Stay Awhile (Steve Cole album)

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Stay Awhile
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1, 1998
Genre Jazz
Length44:27
Label Atlantic
Producer Brian Culbertson
Steve Cole chronology
Stay Awhile
(1998)
Between Us
(2000)
Professional ratings
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Stay Awhile is a 1998 album by jazz musician Steve Cole, which is his first studio album. It features two number one hits in When I Think of You and Say It Again, and the number five hit Where The Night Begins. Because of this album, Cole also won the Prism Award for Best New Artist at the 2000 Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards. [2] The album also peaked at number 13 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums list. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "It's Gonna Be Alright" – 4:02
  2. "Say It Again" – 3:57
  3. "Stay Awhile" – 4:41
  4. "When I Think of You" – 4:08
  5. "Think About It" – 4:22
  6. "Interlude" – 1:46
  7. "Where the Night Begins" – 4:37
  8. "Intimacy" – 5:37
  9. "Intro - Our Love" – 0:31
  10. "Our Love" – 3:16
  11. "Devotion" - 7:30

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Steve Cole Biography". Steve Cole and Warner Brothers. 2009. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
  3. "Stay Awhile Charts and Awards". All Music. 2006. Retrieved 2009-02-26.