Candy Rain (album)

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Candy Rain
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 28, 1995
Recorded19941995
Length44:47
Label Uptown/MCA
Producer Andre Harrell (exec.), Heavy D (exec.), Trackmasters, Kenny Greene, Dave Cintron
Soul for Real chronology
Candy Rain
(1995)
For Life
(1996)
Singles from Candy Rain
  1. "Candy Rain"
    Released: November 15, 1994
  2. "Every Little Thing I Do"
    Released: April 25, 1995
  3. "If You Want It"
    Released: October 17, 1995

Candy Rain is the debut studio album from American R&B group Soul for Real, released on March 28, 1995, by Uptown Records and distributed through MCA Records.

Contents

The album peaked at number twenty-three on the Billboard 200 chart. By August 1995 it was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA after sales exceeding one million copies in the United States.

Release and reception

Candy Rain peaked at twenty-three on the United States Billboard 200 and number five on the R&B Albums chart. [1] The album was certified platinum by August 1995. [2]

While Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic did call the group "undoubtedly fine singers," he didn't feel they were strong enough to make some of the weaker material on the album very convincing. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Candy Rain"4:34
2."Every Little Thing I Do"
  • Heavy D
  • Robinson
  • Olivier
  • Barnes
  • Heavy D
4:17
3."All in My Mind"Heavy D
  • Alexander Richbourg
  • Olivier
  • Alexander Richbourg
  • Poke
  • Heavy D (co.)
3:56
4."If You Want It"
  • Heavy D
  • Robinson
  • Heavy D
  • Olivier
  • Barnes
  • Dave Cintron
  • Heavy D
  • Poke (co.)
  • Red Hot Lover Tone (co.)
  • Dave Cintron (co.)
3:34
5."I Wanna Be Your Friend"
  • Heavy D
  • Robinson
  • Heavy D
  • Olivier
  • Barnes
  • Heavy D
  • Poke (co.)
  • Red Hot Lover Tone (co.)
4:00
6."Ain't No Sunshine" Bill Withers WithersHeavy D1:15
7."Spend the Night"
  • Heavy D
  • Olivier
  • Barnes
  • Heavy D
  • Poke (co.)
  • Red Hot Lover Tone (co.)
3:53
8."I Don't Know"
  • Heavy D
  • Robinson
  • Heavy D
  • Olivier
  • Heavy D
  • Poke (co.)
8:03
9."If Only You Knew"
  • Heavy D
  • Olivier
  • Heavy D
  • Poke (co.)
5:50
10."Thinking of You" Kenny Greene
  • Greene
  • Cintron
  • Kenny Greene
  • Cintron
  • Heavy D (co.)
4:48
11."Piano Interlude"  Heavy D0:37

Chart history

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions [8]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks U.S. Rhythmic Top 40 U.S. Top 40 Mainstream
1994"Candy Rain"221120
1995"Every Little Thing I Do"1711425
"If You Want It"4353

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic. [9]

Notes

  1. "allmusic ((( Candy Rain > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic . Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  2. "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - July 14, 2010 : Search Results - Soul for Real". RIAA . Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "allmusic ((( Candy Rain > Review )))". AllMusic. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  4. "Soul For Real, TLP" . Billboard . Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  5. "Soul For Real, BLP" . Billboard . Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  6. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  7. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  8. "allmusic ((( Candy Rain > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  9. "allmusic ((( Candy Rain > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved July 14, 2010.

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