Sooner or Later (BBMak album)

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Sooner or Later
Sooner or Later (BBMak album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
Released16 May 2000 (US)
28 May 2001 (UK)
Studio United Recording
Genre
Length44:10 (US release)
Label Hollywood, Telstar
Producer
BBMak chronology
Sooner or Later
(2000)
Into Your Head
(2002)
Singles from Sooner or Later
  1. "Back Here"
    Released: 9 August 1999
  2. "Still on Your Side"
    Released: 14 May 2001
  3. "Ghost of You and Me"
    Released: 17 July 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B− [3]
NME Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Plugged In (average) [5]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg (Honourable mention) [6]

Sooner or Later is the debut studio album by English pop group BBMak, released on 16 May 2000 through Telstar and Hollywood Records. It was re-released in the United Kingdom the following year, peaking at number 16 in the UK charts. The album peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard 200, producing three hit singles, and was certified gold.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Back Here"3:35
2."I'm Not in Love"
Leiber4:14
3."Next Time"
Leiber3:51
4."Unpredictable"
  • Leiber
  • Peterson
  • Anthony Kavanaugh
4:24
5."Ghost of You and Me"
  • Cavallo
  • Lind
4:46
6."I Can Tell"
  • Thicke
  • Pro-Jay
3:39
7."Love Is Leaving"
  • Barry
  • Burns
  • McNally
  • Cavallo
  • Lind
4:18
8."Love on the Outside"
  • Barry
  • Burns
  • McNally
  • Cavallo
  • Lind
  • BBMak
2:47
9."Still on Your Side"
  • Bridget Benenate
  • Bob Thiele
  • Dillon O'Brian
  • Barry
  • Burns
  • McNally
  • O'Brian
  • Thiele
  • Cavallo
  • Lind
3:52
10."Always"
  • Barry
  • Burns
  • McNally
  • Cavallo
  • Lind
  • BBMak
1:06
11."Can't Say"
  • Barry
  • Burns
  • McNally
  • Thornalley
  • David Munday
Lieber3:38
12."Again"
  • Burns
  • Barry
  • McNally
  • Mark Jolley
  • Richard Cardwell
  • Milton McDonald
  • BBMak
  • Cavallo
3:35

Singles

Track listing (Original Asia release)

Released in Winter 1999. [13] Victor Entertainment, Inc. Cat No. VICP-60913

  1. "Back Here"
  2. "Still on Your Side"
  3. "Next Time"
  4. "I Can Tell"
  5. "Again"
  6. "Can't Say"
  7. "Miss You More"
  8. "Emily's Song"
  9. "September"
  10. "Sooner or Later"
  11. "More Than Words"

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [20] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Production (Asia Release)

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