Look How Long Explained

Look How Long
Type:studio
Artist:Loose Ends
Cover:Loose Ends - Look How Long album cover.jpg
Released:[1]
Genre:R&B
Producer:Carl McIntosh[2]
Prev Title:The Real Chuckeeboo
Prev Year:1988

Look How Long is the fifth and final studio album by British contemporary R&B group Loose Ends; released on 13 November 1990 via 10 Records (which was distributed via Virgin Records) in the United Kingdom and MCA Records in the United States.[1] The album peaked at #124 on the Billboard 200 and #28 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1990.[3] Produced by band member Carl McIntosh,[2] it is the only album from the band to not feature original members Jane Eugene and Steve Nichol; they both left the band following their previous album The Real Chuckeeboo and were subsequently replaced by Linda Carriere and Sunay Suleyman both contributing singers & songwriter on the album.[4]

Three singles were released from Look How Long: "Don't Be a Fool", "Cheap Talk" and "Love's Got Me". "Don't Be a Fool" was the most successful single from the album, peaking at #10 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1990.[3]

Track listing

[1] [2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 124
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] 28

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|album|mw0000318105|pure_url=yes}} Look How Long - Loose Ends {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic]. AllMusic. All Media Network. Lytle. Craig. March 10, 2021.
  2. Web site: [{{Discogs release|713894|type=album|pure_url=yes}} Loose Ends - Look How Long (1990, Vinyl) {{!}} Discogs]. Discogs. Zink Media. March 10, 2021.
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20141017125136/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/loose-ends-mn0000827760/awards. Loose Ends Awards AllMusic. AllMusic. All Media Network. October 17, 2014. March 11, 2021.
  4. Web site: Loose Ends' Look How Long: An Overlooked New Jack Swing Classic. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Hearst Communications. O'Toole. Kit. October 8, 2011. March 11, 2021.
  5. Loose Ends, TLP. Billboard. 10 May 2021. subscription.
  6. Loose Ends, BLP. Billboard. 10 May 2021. subscription.
  7. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1991. Billboard. 10 May 2021.