Just the Way You Like It (Tasha Holiday album)

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Just the Way You Like It
Tasha Holiday - Just the Way You Like It album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 25, 1997 (1997-03-25) [1]
Genre R&B
Label MCA
Producer Hank Shocklee (exec.) [2]
Tasha Holiday chronology
'The Acapellas'
(1996)
Just the Way You Like It
(1997)
Singles from Just the Way You Like It
  1. "Just the Way You Like It"
    Released: February 18, 1997 [3]
  2. "So Real, So Right/Just One Night"
    Released: June 24, 1997 [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Just the Way You Like It is the only full-length studio album by American R&B singer Tasha Holiday (following her debut EP, The Acapellas). [5] Released March 25, 1997 via MCA Records, [1] the album did not chart on the Billboard 200 but it peaked at #91 on the Billboard R&B chart. [6]

Contents

Two singles were released from the album: "Just the Way You Like It" and "So Real, So Right" / "Just One Night". "Just the Way You Like It" was Holiday's only song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #93 in 1997. [6]

Track listing

[2] [7]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."So Real, So Right" Evan Rogers
4:23
2."Just One Night" ( [upper-alpha 1] )
  • Steven Jordan
  • Kelly Price
4:02
3."Don't Go Away" ( [upper-alpha 2] )Keneon IsaacKeneon Isaac4:42
4."Just the Way You Like It" (featuring Mase [upper-alpha 3] )
  • Steven Jordan
  • Kelly Price
  • Steven Jordan
  • Kelly Price
  • Clarence Emery
3:50
5."I Wanna Get to Know You"   
6."I Want You Mine"
  • Errol Johnson
  • Joseph Priolo
  • Bacarde
  • Carl Carr
3:48
7."Can't Fight It"Keneon IsaacKeneon Isaac5:07
8."Give It to Me"
  • Errol Johnson
  • Joseph Priolo
  • Joseph Priolo
  • Bacarde
3:32
9."Here We Go Again"   
10."Love Never Questions Why"
  • Carl Sturken
  • Evan Rogers
  • Carl Sturken
  • Evan Rogers
4:20
11."This Love"
  • Errol Johnson
  • Joseph Priolo
  • Errol Johnson
  • Joseph Priolo
3:29

Chart positions

Chart (1997) [6] Peak
position
US R&B Albums ( Billboard )91

Samples

[8]

  1. "Just One Night" contains a sample of "You Can't Turn Me Away" as performed by Sylvia Striplin.
  2. "Don't Go Away" contains a sample of "Sukiyaki" as performed by A Taste of Honey.
  3. "Just the Way You Like It" contains samples of "School Boy Crush" as performed by Average White Band and "The Breaks" as performed by Kurtis Blow.

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