Positive (album)

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Positive
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1988 (1988-01)
Genre
Length45:01
Label Elektra
Producer
Peabo Bryson chronology
Quiet Storm
(1986)
Positive
(1988)
All My Love
(1989)

Positive is the thirteenth studio album by American singer Peabo Bryson. It was released in January 1988 by Elektra Records. The album peaked at number 157 on the US Billboard 200 and number 42 on the Billboard R&B albums chart. This was the last album Bryson recorded for Elektra before he briefly returned to Capitol Records. [1] Positive was supported by the single "Without You".[ citation needed ]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Ron Wynn of AllMusic called Positive "largely undistinguished, although [Bryson] sang with more conviction and got better material and production than on most of his other Elektra albums. He scored another hit with a familiar weapon: the duet. This time his partner was Regina Belle." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Come on Over Tonight" Jimmy Scott 3:47
2."Without You (Love Theme from Leonard Part 6 )" (duet with Regina Belle) Lamont Dozier
  • Powell
  • Sir Gant
5:15
3."Hurt"
  • Powell
  • Sir Gant
3:34
4."I Want to Know"Peabo Bryson
  • Bryson
  • Dwight W. Watkins
4:28
5."Tonight"Bryson
  • Bryson
  • Watkins
4:41
6."Positive"
  • Allister Campbell
  • Peter Quigley
  • Powell
  • Sir Gant
5:02
7."When We Need It Bad"
  • Powell
  • Sir Gant
4:58
8."This Time Around"Bryson
  • Bryson
  • Watkins
4:29
9."Still Water"Bryson
  • Bryson
  • Watkins
4:35
10."Crazy Love" (CD-only track)
  • Powell
  • Sir Gant
4:12

Personnel and credits

Musicians

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 157
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [3] 42

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Wynn, Ron. "Positive". AllMusic . Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  2. "Peabo Bryson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  3. "Peabo Bryson Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2021.