Show Me Love (album) explained

Show Me Love
Type:	Album
Artist:	Robin S.
Cover:	Robin_S_Show_Me_Love_album_cover.jpg
Released:	June 21, 1993
Length:	65:44
Next Title:	From Now On
Next Year:	1997

Show Me Love is the debut album by American singer Robin S., released on June 21, 1993.^[1] It includes the single "Show Me Love" which reached No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart and the top 10 of many other charts around the world. Further singles that were released from the album are "Luv 4 Luv" (titled "Love for Love" on the album), which reached No. 53 in the US and No. 11 in the UK, "What I Do Best" (UK No. 43), "I Want to Thank You" (UK No. 48) and "Back It Up" (UK No. 43).^[2]

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Alex Henderson named the album "one of 1993's more memorable R&B/dance music collections", complimenting Robin S. as "a sassy, big-voiced belter who knows how to make sparks fly". He added further, "The success of her sleek yet gritty hits "Show Me Love" and "Back It Up" led many to think of Robin as a dance-floor diva. But as much as she excels in that area, "My Kind of Man" and "I'm Gonna Love You Right (Tonight)" demonstrate that she has no problem handling the silkiest of slow jams." J.D. Considine from The Baltimore Sun wrote, "Because dance music is usually judged on a single-by-single basis, few house divas ever have much success on the album end of things. Robin S. may prove an exception to that rule." He picked the "stomping, bass-driven" "Show Me Love" and the "equally danceable" "Love for Love" as the "best moments" on the album. He also highlighted the "luscious balladry" of "What I Do Best" and the "gospel-inflected intensity" of "Who's Gonna Raise the Child".^[3] Chuck Arnold from Philadelphia Daily News opined that of the dance cuts on the album, "only "Show Me Love" and the spiritual stomper "I Want to Thank You" (co-produced by fierce New York club DJ Junior Vasquez) hold up at home."

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.^[4]

• Scott Alspach – drum programming
• Elizabeth Barrett – art direction
• Poogie Bell – drums
• Roger Byrum – saxophone
• Mike Cantwell – guitar
• Joe Carvello – executive producer
• Debbie Cole – backing vocals
• Nat Foster – engineer
• Welcome Bienvenue – mixing assistant engineer
• Ray Gaskins – saxophone
• Allan George – engineer, executive producer, producer
• Ivan Hampton – drums
• George Holz – photography
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guest artist, guitar
• Craig Kallman – executive producer
• La La – producer
• Ron Long – bass
• Luci Martin – background vocals
• Nick Martinelli – mixing, producer
• Fred McFarlane – executive producer, keyboards, producer
• Kim Miller – backing vocals
• P. Dennis Mitchell – engineer, mixing
• David Morales – mixing, producer
• Joey Moskowitz – keyboards
• Jay Oliver – keyboards
• Dana Reed – guitar, backing vocals
• Robin S. – primary artist, vocals, backing vocals
• Ralph Rolle – drums
• Vivian Sessoms – backing vocals
• StoneBridge – keyboards, mixing, producer
• David Sussman – engineer
• Dennis Taylor – backing vocals
• Matt Thomas – keyboards, producer
• Junior Vasquez – mixing, producer
• Bruce Weeden – engineer
• Zan – mixing, producer

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canadian Albums Chart	67
Dutch Albums Chart^[5]	20
German Albums Chart	84
UK Albums Chart^[6]	34
US Billboard 200^[7]	110
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums^[8]	37

External links

• Show Me Love at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: U.S. Copyright Record. cocatalog.loc.gov. 2016-01-11. 1993-07-06.
2. Web site: ROBIN S - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company. 23 March 2017.
3. [J.D. Considine|Considine, J.D.]
4. Web site: Show Me Love - Robin S. - Credits - AllMusic. AllMusic. 2 March 2018.
5. Web site: Robin S. - Show Me Love. Steffen. Hung. hitparade.ch. 17 October 2018.
6. Web site: ROBIN S - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company. 23 March 2017.
7. Web site: Robin S. Chart History. https://web.archive.org/web/20180512162826/https://www.billboard.com/music/robin-s/chart-history/billboard-200. dead. May 12, 2018. 26 December 2017.
8. Web site: Robin S. Show Me Love Chart History. https://web.archive.org/web/20180520104040/https://www.billboard.com/music/robin-s/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums/song/177283. dead. May 20, 2018. 25 April 2018.