Babywoman

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Babywoman
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Studio album by
Naomi Campbell
Released3 October 1994
Recorded1994
Studio
Genre R&B
Length49:34
Label Epic
Producer
Singles from Babywoman
  1. "Love & Tears"
    Released: 1994
  2. "I Want to Live"
    Released: 1994

Babywoman is the debut studio album by the English model Naomi Campbell. It was released on 3 October 1994 through Epic Records.

Contents

Campbell collaborated with a number of producers and songwriters, including Gavin Friday, Tim Simenon, Youth, Justin Strauss, Bruce Roberts and P.M. Dawn. Musically, Babywoman is an R&B album that additionally fuses different genres, such as house, trip hop and country.[ citation needed ] The album cover was photographed by Ellen von Unwerth.

Upon its release, the album received generally mixed reviews from music critics and was a commercial failure in the United Kingdom, where it did not chart. However, the album was a success in Japan and sold over one million copies worldwide.[ citation needed ] Two singles were released from the album: "Love & Tears", which reached number 40 on the UK Singles Chart, and "I Want to Live".

Background

The album was titled after a nickname that designer Rifat Ozbek had for Campbell. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Music Week Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
NME 5/10 [4]

Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "A more accomplished singer than anyone dared anticipate, Campbell has produced a bit of a curate's egg of a debut album, making an ill-advised stab at updating T Rex's 'Ride a White Swan', a too similar cover of Zoe's 'Sunshine on a Rainy Day' and an inspired rescue of an obscure Donna Summer ballad ('All Through the Night') alongside some pleasing, if vocally slight, pop/dance fare." [3] Emma Forrest from NME said, "Naomi Campbell's debut singing effort is stubbornly not as bad as it should be. Her voice is an inoffensive, ineffectual whining alto, but that's not a problem." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love & Tears" Gavin Friday, Tim Simenon 4:20
2."I Want to Live"Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer 3:55
3."Ride a White Swan" Marc Bolan 3:32
4."Life of Leisure" Jill Cunniff, Gabrielle Glaser 4:54
5."Babywoman"Gavin Friday, Tim Simenon5:39
6."Looks Swank (Spooky)"Justin Strauss4:28
7."Picnic in the Rain" Bruce Roberts 4:32
8."When I Think About Love" P.M. Dawn 4:42
9."All Through the Night" Donna Summer, Bruce Roberts5:20
10."Sunshine on a Rainy Day" Zoë Pollock, Martin Glover 5:45
11."I Want to Live (Reprise)"Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer2:27
Total length:49:34

Singles

"Love and Tears" is the only song from the album to have a video. The video was directed by Anton Corbijn. The single reached number 40 in the UK and the top 10 in Italy.

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 21
France (SNEP) [6] 36
UK Singles (OCC) [7] 40

References

  1. ↑ Criales-Unzueta, José (18 August 2023). "Justice for Babywoman, Naomi Campbell's First and Only Album". Vogue . Archived from the original on 20 July 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Babywoman – Naomi Campbell". AllMusic . Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 Jones, Alan (8 October 1994). "Market Preview: Mainstream – Albums" (PDF). Music Week . p. 19. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 Forrest, Emma (15 October 1994). "Long Play". NME . p. 52. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Naomi Campbell – Love and Tears" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Naomi Campbell – Love and Tears" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 24/9/1994 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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