Secrets (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Secrets
Type = studio
Artist = Toni Braxton


Released = June 18, 1996
Recorded = October 1995–1996
Genre = R&B, pop, soul
Length = 54:53
Label = LaFace
Producer = Babyface (also executive), Antonio "L.A." Reid (also executive), R. Kelly, David Foster, Tony Rich, Soulshock & Karlin, Keith Crouch
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fq6zefwk8gf6 link]
*"Rolling Stone" (not rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tonibraxton/albums/album/235493/review/5942450/secrets link]
Last album = "Toni Braxton"
(1993)
This album = "Secrets"
(1996)
Next album = "The Heat"
(2000)
Misc = Singles
Name = Secrets
Type = studio
Single 1 = You're Makin' Me High"/"Let It Flow
Single 1 date = May 21, 1996
Single 2 = Un-Break My Heart
Single 2 date = October 8, 1996
Single 3 = I Don't Want To"/"I Love Me Some Him
Single 3 date = March 11, 1997
Single 4 = How Could an Angel Break My Heart
Single 4 date = November 4, 1997

"Secrets" is the second studio album by six-time Grammy Award-winning American singer Toni Braxton. After selling eight million albums domestically of her debut album, earning a bevy of awards including Best New Artist at the 1994 Grammy Awards, and having consecutive top ten singles on both the "Billboard" Hot 100 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, a lot was riding on this project. Nearly three years after her eponymous debut, "Secrets" was released on June 18, 1996. The album also sold eight million copies in the U.S.

Album information

The first single released, "You're Makin' Me High", became a smash success earning Braxton her first number-one single on both the "Billboard" Hot 100 and the "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. Its B-side, "Let It Flow", was another radio airplay smash and was featured on the multi-platinum 1995 "Waiting to Exhale" soundtrack. The second single, "Un-Break My Heart", became a monumental hit peaking at number one on the Hot 100 for eleven consecutive weeks, number one on the Hot Dance Club Play, and number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, besides topping the singles charts in several other countries. After the triumph of two consecutive number-one singles, Braxton offered her third single, "I Don't Want To", during the spring of 1997. The R. Kelly-written and -produced single made the top twenty of the Hot 100 and the top ten of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Its B-side, "I Love Me Some Him", was a major radio airplay hit domestically. The fourth official single, "How Could an Angel Break My Heart", which features Kenny G on the saxophone, became another top forty hit in the United Kingdom while failing to dent the charts in the U.S., but propelled "Secrets" to eight-time platinum status. The album was well-received both critically and commercially. Braxton also added more awards to her mantle, which included another two Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

Track listing

#"Come on Over Here" (Darrell Spencer, Tony Rich, Marc Nelson) – 3:36
#"You're Makin' Me High" (Babyface, Bryce Wilson) – 4:26
#"There's No Me Without You" (Babyface) – 4:19
#"Un-Break My Heart" (Diane Warren) – 4:30
#"Talking in His Sleep" (Toni Braxton, Keith Crouch) – 5:33
#"How Could an Angel Break My Heart" (Babyface, Braxton) – 4:20
#"Find Me a Man" (Babyface) – 4:27
#"Let It Flow" (Babyface) – 4:21
#"Why Should I Care" (Babyface) – 4:25
#"I Don't Want To" (R. Kelly) – 4:17
#"I Love Me Some Him" (Andrea Martin, Gloria Stewart) – 5:09
#"In the Late of Night"/"Toni's Secrets" (Babyface, Jonathan Buck) – 5:33

European edition

#

"In the Late of Night" – 5:18
#"Toni's Secrets" – 0:15

Latin American edition

#

"Regresa a Mi" ("Un-Break My Heart" Spanish Version) – 4:30

Japanese edition

#

"You're Makin' Me High" (T'Empo Mix) – 4:13
#"Un-Break My Heart" (Classic Radio Mix) – 4:28
#"I Don't Want To" (Frankie Knuckles Radio Edit) – 3:54

Charts

{| class="wikitable"!align="center"|Chart (1997)!align="center"|Peak
position
-
align="left"|Canadian Albums Chart
align="center"|5
-
align="left"|Finnish Albums Chart
align="center"|3
-
align="left"|French SNEP Albums Chart
align="center"|22
-
align="left"|German Albums Chart [cite web |url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Braxton%2CToni/Secrets/longplay |title=Musicline.de – Toni Braxton – Secrets |accessdate=2008-10-05 |work=Musicline.de |language=German]
align="center"|2
-
align="left"|Hungarian Mahasz Albums Chart [cite web |url=http://www.mahasz.hu/m/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=1997&het=8&submit_=Keresés |title=Top 40 album- és válogatáslemez-lista – 1997. 8. hét |accessdate=2008-10-05 |work=Mahasz |language=Hungarian]
align="center"|5
-
align="left"|Norwegian Albums Chart
align="center"|1
-
align="left"|Swedish Albums Chart
align="center"|2
-
align="left"|Swiss Albums Chart
align="center"|1
-
align="left"|UK Albums Chart [cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=12852 |title=Chart Stats – Toni Braxton – Secrets |accessdate=2008-10-05 |work=Chart Stats]
align="center"|10

References

succession box
before = "Falling into You" by Celine Dion
title = Dutch Albums Chart number-one album
years = November 23, 1996 – December 14, 1996
after = "Falling into You" by Celine Dionsuccession box
before = "Voll Der Winter Vol. 4" by Die Schlümpfe
title = Swiss Albums Chart number-one album (first run)
years = January 5, 1997
after = "Bocelli" by Andrea Bocellisuccession box
before = "Bocelli" by Andrea Bocelli
title = Swiss Albums Chart number-one album (second run)
years = January 26, 1997
after = "Bocelli" by Andrea Bocellisuccession box
before = "Tragic Kingdom" by No Doubt
title = Norwegian Albums Chart number-one album
years = March 1, 1997
after = "Smurfehits 2" by Geir Børresen and Smurfene