Make Him Do Right

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Make Him Do Right
Make Him Do Right Karyn White album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 27, 1994
Recorded1993–1994
StudioFlyte Tyme Studios
(Edina, Minnesota)
Larrabee Sound Studios
Music Grinder Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
Doppler Studios
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre R&B
Length54:37
Label Warner Bros. [1]
Producer
Karyn White chronology
Ritual of Love
(1991)
Make Him Do Right
(1994)
Carpe Diem
(2012)
Singles from Make Him Do Right
  1. "Hungah"
    Released: August 29, 1994
  2. "Can I Stay With You"
    Released: November 15, 1994
  3. "I'd Rather Be Alone"
    Released: March 28, 1995

Make Him Do Right is the third album by the American singer Karyn White, released in 1994. [2] [3] Its first single was "Hungah". [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Knoxville News Sentinel deemed the album "a lifeless recording overloaded with braindead ballads." [6] The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that the album "forces [White] more into New Jill Swing-dom, rather than adult contemporary rhythm and blues." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hungah" James Harris, Terry Lewis, Karyn White4:26
2."Can I Stay With You" Babyface 5:38
3."Weakness"Harris, Lewis, White4:22
4."Nobody But My Baby" McKinley Horton, Lewis5:05
5."Here Comes the Pain Again"Babyface4:27
6."I'd Rather Be Alone"Harris, Stanley Howard, Gary Johnson, Lewis, White5:30
7."Make Him Do Right" Daryl Simmons 5:07
8."Simple Pleasures"Harris, Lewis, White4:36
9."I'm Your Woman"Harris, Horton, Lewis, White5:19
10."Thinkin' 'Bout Love"Harris, Lewis, White, Jimmy Wright5:13
11."One Minute"Wright, Lewis, Harris, White4:54
Total length:54:37

Production

Personnel

Charts

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