Blackface (album) explained
Blackface |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Shai |
Cover: | Blackface (album).jpg |
Released: | September 26, 1995 |
Recorded: | 1995 |
Genre: | R&B |
Length: | 53:17 |
Label: | Gasoline Alley/MCA[1] |
Producer: | Shai |
Prev Title: | Right Back at Cha |
Prev Year: | 1993 |
Next Title: | Destiny |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Blackface is a studio album by the R&B group Shai.[2] [3] It was produced by Shai; the group spent nine months working on it.[4] [5]
The album peaked at No. 42 on the Billboard 200.[6] Its first single was "Come with Me".[7]
Critical reception
The Washington Post concluded that "when Carl Martin, Darnell Van Rensalier, Garfield Bright and Marc Gay stack their voices in one unexpected chord after another, though, they capture the hope and anxiety of young love like few other acts today."[8] The Los Angeles Times determined that Shai "saves its best vocals for the album's one a cappella track, 'If I Gave (A Confession of Hope)', a spiritual that is moving in its sheer simplicity."
AllMusic noted that "the first half of the disc is devoted to seductive slow numbers, while the second part is dominated by deep bass grooves."
Track listing
- "Come with Me" – 4:39
- "During the Storm" – 4:38
- "I Don't Wanna Be Alone" – 4:54
- "Mr. Turn U Out" – 4:40
- "Concert a (The Hidden One)" – 1:57
- "Falling" – 5:11
- "Planet Solitude" – 1:12
- "Did You Know" – 4:00
- "To Get to Know You" – 4:00
- "Let's Go Back" – 4:22
- "Will I Find Someone" – 3:53
- "95" – 3:23
- "The Place Where You Belong" – 4:21
- "If I Gave (A Confession of Hope)" – 2:07
Charts
Notes and References
- Idowu . Omoronke . Revolutions . Vibe . Dec 1995 . 3 . 10 . 146.
- Web site: Music of the 1990s. Thomas. Harrison. June 16, 2011. ABC-CLIO. Google Books.
- Web site: Shai's Darnell Van Rensalier. https://web.archive.org/web/20170821061057/http://www.mtv.com/news/872682/shais-darnell-van-rensalier/. dead. August 21, 2017. MTV News.
- Reynolds . J.R. . Shai puts on a more adult 'face' . Billboard . Aug 19, 1995 . 107 . 33 . 15.
- News: Moorer . Talise D. . Shai guys purge themselves for 'Blackface' . New York Amsterdam News . 9 Mar 1996 . 25.
- Web site: Shai. Billboard.
- News: Gordon . Ellen A. . SHAI Returns After Three-Year Absence . New Pittsburgh Courier . 28 Oct 1995 . B5.
- Web site: SHAI'S SMOOTH SECOND ACT . The Washington Post . 28 April 2022.
- Web site: Shai ARIA Chart history (complete to 2024). ARIA. Imgur.com. July 26, 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.