Another Level | ||||
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Released | September 10, 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Studio | Future Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. | |||
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Length | 70:22 | |||
Label | Interscope | |||
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Singles from Another Level | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Chicago Tribune | [3] |
Muzik | [4] |
Robert Christgau | [5] |
Rolling Stone | (average) [6] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
The Source | (favorable) [4] |
Vibe | (positive) [4] |
Another Level is the second studio album by American R&B group Blackstreet. Released in September 10, 1996, it was the first album with new members Eric Williams and Mark Middleton. [8] They joined the group after replacing departed members Dave Hollister and Levi Little. [9] [8] Another Level was also the first Blackstreet album released under Interscope Records' new distribution deal with MCA Music Entertainment, Inc. after the company was dropped by Time Warner several months before the release of the album. [10]
Another Level was Blackstreet's most commercially successful album, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and No. 1 on the Top R&B Albums chart for five weeks and selling over 4 million copies. [11] It contained the group's biggest hit to date, the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single "No Diggity".
Despite Another Level being their most successful recording and the huge success of the single "No Diggity", member/producer Teddy Riley stated in a 2013 interview with BBC Radio 1Xtra host Ronnie Herel that the album did not have a signature song. [12]
In 2023, the album track "Never Gonna Let You Go" appeared in the Sam Esmail film, Leave the World Behind .
No. | Title | Producer(s), *Co-producer | Length |
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1. | "Black & Street Intro" | Teddy Riley | 1:14 |
2. | "This Is How We Roll" | Teddy Riley, Frank "Nitty" Pimentel | 3:31 |
3. | "No Diggity" (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) | Teddy Riley, William "Skylz" Stewart | 5:03 |
4. | "Fix" (contains a portion of "The Message") | Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal* | 4:04 |
5. | "Good Lovin'" (contains portions of "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud" performed by James Brown) | Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal* | 4:31 |
6. | "Let's Stay in Love" | Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal* | 4:15 |
7. | "We Gonna Take U Back (Lude)/Don't Leave Me" ("Don't Leave Me" contains a sample from "A Dream" performed by DeBarge) | Teddy Riley, Roosevelt "Bink" Harrell* | 5:17 |
8. | "Never Gonna Let You Go" | Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal* | 5:00 |
9. | "I Wanna Be Your Man" (contains portions of "Float On") | Teddy Riley, Sprague Williams* | 4:05 |
10. | "Taja's Lude (Interlude)" | Teddy Riley | 0:27 |
11. | "My Paradise (Interlude)" | Teddy Riley | 2:11 |
12. | "Deja's Poem" | Teddy Riley | 0:24 |
13. | "(Money Can't) Buy Me Love" | Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal | 3:38 |
14. | "Blackstreet (On the Radio)" (Radio interview with Morris Baxter and Blackstreet) | 3:18 | |
15. | "I Can't Get You (Out of My Mind)" | Teddy Riley, Eric Williams, Wesley Hoggs | 4:50 |
16. | "I'll Give It to You" | Teddy Riley, Xavier Hargrove* | 4:16 |
17. | "Happy Song (Tonite)" | Teddy Riley, Tommy Sims* | 5:38 |
18. | "Motherlude" | Teddy Riley | 4:35 |
19. | "Lord Is Real (Time Will Reveal)" (a cover version of "Time Will Reveal" by DeBarge) | Teddy Riley | 4:13 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [31] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
France (SNEP) [32] | Gold | 100,000* |
Netherlands (NVPI) [33] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [34] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [35] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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