Terry Dexter (album)

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Terry Dexter
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ReleasedJuly 13, 1999 (1999-07-13)
Length48:43
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Terry Dexter chronology
Terry Dexter
(1999)
Listen
(2008)
Singles from Terry Dexter
  1. "You'll Never Miss Me ('Til I'm Gone)"
    Released: 1998
  2. "Better Than Me"
    Released: June 22, 1999 [1]
  3. "Strayed Away"
    Released: July 2, 1999 [2]

Terry Dexter is the debut studio album by American contemporary R&B singer Terry Dexter. It was released by Warner Bros. Records on July 13, 1999 in the United States. [3] The album did not chart on the US Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 49 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [4] Three singles were released from the album: "You'll Never Miss Me ('Til I'm Gone)", "Better Than Me" and "Strayed Away". "Better Than Me" is Dexter's only song to date to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 99 in 1999. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

AllMusic editor William Ruhlmann wrote: "Eight different producers contribute [...] and they successfully give Dexter a contemporary R&B sound that apes much of what other singers of her ilk are wailing over. And she wails competently, but no more so than any other youthful Mariah Carey wannabe on the market." [3]

Track listing

Standard edition [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Better Than Me" Jazze Pha 4:07
2."I Try"
Bink 4:34
3."You'll Never Miss Me ('Til I'm Gone)"Pearson4:31
4."Anything"
  • Pearson
  • Dexter
Darryl "Day" Pearson4:19
5."Strayed Away"
  • Andrea Hicks
  • Mike Clemons
  • Nathan Clemons
  • M. Clemons
  • N. Clemons
4:36
6."Alone" Manuel Seal
  • Seal
  • N. Clemons
4:10
7."Are You Feeling Me"
  • Allen Gordon, Jr.
  • Seal
  • Dexter
  • Gordon
  • Seal
4:28
8."I Love You"
  • Pearson
  • Kim Jordan
  • Pearson
  • Jordan [a]
4:37
9."I Don't Need You"
  • Hicks
  • Seal
  • N. Clemons
  • Seal
  • Big Mike [a]
  • Nate-Love [a]
5:09
10."I'm the One for You"
  • Slates
  • Wilson
4:37
11."Yeah"
Pearson3:37
Total length:48:43
Japan bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Better Than Me" (Urban Remix)
  • Alexander
  • Austin
  • Dexter
Pha4:07

Notes

Sample credits

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [6] 31
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [7] 49

Release history

Terry Dexter release history
RegionDateFormatLabelRef(s)
United StatesJuly 13, 1999 Warner Bros. [3]

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