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Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill
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Review from allmusic.com
by Jason Birchmeier
Johnny Gill re-established himself as a solo artist in 1990, and he did so in
tremendous fashion, recording an astonishing self-titled debut for Motown
that brought together the hitmaking duos Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and L.A. &
Babyface to produce an album chock-full of hits. The combination of these two
duos was unprecedented. Along with Teddy Riley, they had dominated
late-'80s urban radio, utterly and absolutely, churning out hit after hit after
hit and co-defining the burgeoning new jack swing movement in the process.
Gill likewise had recently experienced enormous success during the late '80s
when, following two flat solo albums for Atlantic, he joined New Edition for its
Heart Break album and its long run of hits, including "Can You Stand the Rain,"
a number one hit that featured him prominently. Thus it was only fitting that
Motown's visionary teaming of these artists at their respective primes
culminated in a set of wonderful songs, chief among them "Rub You the Right
Way" (a Jam & Lewis production) and "My, My, My" (L.A. & Babyface). The
former was a high-energy, pleading chart-stormer that infiltrated urban radio
with brute force and sent Gill straight up the charts in the process; the song
furthermore became a coast-to-coast club favorite -- and remained so for
years upon years afterward, standing tall as one of the definitive new jack
swing anthems of the era. The latter was the yin to "Rub You the Right
Way"'s yang; it became a quiet storm favorite and even crossed over to the
pop and smooth jazz markets, reprising many of the same qualities that had
made Babyface's own "Whip Appeal" single such an across-the-board chart-
topper only a year earlier. While nothing else on Johnny Gill quite rivaled "Rub
You the Right Way" and "My, My, My," the remainder of the album still had
more than its fair share of highlights. There was a second round of singles
("Fairweather Friend" was another new jack stepper, "Wrap My Body Tight"
another slow jam), as well as a couple of excellent album tracks ("Feels So
Much Better" and "Giving My All to You") that could have been hits for anyone
else. But after four singles and a good year or so of chart saturation, Gill and
Motown collected their winnings and moved on. To the continual frustration of
the singer, he would be forever dogged by this unduplicatable success, an
album so massive, so epochal it would become, in a sense, his ultimate legacy.
And a fine legacy it is, indeed.
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Tracklisting
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1. Johnny Gill - Fairweather Friend [04:31]
2. Johnny Gill - Feels So Much Better [04:32]
3. Johnny Gill - Giving My All to You [05:15]
4. Johnny Gill - Just Another Lonely Night [04:09]
5. Johnny Gill - Lady Dujour [04:54]
6. Johnny Gill - Let's Spend the Night [03:49]
7. Johnny Gill - My, My, My (live!) [10:31]
8. Johnny Gill - My, My, My (reprise) [01:04]
9. Johnny Gill - My, My, My [05:17]
10. Johnny Gill - Never Know Love [04:23]
11. Johnny Gill - Rub You the Right Way [05:27]
12. Johnny Gill - Wrap My Body Tight (Jazzy B 12" remake version)[04:55]
13. Johnny Gill - Wrap My Body Tight [04:35]
Playing Time.........: 01:03:26
Total Size...........: 150.30 MB
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Artist...............: Johnny Gill
Album................: Johnny Gill
Genre................: Funk / Soul, Hip Hop
Source...............: CD
Year.................:
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/johnny-gill-1990-mw0000320003
Ripped by............: Grad58 on 7/3/2013
Posted by............: Grad58 on 7/4/2013
Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back
NFO generated on.....: 7/4/2013 5:27:50 AM
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