Inner Child (album)
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| Studio album by Shanice | ||||
| Released | November 19, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1990–1991 | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B, new jack swing | |||
| Length | 59:36 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | Narada Michael Walden, Hakeem Abdulsamad, Louis Biancaniello, Eric Daniels, Mike Mani | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Inner Child is the second studio album by American R&B singer Shanice, released November 19, 1991 on Motown Records. The album peaked at number 13 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart.
The lead single "I Love Your Smile" peaked at #2 Pop and #1 R&B charts.[2] The album also features the remake of Minnie Riperton's 1974 hit "Lovin' You" which hit #59 on the R&B Singles chart in the summer of 1992. Shanice would cover the song for a second time on her 2006 album Every Woman Dreams.
Her other two singles, "I'm Cryin''" and her duet with Johnny Gill, "Silent Prayer", also proved to be successful on the R&B charts. The album was certified Gold making it Shanice's most successful album.
The UK album version features track 14 - I Love Your Smile (Driza Bone Remix) – 4:23
Track listing
- "Keep Your Inner Child Alive" (interlude) – 1:24 (Sally Jo Dakota, Narada Michael Walden)
- "I Love Your Smile" – 4:19 (Walden, Jarvis La Rue Baker, Shanice, Sylvester Jackson)
- "Forever In Your Love" – 4:46 (Baker, Dakota, Walden)
- "I'm Cryin'" – 5:07 (Dakota, Walden, Shanice)
- "I Hate To Be Lonely" – 6:46 (Walden, Wilson, Louis Biancaniello)
- "Stop Cheatin' On Me" – 4:50 (Baker, Walden, Shanice, Sandy Griffith, Claytoven Richardson)
- "Silent Prayer" (duet with Johnny Gill) – 5:03 (Walden, Jeffrey Cohen)
- "Peace in the World" – 4:26 (Baker, Dakota, Walden, Shanice)
- "Lovin' You" – 3:57 (Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph)
- "You Ain't All That" – 4:36 (Walden, Shanice, Biancaniello, Mike Mani, Hathaway Pogue)
- "Shanice & Mookie Meet Homie" (interlude) – 0:23 (Walden, Janice Wilson)
- "You Didn't Think I'd Come Back This Hard" – 3:39 (Baker, Shanice, Mani, Eric Daniels)
- "You Were The One" – 5:21 (Shanice, Crystal Wilson, Daryl Duncan, Kataya Anderson)
- "I Love Your Smile" (Hakeem's Mix) – 4:16 (Walden, Baker, Shanice, S. Jackson)
- "Goodnight" (interlude) – 0:23 (Walden, J. Wilson)
Singles
| Year | Title | Pop | R&B |
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| 1991 | "I Love Your Smile | 2 | 1 |
| 1992 | "I'm Cryin'" | 11 | |
| "Silent Prayer" | 31 | 4 | |
| "Lovin' You" | 59 |
Personnel
- Shanice: Vocals, Spoken Word, Synthesizers
- Louis Biancaniello, Eric Daniels, Mike Mani, Claytoven Richardson: Keyboards, Programming, Vocal Backing
- Vernon "Ice" Black, Corrado Rustici, Ric Wilson: Guitars
- Joel Smith: Bass
- Narada Michael Walden: Keyboards, Synthesizers, Programming, Drums, Percussion
- Branford Marsalis: Sax
- Johnny Gill: Spoken Word
- Jarvis La Rue Baker, Kitty Beethoven, Zorana Edun, Nikita Germaine, Sandy Griffith, Chris Hawkins, Skyler Jett, Ellen Keating, Alyssa Lala, Tony Lindsey, Crystal Wilson: Vocal Backing
- String Arrangements By Jerry Hey
Charts
| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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| Swiss Album Charts | 12 |
| Norwegian Album Charts | 16 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 17 |
| Austrian Album Charts | 29 |
| US Billboard 200 | 83[3] |
| US Top R&B Albums | 13[4] |