Nothin' But Trouble (album)

Nothin' But Trouble is the debut studio album by American singer and actress Nia Peeples. It was released on August 30, 1988 by Mercury Records. Peeples decided to venture into the music industry after she came to recognition as a regular cast in the musical television series Fame. She worked with Steve Harvey, Howard Hewett, Doc Powell and Tony Prendatt on the album. Musically, Nothin' But Trouble is a dance-pop and R&B album with influence of other popular genres at the time, such as freestyle and new jack swing.

Nothin' But Trouble received positive reviews from music critics who compared Peeples' style to Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson. The album noted a moderate commercial success. It peaked at number ninety-seven on the Billboard 200.

Three singles were released from the album. The lead single "Trouble" peaked at number thirty-five on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The album's following singles "High Time" and "I Know How (to Make You Love Me)" were less successful but managed to peak into the Hot Dance Club Songs chart at number ten and twenty-eight respectively.

Background

Another singer and Peeples' labelmate Vanessa Williams was also working on her debut album The Right Stuff (1988) at that time. She later commented that the label's focus was on Peeples because of her high-profile role on the television series Fame, so they invested their sales and marketing efforts in her album.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Ron Wynn from AllMusic gave the album four and a half out of five stars and wrote: "Operating on the premise that they could make Peeples a second-level Paula Abdul, the producers gave her the same type of dance-pop bubblegum fodder, but didn't make it as hook-laden or catchy as Abdul's songs."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Trouble"	Steve Harvey	Harvey	6:28
2.	"High Time"	Harvey Jean-Paul Maunick	Harvey	4:27
3.	"Star Crossed Lovers"	Harvey Dianne Quander	Harvey	5:46
4.	"Be My Lover"	Clif Magness Glen Ballard	Howard Hewett	4:23
5.	"Is This Really Love"	Hewett Monty Seward	Hewett	4:28
6.	"Never Gonna Get It"	Monte Moir	Moir	4:19
7.	"This Time I'll Be Sweeter"	Gwen Guthrie Patrick Grant	Doc Powell Tony Prendatt	4:14
8.	"Poetry in Motion"	Clayton Savage	Moir	3:50
9.	"I Know How (to Make You Love Me)"	Nia Peeples J. Paris	Harvey Powell Prendatt	6:56
10.	"For the Sake of Loving"	Steve Diamond Sue Sheridan	Hewett	5:21
Total length:				50:12

CD bonus tracks
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
11.	"Trouble" (12" Club Remix)	Harvey	Harvey Shep Pettibone	7:20
12.	"I Know How (to Make You Love Me)" (Street Beat)	Peeples Paris	Harvey Powell Prendatt	6:41
Total length:				64:13

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	97

References

↑ Williams, Vanessa; Williams, Helen (April 17, 2012). You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Holly wood, Love, Loss (and Each Other). Penguin Books. p. 6. ISBN 9781101569160.
1 2 Wynn, Ron. "Nothin' But Trouble - Nia Peeples". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
↑ "Nia Peeples – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Nia Peeples. Retrieved May 8, 2016.

External links

Nothin' But Trouble at AllMusic
Nothin' But Trouble at Discogs (list of releases)

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