Whatever It Takes (Cheryl Lynn album)

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Whatever It Takes
Whatever It Takes (Cheryl Lynn album).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 12, 1989
Length41:37
Label Virgin
Producer
Cheryl Lynn chronology
Start Over
(1987)
Whatever It Takes
(1989)
Good Time
(1995)
Singles from Start Over
  1. "New Dress"
    Released: March 12, 1987
  2. "If You Were Mine"
    Released: May 23, 1987

Whatever It Takes is the eighth studio album by American singer Cheryl Lynn. It was released by Virgin Records on September 12, 1989.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic editor Ed Hogan noted a "somewhat harder, edgier sound with trash can-timbre beats and less of a light poppy feel to her material." [1]

Track listing

Whatever It Takes track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Upset"
6:23
2."Every Time I Try To Say Goodbye"
  • Lynn
  • Sturken
  • Rogers
  • Keith "K. C." Cohen [a]
5:01
3."Whatever It Takes"
  • Lynn
  • Keith Lewis
  • Kim Cage
  • Lynn
  • J. Johnson
5:19
4."Good for Me"
  • Lynn
  • McIntosh
  • Eugene
  • Nichol
  • Lynn
  • J. Johnson
5:27
5."Overworked 'n' Underloved"
  • Lynn
  • J. Johnson
  • Thurlene Johnson
  • Lynn
  • J. Johnson
5:04
6."I Surrender"
  • Lynn
  • Sturken
  • Rogers
  • Lynn
  • Sturken
  • Rogers
5:07
7."Most of All"
  • Goldmark
  • Roberts
4:30
8."The Bottom Line"
  • Lynn
  • Art Zamora
  • Eric Strickland
  • Michael Carpenter
  • T. Johnson
  • Lynn
  • Zamora
  • Carpenter
4:23
Total length:41:37

Notes

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Whatever It Takes
Chart (1989)Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [2] 42

References

  1. 1 2 Hogan, Ed. "Whatever It Takes". AllMusic . Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  2. "Cheryl Lynn Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2024.