Joey Lawrence (album)

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Joey Lawrence
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ReleasedFebruary 2, 1993
Genre Pop
Length50:20
Label Impact/MCA
Producer
Joey Lawrence chronology
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Joey Lawrence is the debut album by American singer and actor Joey Lawrence, [1] released on February 2, 1993, on MCA Records. It features a total of three singles; the biggest of which, the Lawrence co-written "Nothin' My Love Can't Fix", reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Chicago Tribune noted that, "like the decades-ago albums of Cassidy, Leif Garrett, et al., this one is chock full of swoony songs, top-notch production and whatever else they can throw in to make it as faddish as possible." [4]

Track listing

  1. "I Can't Help Myself" (Axel Kroell; Mark Holden; Michael Price) – 4:24
  2. "Nothin' My Love Can't Fix" (Joey Lawrence; Alexandra Forbes; Eric Beall) – 4:03
  3. "Stay Forever" (Joey Lawrence; Ariel Shallit; Art Lafrentz Bacon; Nicholas Bacon) – 4:18
  4. "Justa 'Nother Love Song" (Joey Lawrence; Michael Price; Richard Scher; Terry Lupton) – 4:20
  5. "Night by Night" (Richard Scher; Steve Diamond) – 4:19
  6. "I Like the Way (Kick da Smoove Groove)" (Joey Lawrence; Ariel Shallit; Lafrentz Bacon, Arthur) – 4:18
  7. "In These Times" (Joey Lawrence; Elliot Wolff) – 4:17
  8. "Anything for Love" (Ronald Spearman; Vassal Benford) – 4:04
  9. "My Girl" (Joey Lawrence; Elliot Wolff) – 3:25
  10. "Where Does That Leave Me" (Joey Lawrence; Allan Rich; Jud J. Friedman) – 4:46
  11. "The Ways of Love" (Joey Lawrence; Ian Prince) – 4:33
  12. "Read My Eyes" (Joey Lawrence; Russ Faith) – 3:26

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
RPM Canadian Albums Chart [5] 25
UK Albums Chart [6] 39
US Billboard 200 [7] 74

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