Intimacy (Jody Watley album)

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Intimacy
Jody Watley - Intimacy.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 9, 1993
Recorded1993
Genre R&B, pop, dance, soul, jazz
Length50:41
Label MCA
Producer Art & Rhythm, André Cymone, Philip Kelsey, David Morales
Jody Watley chronology
Affairs of the Heart
(1991)
Intimacy
(1993)
Remixes of Love
(1994)
Singles from Intimacy
  1. "Your Love Keeps Working on Me"
    Released: October 12, 1993
  2. "When a Man Loves a Woman"
    Released: January 11, 1994
  3. "Ecstasy"
    Released: February 17, 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Calgary Herald C− [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Orlando Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Intimacy is the fourth studio album by American pop singer Jody Watley, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music) on MCA.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Workin' on a Groove"
  • André Cymone
  • Jody Watley
  • André Cymone
4:59
2."When a Man Loves a Woman"
  • Larry Campbell
  • Watley
  • Art & Rhythm
5:34
3."Are You the One?"
  • Cymone
  • Watley
  • Cymone
5:03
4."Too Shy to Say"
  • Cymone
3:13
5."Your Love Keeps Working on Me"
  • John Barnes
  • Joey Diggs
  • Robert White
  • Art & Rhythm
4:39
6."Ecstasy"
  • David Morales
5:16
7."To Be With You"
  • Cymone
  • Watley
  • Cymone
4:50
8."Together"
  • Campbell
  • Watley
  • Art & Rhythm
4:58
9."Take Me in Your Arms"
  • Terry Coffey
  • Jon Nettlesbey
  • Watley
  • Nettlesbey
  • Coffey
6:35
10."Best of Me"
  • Cymone
5:35
Total length:50:41

Personnel

Production

Charts

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