Ralph Tresvant (album)

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Ralph Tresvant
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 20, 1990 [1]
Genre
Length66:00
Label MCA
Producer
Ralph Tresvant chronology
Ralph Tresvant
(1990)
It's Goin Down
(1994)
Singles from Ralph Tresvant
  1. "Sensitivity"
    Released: October 9, 1990
  2. "Stone Cold Gentleman"
    Released: March 8, 1991
  3. "Do What I Gotta Do"
    Released: May 13, 1991

Ralph Tresvant is the debut solo studio album by American singer Ralph Tresvant. The album was released by MCA Records on November 20, 1990, in the United States. It went to number one on the Irish Albums Chart for 12 weeks, and on the US Top R&B Albums chart for two weeks and peaked into the top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart. It features the number one single, "Sensitivity" along with two more top five R&B hits: "Do What I Gotta Do" and "Stone Cold Gentleman", which featured labelmate Bobby Brown, and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) within its first year of release, and achieved double-platinum status a few years after.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Calgary Herald B− [2]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Ian Cranna in Q noted that the album "is a rather uneasy amalgam of dance grooves, strings, hip hop and lush ballads". [3]

AllMusic editor Alex Henderson found that Tresvant's "self-titled R&B/pop release isn't as distinguished or as confident as the music Bobby Brown, Bell Biv DeVoe and Johnny Gill had been doing on their own, but it has its moments [...] Some of urban contemporary's hottest producers (Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Wolf & Epic, among others) are employed, and yet, the overall results aren't as strong as one might expect. None of the material is really bad; it's just that most of it isn't that far above average." [1]

Track listing

LP and cassette edition [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Rated R" Ralph Tresvant 4:51
2."Sensitivity"Jam & Lewis4:40
3."She's My Love Thang"
  • Harris
  • Lewis
Jam & Lewis4:27
4."Stone Cold Gentleman" (Rizz's Interlude) (featuring Bobby Brown)
6:08
5."Do What I Gotta Do"
  • Harris
  • Lewis
Jam & Lewis5:42
6."Love Hurts"
  • Daryl Simmons
  • Kayo
5:09
7."Girl I Can't Control It"
Kyle West4:49
8."Love Takes Time"
  • Hailey
  • Tabitha Brace
  • Pam Russo (lyrics)
  • West (music)
West4:38
9."Public Figure (Ordinary Guy)"
  • Tresvant
  • Wolf
  • Epic
4:43
10."Last Night"
  • Timmy Gatling
  • Alton "Wokie" Stewart
  • Timmy Gatling
  • Alton "Wokie" Stewart
5:53
CD edition [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Rated R" Ralph Tresvant 4:51
2."Sensitivity"Jam & Lewis4:40
3."She's My Love Thang"
  • Harris
  • Lewis
Jam & Lewis4:27
4."Stone Cold Gentleman" (Rizz's Interlude) (featuring Bobby Brown)
6:08
5."Do What I Gotta Do"
  • Harris
  • Lewis
Jam & Lewis5:42
6."Love Hurts"
  • Daryl Simmons
  • Kayo
5:09
7."Girl I Can't Control It"
Kyle West4:49
8."Love Takes Time"
  • Hailey
  • Tabitha Brace
  • Pam Russo (lyrics)
  • West (music)
West4:38
9."Public Figure (Ordinary Guy)"
  • Tresvant
  • Wolf
  • Epic
4:43
10."Last Night"
  • Timmy Gatling
  • Alton "Wokie" Stewart
  • Timmy Gatling
  • Alton "Wokie" Stewart
5:53
11."I Love You (Just for You)"
Vassal Benford5:44
12."Alright Now"
  • Benford
  • John Barnes
4:17
13."Sensitivity (Ralph's Rap)"
  • Tresvant
  • Harris
  • Lewis
Jam & Lewis4:59

Notes

Personnel

Unless otherwise noted, information based on the CD edition's liner notes [5]

Performance

Production and technical

Other

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [11] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ralph Tresvant". AllMusic . Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  2. Obee, Dave (January 27, 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald .
  3. 1 2 Cranna, Ian (March 5, 1991). "Ralph Tresvant review". Q . Vol. 55. p. 80.
  4. Tresvant, Ralph. “Ralph Tresvant” (LP / Cassette). MCA Records. 1990.
  5. 1 2 Tresvant, Ralph. “Ralph Tresvant” (CD). MCA Records. 1990.
  6. Allard, François; Lecocq, Richard (October 4, 2018). Michael Jackson: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. Octopus Books. ISBN   9781788401234 . Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  7. "Ralph Tresvant Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  8. "Ralph Tresvant Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  9. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  10. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  11. "American album certifications – Ralph Tresvant – Ralph Tresvant". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved April 30, 2025.