Private Party (album)

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Private Party
Private party album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 28, 1995
Length46:15
Label Scotti Bros.
Producer
Freddie Jackson chronology
At Christmas
(1994)
Private Party
(1995)
Life After 30
(1999)

Private Party is the eighth studio album by Freddie Jackson. It was released by Scotti Bros. Records on February 28, 1995. The album produced the top 25 R&B single "Rub Up Against You," produced by Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas.

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Critical reception

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Allmusic editor Ed Hogan wrote that most of the material on Private Party falls "in the 'let's shower together' category, though it must be pointed out that the content never goes into the overly graphic area of a lot of modern R&B [...] Freddie Jackson's romantic balladeering is, for the most part, not the kind of material you would find at the top of the charts these days. And that's a shame." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Private Party"Eastmond5:18
2."Rub Up Against You"
  • Nicholas
  • Levert
4:43
3."Love You All Over"Marvin "Chanz" ParkmanChanz4:06
4."(I Want To) Thank You"
  • Chambers
  • Eastmond
Eastmond4:31
5."Your Lovin' (Is a Good Thang)"
  • William "Zac" Harmon
  • T. Moses
  • Christopher Troy
  • Harmon
  • Troy
5:39
6."I Tried My Best"
  • Freddie Jackson
  • Eastmond
Eastmond4:31
7."No One Else"
  • Chambers
  • Eastmond
Eastmond6:27
8."Lay Your Love on Me"
  • Eastmond
  • Jolyon Skinner
Eastmond5:27
9."Teach Me"
  • Eastmond
  • Skinner
Eastmond6:13
10."Once in a While"
  • Yasha Barjona
  • Michael Christian
  • Barjona
  • Christian
4:23

Personnel and credits

Musicians

Production

Studios

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 187
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [3] 28

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