Kenny Lattimore (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Kenny Lattimore
Type = studio album
Artist = Kenny Lattimore


Released = 1996
Recorded =
Genre = R&B
Length = 57:49
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Dave Hall, Jimmy Abney, Keith Crouch, Kenny Lattimore, Herb Middleton, Kenny Lerum
Reviews = * Rating|3|5 All Music Guide [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfpxqqhldke link]
* (8.5/10) (A-) Entertainment Weekly [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,292594,00.html link]
Last album =
This album = "Kenny Lattimore" (1996)
Next album = "From the Soul of Man" (1998)
Misc = Singles
Name = Kenny Lattimore
Type = album
Single 1 = Never Too Busy
Single 1 date = April 1996 [cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=147665&aid=184112|title=Kenny Lattimore Discography: "Never Too Busy"|publisher=Billboard.com]
Single 2 = Just What It Takes
Single 2 date = 1996 [cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=147665&aid=192231|title=Kenny Lattimore Discography: "Just What It Takes"|publisher=Billboard.com]
Single 3 = For You
Single 3 date = March 11, 1997 [cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=147665&aid=285954|title=Kenny Lattimore Discography: "For You"|publisher=Billboard.com]

"Kenny Lattimore" is the debut solo album of R&B singer Kenny Lattimore.

Biography

Upon its release, critics hailed "Kenny Lattimore" as an album that hearkened back to the time of Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye when "R&B had more soul" [cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,292594,00.html|title=Never Too Busy|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|date=May 17, 1996] The set was bolstered by the success of singles "Never Too Busy," "Just What It Takes," and the now-signature song and perennial wedding ballad "For You."

Chart performance

The album reached a peak of #19 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart.cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=147665&model.vnuAlbumId=360179|title=Kenny Lattimore Chart History|publisher=Billboard.com] It also reached #92 on The Billboard 200 chart on May 3, 1997. [cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=147665&aid=192232|title=Kenny Lattimore Chart Position|publisher=Billboard.com] The album contained a large portion of midtempo soul songs and romantic ballads. Five of the songs were co-written by Lattimore.

"Never Too Busy" cracked the Top 20 of the R&B charts and spurred the album to gold sales. [amg|11:wbfyxqegldde~T1|Kenny Lattimore Biography] "For You" made an even higher impact reaching #6 on the R&B charts. The album made such a splash for Lattimore that he was nominated that year for the Best Male R&B Artist Grammy the following year. [cite web|url=http://www.soultracks.com/kenny_lattimore.htm|title=Kenny Lattimore|publisher=Soul Tracks]

Track listing

# Never Too Busy (5:33)
# Just What It Takes (5:05)
# I Won't Let You Down (5:00)
# All I Want (4:54)
# Forever (4:47)
# For You (3:57)
# Joy (4:37)
# Where Did Love Go (4:13)
# Forgiveness (4:08)
# Always Remember (5:41)
# Climb The Mountain (5:48)
# I Won't Forget (Whose I Am) (4:06)

Music videos

* "Never Too Busy"
* "Just What It Takes"
* "For You"

References

External links

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