True to Myself
True to Myself | ||||||||||
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Studio album by Eric Benét | ||||||||||
Released | September 24, 1996 | |||||||||
Recorded |
1994–1996 The Crib Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Chapel St. Louis, Missouri The Enterprise Burbank, California Roger's Personal Palace Dayton, Ohio | |||||||||
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Length | 61:17 | |||||||||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||||||||
Producer | Eric Benét, Demonte Posey, George Nash, Jr., Roger Troutman, Christian Warren | |||||||||
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True to Myself is the debut album of R&B singer Eric Benét, originally released on September 24, 1996 on Warner Bros. Records. The album recorded shortly after the release of D'Angelo's critically acclaimed debut album, Brown Sugar (1995). [2] It was his first outing as a solo artist after the dissolution of his former group Benét, which he formed with his sister Lisa Jordan and cousin George Nash, Jr.[3] Benét received his deal with Warner Bros. Records from former EMI Records executive Alison Ball-Gabriel after corporate shakeups caused his former group to be dropped by the record label.[4]
Benet produced most of his debut with Demonté Posey and George Nash, Jr.- who would work with him on his later recordings. In 1995, he released the song "Let's Stay Together", which originally appeared on the soundtrack of the 1996 Martin Lawrence film A Thin Line Between Love and Hate.[5] The music video to the song was directed by Charles Stone III.[6] The second single released from True to Myself was the McG directed "Spiritual Thang".[7] The album's biggest hit was the third single "Femininity", which was directed by a then-unknown Francis Lawrence.[8]
The title track was the fourth and final single released from the album with a video directed by Joseph Kahn.[9] The song was featured on the soundtrack to Batman & Robin, released on June 10, 1997.
Track listing
- All songs are written by Eric Benét, Demonte Posey and George Nash, Jr., except as noted.[10]
- "True To Myself" (featuring Lisa Jordan-Weathers) (Eric Benét, George Nash, Jr.)
- "I'll Be There" (Eric Benét, George Nash, Jr.)
- "If You Want Me to Stay" (Sylvester Stewart)
- "Let's Stay Together (Midnight Mix)"
- "Just Friends"
- "Femininity" (Eric Benét, Christian Warren)
- "While You Where Here"
- "Spiritual Thang"
- "Chains"
- "All in the Game"
- "More Than Just a Girlfriend" (Eric Benét, George Nash, Jr.)
- "What If We Was Cool" (Eric Benét, George Nash, Jr., Roger Troutman, Dale DeGroat)
- "Let's Stay Together"
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.[11]
- George Nash, Jr. – Guitar, Drums, Clavinet
- Demonte Posey – Keyboards, Drums, Melodica
- Mark Lomax – Drums
- Warren Crawford – Bass
- Rio – Bass
- Skeeta – Bass, Guitar
- Gumby – Guitar
- Eric "Kenya" Baker – Guitar
- Christian Warren – Keyboards, Drums, Fender Rhodes, Piano
- Curtis "Sauce" Wilson – Drums
- Roger Troutman – Keyboards, Bass, Guitar, Vocoder
- Tyrone W. Griffin – Trumpet
- Fernando Harkless – Saxophone
- Steve Baxter – Trombone
- Barbara "Bobbi" Schneider – Violin
- Paul Gminder – Cello
- Eric Benét, Lisa Jordan-Weathers – Background vocals
- Alison Ball-Gabriel – Executive Producer
- Recording engineer – Eric Benét, Demonte Posey and George Nash, Jr., Roger Troutman, Hilary Bercovici, Skeeta
- Mixing: Eric Benét, Demonte Posey and George Nash, Jr., Kevin "K.D." Davis, Roger Troutman, Hilary Bercovici, Skeeta
- Mastering: Brian Gardner
- Brad Hitz – Photography
- Terry Robertson, Stephen Walker – Art Direction
- Stephen Walker – Design
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Amazon.com
- ↑ "Eric Benet: Biography". answers.com. answers.com. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ↑ "Eric Benet: Biography". answers.com. answers.com. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ↑ "A Thin Line Between Love & Hate: Music From The Motion Picture". Amazon. amazon.com. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ↑ Smalls, F. Romall (September 2000). Career At A Glance: He Knows "Whassup". Black Enterprise. p. 70. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ↑ "Spiritual Thang". mvdbade.com. MVDBase. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ↑ "Femininity". mvdbase.com. MVDBase. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ↑ "True To Myself". mvdbase.com. MVDBase. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
- ↑ Eric Benet - True To Myself (CD liner notes). Warner Bros. Records. 46270-2
- ↑ Eric Benet - True To Myself (CD liner notes). Warner Bros. Records. 46270-2