Private Times...and the Whole 9!

Private Times...and the Whole 9!
Studio album by Al B. Sure!
Released October 16, 1990
Recorded 1990
Genre New jack swing, contemporary R&B
Length 76:29
Label Uptown Records/Warner Bros. Records
26005
Producer Al B. Sure!
DeVanté Swing
Kyle West
DJ Eddie F
Nevelle Hodge
Al B. Sure! chronology
In Effect Mode
(1988)		 Private Times...and the Whole 9!
(1990)		 Sexy Versus
(1992)

Private Times...and the Whole 9! is the second album by Al B. Sure!, released on October 16, 1990 under Uptown Records with distribution handled by Warner Bros. Records. It was the final album by Sure! to be released under Uptown Records, and the second after In Effect Mode not to be distributed under Uptown's parent company MCA Records.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Though not as successful as his debut album In Effect Mode, Private Times achieved a level of popularity, making it to #20 on the Billboard 200 chart and #4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albumschart. Two singles reached the Top 5 on the R&B Singles chart; "Missunderstanding" reached #1, and "No Matter What You Do," a duet with Diana Ross, peaked at #4.

"No Matter What You Do" was included on Ross' internationally successful multi-platinum album "The Force Behind the Power," giving Sure! valuable exposure in Pan-Asian nations and across continental European territories. Prior to that time, Al B. Sure! hadn't had much visibility outside of the States.

Track listing

  1. Hotel California - (Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey) 5:46
  2. Touch You - (Al B. Sure!, DeVanté Swing) 5:26
  3. So Special - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 5:37
  4. I Want to Know - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 5:10
  5. No Matter What You Do - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 5:15
  6. Shades of Grey - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 4:36
  7. Private Times - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 5:22
  8. Missunderstanding - (DJ Eddie F, Nevelle Hodge, Al B. Sure!) 4:34
  9. Channel J - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West, Chubb Rock) 4:53
  10. Had Enuf? - (Al B. Sure!, DeVanté Swing) 4:30
  11. Just for the Moment - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 4:21
  12. Sure! Thang - (Al B. Sure!, DeVanté Swing) 4:43
  13. You Excite Me - (Al B. Sure!) 4:53
  14. Hotel California (Bass Mix) - (Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey) 6:17
  15. Ooh This Jazz Is So - (Al B. Sure!, Kyle West) 4:58

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[2] 20
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] 4

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
Billboard Hot 100 US
R&B
1990 "Missunderstanding" 42 1
1991 "Had Enuf?" - 28
"No Matter What You Do" - 4

References

  1. ↑ Gallucci, Michael. Al B. Sure!: Private Times...and the Whole 9! > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Al B. Sure! US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  3. ↑ "Al B. Sure! US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
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