True to Life (Lisette Melendez album)

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True To Life
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Studio album by
Released1994
Genre hip-hop, R&B
Label Def Jam Recordings
Lisette Melendez chronology
Together Forever
(1991)
True To Life
(1994)
Imagination
(1998)
Professional ratings
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True to Life is Lisette Melendez' second studio album and was released in 1994 by Def Jam. Melendez' hit single "Goody Goody" from this album was extremely popular in Japan. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Will You Ever Save Me"5:05
2."How 'Bout You"4:40
3."Love Type Situation"4:42
4."Honestly"4:31
5."Going My Way"4:45
6."Goody Goody"5:15
7."My Warning (Take This Love and Run)"4:18
8."Love Me Need Me"4:48
9."On Again Off Again"4:44
10."I Know That You Know"4:28
11."Love Type Situation Reprise (Abrazame)"4:23
12."Goody Goody" (Hip Hop Mix)5:41

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