Burnin' | ||||
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Released | October 1, 1991 | |||
Recorded | March–July 1991 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer |
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Patti LaBelle chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Chicago Tribune | [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ [3] |
Los Angeles Times | [4] |
Rolling Stone | [5] |
Burnin' is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Patti LaBelle. It was released by MCA Records on October 1, 1991, in the United States. The album features several collaborations, including duets with Gladys Knight and Michael Bolton, and a reunion track with Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash from Labelle. It yielded three Billboard R&B chart hits: "Feels Like Another One", "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)" and "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)". Critical reviews were mixed: Entertainment Weekly gave it a B+, [3] while the Los Angeles Times ranked it 2.5 stars out of 5, noting a reduction of LaBelle's usual intensity. [4]
The album, released on CD, LP, and cassette, was certified Gold in April 1992 by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales in excess of 500,000 copies. It reached number 71 on the Billboard 200 and number 13 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The title track Burnin' won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 1992 ceremony, jointly with a single by Lisa Fischer. In 1992, LaBelle released her first solo live album, simply titled Live!, featuring several songs from Burnin' as it was recorded during this album's promotional tour.
Under the pseudonym "Paisley Park", Prince co-wrote the song "I Hear Your Voice" along with his vocalist collaborator Rosie Gaines and her husband Francis Jules. Prince helped produce the track. [6] The album track "Temptation", B-side of the fourth single released from the album, "When You Love Somebody (I'm Saving My Love for You)", was written by Cuban-American singer Martika, who originally released it on her album Martika's Kitchen .
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Feels Like Another One" |
| Stokes, Ellison | 5:08 |
2. | "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)" |
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| 4:53 |
3. | "When You Love Somebody (I'm Saving My Love for You)" | Ellison | 4:22 | |
4. | "I Don't Do Duets" (duet with Gladys Knight) | Michael J. Powell | 5:53 | |
5. | "Temptation" |
| Stokes | 4:03 |
6. | "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)" |
| Ellison | 4:55 |
7. | "Burnin' (The Fire Is Still) Burnin' for You" |
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| 5:29 |
8. | "I Hear Your Voice" |
| 4:22 | |
9. | "We're Not Makin' Love Anymore" (duet with Michael Bolton) |
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| 4:43 |
10. | "Release Yourself" (with Sarah Dash and Nona Hendryx from Labelle) |
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| 4:54 |
11. | "Love Never Dies" |
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| 5:33 |
12. | "Crazy Love" |
| Michael J. Powell | 4:56 |
Total length: | 59:11 |
Notes
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US Cashbox Chart (1991) | Peak position | ||||||||||||
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Top 200 Pop Albums [10] | 66 | ||||||||||||
Top 75 R&B Albums [11] | 11 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [12] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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