All My Life: Their Greatest Hits

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All My Life: Their Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedMay 12, 2005
Recorded1994-2002
Genre R&B
Label Geffen Records
K-Ci & JoJo chronology
Emotional
(2002)
All My Life: Their Greatest Hits
(2005)
The Best of K-Ci & JoJo
(2007)

All My Life: Their Greatest Hits is the greatest hits album (eighth overall) released by K-Ci & JoJo. It contains all of their singles as a duo as well as favorites from their four albums.

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Track listing

  1. Last Night's Letter
  2. You Bring Me Up
  3. How Could You
  4. All My Life 1998
  5. Don't Rush (Take Love Slowly) 1998 [2]
  6. If You Think You're Lonely Now (K-Ci)
  7. I Care About You (with Babyface, Kevon Edmonds, Melvin Edmonds)
  8. Never Say Never Again
  9. Through Heaven's Eyes
  10. Life
  11. Tell Me It's Real
  12. Girl
  13. Crazy (Alternate Version)
  14. Wanna Do You Right
  15. I Can't Find the Words
  16. This Very Moment
  17. Special
  18. Down for Life

Personnel

Credits for All My Life: Their Greatest Hits adapted from AllMusic. [3]

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
positions
US Billboard 200 [4] 18
US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [4] 52

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References

  1. Kellman, Andy. "All My Life: Their Greatest Hits – K-Ci & JoJo > Review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
  2. Billboard - 4 Jul 1998 -Vol. 110, No. 27 Page 25 "Now, four months later, their next single, "Don't Rush (Take Love Slow)," ranks No. 42 on Hot R&B Airplay. The only thing is, it's the B-side of "All My Life," which is no longer being manufactured by MCA The label shipped 650,000 copies of the .
  3. "All My Life: Their Greatest Hits – K-Ci & JoJo > Credits". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
  4. 1 2 "All My Life: Their Greatest Hits – K-Ci & JoJo > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-20.