friend" from Gill's previous album.[1] The second single "I Got You" was directed by Sanji.[2] The video for the third single "Long Way From Home" was directed by Wayne Isham.

Provocative was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 11, 1993.[3] The most successful single from the album was "The Floor", which peaked at number six in Australia,[4] reached number 56 on the US Billboard Hot 100,[5] and charted within the top 50 in the Netherlands and New Zealand.[4]

Track listing

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies a co-producer
• "I Got You" contains a drum sample of "Synthetic Substitution", written by Herb Rooney, and performed by Melvin Bliss.
• "A Cute, Sweet, Love Addiction" contains an element of "Turn Back the Hands of Time", written by Jack Daniels and Bonnie Thompson, and performed by Tyrone Davis.

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes,[6] Discogs[7] and Allmusic.[8]

• Jimmy Jam, Babyface, Nathan Morris, Daryl Simmons, McKinley Horton - keyboards
• Jimmy Jam, L.A. Reid, Nathan Morris, Daryl Simmons - drum programming
• Stokley Williams - drums
• Kayo, Johnny Crooms - bass
• Terry Lewis, Stokley Williams - percussion
• Billy Steele - piano
• Karyn White, Lisa Keith, Mint Condition, Babyface, Marc Nelson, Alexandra Brown, Jamecia Bennett, Pamela Copeland, Nycolia "Tye-V" Turman, Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris - backing vocals

Technical

• Recording engineer: Steve Hodge, Dave Rideau, Jim Zumpano, Donnell Sullivan, Brad Gilderman, Thom Kidd, Phil Tan
• Mixing: Steve Hodge, Dave Rideau, Barney Perkins, Dave Way
• Mastering: Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Photography: Pamela Springsteen
• Art Direction: Jonathan Clark
• Design: Emilie Burnham

References

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