Changing Faces (Changing Faces album) explained

Changing Faces
Type:	studio
Artist:	Changing Faces
Cover:	Changing Faces - Changing Faces (album cover).jpg
Released:	August 23, 1994
Genre:	R&B
Length:	59:04
Label:	Big Beat Atlantic
Producer:	Charnise Carter (exec.) Craig Kallman (exec.) Kenny "K-Smoove" Kornegay (also exec.) Dinky Bingham Eric Codee DeVante Swing Dave Hall Heavy D Nevelle Hodge R. Kelly Poke Darin Whittington Darryl Young
Next Title:	All Day, All Night
Next Year:	1997

Changing Faces is the self-titled debut studio album by American R&B duo Changing Faces. It was released by Big Beat and Atlantic Records on August 23, 1994, in the United States. Changing Faces peaked at twenty-five on the US Billboard 200. By October 1994, it was certified gold in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), after sales exceeding 500,000 copies in the United States.

Critical reception

Allmusic editor Alex Henderson called's Changing Faces's debut "a pleasant, if less than spectacular, start [...] In fact, pretty much everything on this CD favors a medium tempo – the New York duo doesn't inundate the listener with either ultra-slow ballads or fast, danceable material. Cassandra Lucas and Charisse Rose, collectively Changing Faces, are competent singers and while slow jams like "Thoughts of You," "Movin' On," and "Come Closer" are neither mind-blowing nor distinctive, they're likable enough [...] Even though this slick debut isn't a gem, it let listeners know that Changing Faces had potential."

Chart performance

The album peaked at twenty-five on the US Billboard 200 and topped the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.^[1] Changing Faces was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in October 1994.^[2]

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.^[3]

• assistant engineering – Jim Caruana, Gus Garcas, John Schriver, Joshua Shapera
• engineering – Dinky Bingham, Eric Codee, Russell Elevado, Paul Elliott, Steve George, Brian Hall, Dave Hall, Eric Lynch, Peter Mokran, Mario Rodriguez, Martin Stebbing, Jeff Stevenson
• executive production – Charnise Carter, Craig Kallman, Kenny "K-Smoove" Kornegay
• guitar – Keith Henderson
• keyboards – Darin Whittington
• mastering – Tom Coyne
• mixing – Tony Maserati, Peter Mokran, Jonnie Most, Jeff Stevenson
• mixing assistant – Dinky Bingham
• photography – Lisa Peardon
• piano – Lafayette Carthon, Jr.
• production – Dinky Bingham, Eric Codee, DeVante Swing, Dave Hall, Heavy D & the Boyz, Nevelle Hodge, R. Kelly, Kenny "K-Smoove" Kornegay, Peter Mokran, Martin Stebbing, Darin Whittington, Darryl Young
• programming – Peter Mokran, Martin Stebbing
• vocals – Changing Faces

Charts

Year-end charts

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1994 (U.S.)

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r209382/charts-awards/billboard-album|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((Changing Faces > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))]. Allmusic. 2010-05-14.
2. Web site: RIAA – Gold & Platinum – August 04, 2010 : Search Results – Changing Faces. RIAA. 2010-08-04.
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r209382/credits|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((Changing Faces > Credits)))]. Allmusic. 2010-05-14.
4. News: Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Year-End 1994. Billboard. July 8, 2020.