Inner Child (album)

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Inner Child
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Studio album by
Shanice
ReleasedNovember 19, 1991
RecordedNovember 1990–September 1991
Length59:36
Label Motown
Producer
Shanice chronology
Discovery
(1987)		Inner Child
(1991)		 21... Ways to Grow
(1994)
Singles from Inner Child
  1. "I Love Your Smile"
    Released: October 22, 1991
  2. "I'm Cryin'"
    Released: February 18, 1992
  3. "Silent Prayer"
    Released: April 28, 1992
  4. "Lovin' You"
    Released: August 11, 1992

Inner Child is the second studio album by American R&B singer Shanice. It was released on November 19, 1991, by Motown Records. The album peaked at number 13 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums charta and features a remake of Minnie Riperton's 1974 hit "Lovin' You" which hit number 59 on the R&B Singles chart in the summer of 1992. Shanice would cover the song for a second time on her 2006 album Every Woman Dreams . The UK version of the album features the Driza Bone remix of "I Love Your Smile" as track 14.

Contents

The lead single "I Love Your Smile" peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the R&B charts. [1] The other two singles, "I'm Cryin''" and her duet with Johnny Gill, "Silent Prayer", also proved to be successful on the R&B charts. The album was certified Gold making it Shanice's most successful album.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly C− [3]
People (favorable) [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

AllMusic editor Tim Griggs wrote, "Fortunately, even though Shanice was just a teenager when she recorded this album, she doesn't overindulge in the falsetto like Carey did on her early releases. Unfortunately, she does overindulge in rapping, which is not her particular strength." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Keep Your Inner Child Alive" (interlude) – 1:24 (Sally Jo Dakota, Narada Michael Walden)
  2. "I Love Your Smile" – 4:19 (Walden, Jarvis La Rue Baker, Shanice, Sylvester Jackson)
  3. "Forever In Your Love" – 4:46 (Baker, Dakota, Walden)
  4. "I'm Cryin'" – 5:07 (Dakota, Walden, Shanice)
  5. "I Hate To Be Lonely" – 6:46 (Walden, Wilson, Louis Biancaniello)
  6. "Stop Cheatin' On Me" – 4:50 (Baker, Walden, Shanice, Sandy Griffith, Claytoven Richardson)
  7. "Silent Prayer" (duet with Johnny Gill) – 5:03 (Walden, Jeffrey Cohen)
  8. "Peace in the World" – 4:26 (Baker, Dakota, Walden, Shanice)
  9. "Lovin' You" – 3:57 (Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph)
  10. "You Ain't All That" – 4:36 (Walden, Shanice, Biancaniello, Mike Mani, Hathaway Pogue)
  11. "Shanice & Mookie Meet Homie" (interlude) – 0:23 (Walden, Janice Wilson)
  12. "You Didn't Think I'd Come Back This Hard" – 3:39 (Baker, Shanice, Mani, Eric Daniels)
  13. "You Were The One" – 5:21 (Shanice, Crystal Wilson, Daryl Duncan, Kataya Anderson)
  14. "I Love Your Smile" (Hakeem's Mix) – 4:16 (Abdulsamad, Walden, Baker, Shanice, S. Jackson, Chad Elliott, Burton Rashad Smith)
  15. "Goodnight" (interlude) – 0:23 (Walden, J. Wilson)

Personnel

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Inner Child
Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 111
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 29
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [10] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 21
US Billboard 200 [14] 83
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [15] 13

Certifications

Certifications for Inner Child
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [16] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  1. ↑ Billboard's top singles
  2. 1 2 AllMusic review
  3. ↑ Berger, Arion (January 24, 1992). "Inner Child". Entertainment Weekly .
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