I'll Give All My Love to You

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I'll Give All My Love to You
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 12, 1990
Recorded1989–1990
Studio Unique Recording Studios, New York City [1]
Genre New jack swing [2]
Length50:56
Label
Producer
Keith Sweat chronology
Make It Last Forever
(1987)
I'll Give All My Love to You
(1990)
Keep It Comin'
(1991)
Singles from I'll Give All My Love to You
  1. "Make You Sweat"
    Released: May 24, 1990
  2. "Merry Go Round"
    Released: August 23, 1990
  3. "I'll Give All My Love to You"
    Released: December 4, 1990
  4. "Your Love, Pt. 2"
    Released: April 1991

I'll Give All My Love to You is the second studio album by the American R&B recording artist Keith Sweat. It was released on June 12, 1990, and went to number one on the Top R&B albums chart and number 6 on the Billboard 200. It spawned Sweat's second and third number 1 R&B hits: "Make You Sweat" and the title track (both Top 20 pop hits), while "Merry Go Round" and "Your Love Part 2" were Top 5 R&B hits.

Contents

This was the last Keith Sweat album under Vincent Davis' Vintertainment label, which severed ties with Elektra soon after the release of this album. On March 7, 1991, I'll Give All My Love to You was certified double platinum by the RIAA, for shipments of two million copies in the United States. [3] The single "Make You Sweat" was certified gold by the RIAA on October 4, 1990, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States. [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [5]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [6]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

In a review upon the album's release, Rolling Stone gave it three-and-a-half out of five stars and commented that "this album discusses love, lost, found and reclaimed, and lust over grinding, pounding synth grooves". [8] In his consumer guide for The Village Voice , the critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "dud" rating, [5] indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought". [9] The Los Angeles Times writer Connie Johnson wrote, "Sweat's debut album ' Make It Last Forever ' caught fire largely because of producer Teddy Riley, and his absence is strongly felt on this Sweat-produced follow-up". [7] Greg Sandow of Entertainment Weekly complimented Sweat's vocals and singing style, but wrote that "despite all this passion, there's no obvious pop hit on the record [...] Most of the tracks sound interchangeably slow and steamy". [6] In a retrospective review, Allmusic editor Alex Henderson called the album "a respectable disc that sounds consistently heartfelt and sincere", writing that "For all its high-tech production gloss and use of hip-hop elements, this self-produced CD reminds you that Sweat is quite aware of the great soul music of the 1970s". [4]

Track listing

I'll Give All My Love to You track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Interlude (I'll Give All My Love to You)"
  • Keith Sweat
  • Bobby Wooten
0:53
2."Make You Sweat"
5:15
3."Come Back"
  • Keith Sweat
  • Bobby Wooten
4:39
4."Merry Go Round"
  • Bobby Douglas
  • Keith Sweat
7:29
5."Your Love"
  • Keith Sweat
  • Bobby Wooten
5:53
6."Your Love, Pt. 2"Keith Sweat5:51
7."Just One of Them Thangs" (featuring Gerald Levert)Keith Sweat6:12
8."I Knew That You Were Cheatin'"
  • Keith Sweat
  • Bobby Wooten
4:18
9."Love to Love You"
  • Keith Sweat
  • Bobby Wooten
4:50
10."I'll Give All My Love to You"
  • Keith Sweat
  • Bobby Wooten
5:36

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [10]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for I'll Give All My Love to You
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [20] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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