New Edition the Home Again Tour
| Abode Again | ||||
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| Studio album past New Edition | ||||
| Released | September 10, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996[1] | |||
| Genre | R&B, hip hop, soul | |||
| Length | 61:11 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Sean "Puffy" Combs, Jermaine Dupri, Silky, Carl-And so-Lowe, Gerald Levert, Chucky Thompson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis | |||
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| Singles from Home Once again | ||||
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Home Again is the sixth studio album past American R&B/pop group New Edition. Released on September x, 1996, it is the just album to appointment to characteristic all half-dozen members of New Edition—Bobby Brown, who'd left the grouping in 1985, rejoined the lineup—and was their last recording for MCA Records. Highly anticipated, and being their first album since, Heart Break (1988), the album debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number one, becoming the group's showtime anthology to open up at number i, selling 441,000 in its kickoff week sales. It also topped the Irish gaelic Albums Chart, and the The states Billboard R&B Albums Chart every bit the group'due south first album in twelve years to do so since their cocky titled album in 1984. The anthology's success spawned 4 singles which collectively received moderate Billboard chart success. Information technology was certified double platinum by the RIAA, for sales and shipments of over two 1000000 copies on February four, 1997.
Overview [edit]
History [edit]
Afterward the successful 1988 album, Center Pause, the lineup of New Edition: Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Ricky Bell, Ronnie DeVoe, and Michael Bivins decided to go on hiatus equally a grouping in club to pursue separate interests. With the exception of a surprise reunion of all half dozen New Edition members performing at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1990, and song and music video for Bell Biv DeVoe'southward 1991 unmarried "Word to the Mutha!" (which featured Brown, Gill, and Tresvant), the grouping largely went their divide ways for the get-go one-half of the 1990s.
Upon the advice of producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Bong, Bivins and DeVoe formed their own trio, Bong Biv DeVoe. Their album Poison, released in 1990, sold over iii million copies. The same year, Johnny Gill—who had had a solo career before joining New Edition—revived it with his multi-platinum self-titled anthology. Also in 1990, Ralph Tresvant released his long-awaited solo debut album, which too went multi-platinum. In the mix, Bobby Chocolate-brown, whose 1988 album, Don't Be Cruel, had sold over eight million copies, connected his success with the triple-platinum Bobby anthology in 1992. By this point, the group members were becoming as known for their side projects as they were as New Edition. Though when pressed by fans and journalists, the at present fragmented ring mates intermittently assured that they had planned to reunite to record another New Edition album, years passed before such plans were put into action, leaving their fans to wonder if their 1988 album, Heart Break, was in fact the grouping'south swan song.
However, by 1995, many of New Edition's subsequent solo projects were not as successful as their first ventures. Meanwhile, the twelvemonth had been notable for Bobby Brown—who'd gained more media attention non for his music, merely for his tumultuous marriage to Whitney Houston, and various troubles with the constabulary. The same twelvemonth, Bell, Bivins, DeVoe, Gill, and Tresvant decided to come together and begin production on the long-awaited, long-promised 6th New Edition album. Despite his notorious reputation and worldwide tabloid fodder, the group invited Dark-brown (who had non been featured on a New Edition anthology since 1985's All for Love) back to join them, to which he agreed.
Release and reaction [edit]
New Edition's first new album in viii years, Dwelling house Again, was released in September 1996—debuting at number one on both the Billboard Meridian 200 and the Meridian R&B/Hip-Hop album nautical chart. The start unmarried, "Hit Me Off", peaked at number one on the R&B chart and reached number three on the pop nautical chart. Another top 10 hitting, "I'm Yet in Beloved With Yous" was released toward years end. Other hits include: "You lot Don't Have to Worry" and "Ane More Day". Some other vocal "Shop Around" was non released equally a single, but still found moderate airplay on R&B stations. Dwelling Again went on to be certified double platinum, with sales of over 2 1000000, and became the group's greatest commercial success. In the U.k., the anthology peaked at number 22 on the Albums Chart and spawned two top xx singles in "Hit Me Off" and "Something Almost You".[two] The group originally recorded twenty songs for the project.
However, their reunion tour was tainted by some of the members' egos. Ane evening as Dark-brown extended his solo set, Ronnie DeVoe attempted to pull Brown off the stage. Eventually, Brownish responded by dropping his microphone and a fist fight between the two ensued. This led to both members' security guards confronting each other, gun play was brought in, and the concert was halted. Bivins and Brown left the tour early, while DeVoe, Bell, Gill and Tresvant finished out the residual of the tour as a quartet. Brown later admitted during an interview that he was intoxicated during the tour.
Track listing [edit]
| No. | Championship | Author(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Oh, Yeah, It Feels So Practiced" |
| Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis | 6:02 |
| ii. | "Hit Me Off" |
| Silky | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Yous Don't Have to Worry" |
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| 4:42 |
| iv. | "Tighten It Up" |
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| 4:00 |
| five. | "Shop Around" |
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| 3:25 |
| six. | "Hear Me Out" |
| Bingham | five:12 |
| 7. | "Something About You" |
| Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis | four:48 |
| 8. | "Endeavor Once again" |
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| 4:24 |
| ix. | "How Do You lot Like Your Love Served" |
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| 5:32 |
| 10. | "One More Solar day" |
| Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis | v:03 |
| 11. | "I'm Still In Love With You" |
| Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis | four:39 |
| 12. | "Thanks (The J.G. Interlude)" | Gill | Gill | 2:39 |
| 13. | "Home Again" |
| Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis | 6:24 |
Notes
- ^a signifies a co-producer
- "Oh, Yep, It Feels Then Good" contains a sample from "The Payback" past James Chocolate-brown.
- "Hit Me Off" contains a sample from "I Got Cha Opin" by Black Moon, and from "Storm King" past Bob James.
- "You lot Don't Take to Worry" contains a sample from "Your Beloved" by James Brown.
- "Tighten It Upwards" contains a sample from "Wearisome Down" past Loose Ends, and from "Westchester Lady" by Bob James.
- "Something Nearly You" contains a sample from "What I Am" by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.
- "Try Once again" contains a sample from "Lick the Assurance" past Slick Rick.
- 1 More Solar day" contains a sample from "Sunny Mon" past Booker T. & the Thousand.G.'s.
Personnel [edit]
- Ronnie DeVoe: vocals
- Bobby Brown: vocals
- Ricky Bell: vocals
- Michael Bivins: vocals
- Ralph Tresvant: vocals
- Johnny Gill: vocals, audio-visual guitar, producer, engineer, mixing
- New Edition and Brooke Payne: executive producers
Charts [edit]
Certifications [edit]
See also [edit]
- List of number-i albums of 1996 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1996 (U.S.)
References [edit]
- ^ "Within New Edition's Overdue Renaissance". Rolling Stone. Jan 23, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ "New Edition". OfficialCharts.com . Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – New Edition – Home Again". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "CAN Charts > New Edition". RPM. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – New Edition – Home Over again" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – New Edition – Home Again". Hung Medien. Retrieved June sixteen, 2021.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – New Edition – Home Again" (in High german). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Charts.nz – New Edition – Home Again". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – New Edition – Home Again". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Official Albums Nautical chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "New Edition Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "New Edition Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June sixteen, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-Stop 1996". Billboard . Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Tiptop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard . Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Twelvemonth-Terminate 1997". Billboard . Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Elevation R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard . Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – New Edition – Home Again". Music Canada.
- ^ "American album certifications – New Edition – Dwelling Over again". Recording Manufacture Clan of America.
New Edition the Home Again Tour
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