Wilson Phillips (album) explained
Wilson Phillips is the debut album by American vocal group Wilson Phillips, released in 1990 by SBK Records. The album was successful in the United States, where it peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 chart for 10 weeks starting August 4, 1990.[1] It spent 125 weeks on the charts, including one year in the top 10.[2] [3] The album has sold five million copies in the United States and over eight million worldwide.[4]
Five singles were released from the album, with "Hold On", "Release Me" and "You're in Love" all reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. "Impulsive" reached number four, and the fifth single, "The Dream Is Still Alive", peaked at number 12. The album and its singles earned the group five Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New Artist.
Critical reception
The Globe and Mail called the album "a pleasant but lightweight collection of ditties that owes more to Stevie Nicks and (especially) Paula Abdul than it does to the respective artists' mamas and papas."[5] The New York Times considered it "an engaging high-gloss album of pop-rock songs that deal mostly with the complications of young love."[6] The Calgary Herald concluded that "slick production and the fact the gals harmonize nicely can't mask a shallowness so profound, it makes Martika seem deep."
Personnel
Wilson Phillips
- Chynna Phillips – lead vocals (1, 2, 5–7, 9, 10), backing vocals
- Carnie Wilson – lead vocals (4, 6, 9, 10), backing vocals
- Wendy Wilson – lead vocals (3, 8), backing vocals
Musicians
- Glen Ballard – keyboards (1, 2, 4–10), rhythm arrangements (1, 2, 4–10)
- Randy Kerber – keyboards (1, 2, 4–10)
- Clif Magness – keyboards (3), rhythm guitar (3), arrangements (3)
- Bill Payne – organ (3, 10)
- Michael Landau – guitars (1, 2, 4–6, 8–10)
- Joe Walsh – additional rhythm guitar (1, 7), rhythm guitar (3), slide guitar solo (3)
- Steve Lukather – rhythm guitar (7), guitar solo (7, 9)
- Basil Fung – rhythm guitar (10)
- Jimmy Johnson – bass (1–4, 6–9)
- Abraham Laboriel – bass (5)
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass (10)
- John Robinson – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Vocals arranged by Glen Ballard and Wilson Phillips
Production
- Executive producer – Charles Koppelman
- Produced by Glen Ballard
- Recorded and mixed by Francis Buckley
- Additional recording – Glen Ballard, Tom Biener, Francis Buckley, Julie Last, Clif Magness, Gabriel Moffat and Rail Jon Rogut
- Second engineers – Dan Bosworth, Rick Butz, Daryll Dobson and Bill Malina
- Mixed at Garden Rake Studio (Sherman Oaks, California)
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood)
- Design – Mark Larson
- Cover photography – Timothy White
- Inside photography – Alberto Tallot
Charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
All-time charts
Notes and References
- Billboard 200 - August 4, 1990. . 14 October 2021.
- Wilson Phillips on the Billboard charts. . 14 October 2021.
- [Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]
- Book: Knopper, Steve. Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age. 6 January 2009. Simon and Schuster. 978-1-4165-9455-0. 46–.
- News: Niester . Alan . Wilson Phillips . The Globe and Mail . Apr 23, 1990 . C7.
- News: Holden . Stephen . The Pop Life . The New York Times . Mar 21, 1990 . C17.
- Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de. GfK Entertainment. July 31, 2021.
- Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1990. Recorded Music NZ. February 13, 2022.
- Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1990. hitparade.ch. July 31, 2021.
- Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1990. Billboard. July 31, 2021.
- Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1991. Billboard. August 1, 2021.
- Geoff Mayfield . 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s . . December 25, 1999 . October 15, 2010.
- Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums By Women. Billboard. December 1, 2017.
