Keep the Faith (Faith Evans album)

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Keep the Faith
Keep the Faith (Faith Evans album) coverart.jpg
Studio album by Faith Evans
Released October 27, 1998
Recorded 1997–1998
Genre
Length 57:52
Label Bad Boy
Producer Sean Combs (Exec.), Ron Lawrence, Stevie J, Babyface, Chucky Thompson, J. Dub, Anthony Dent
Faith Evans chronology
Faith
(1995)Faith1995		 Keep the Faith
(1998)		 Faithfully
(2001)Faithfully2001
Singles from Keep the Faith
  1. "Love Like This"
    Released: September 15, 1998
  2. "All Night Long"
    Released: March 2, 1999
  3. "Never Gonna Let You Go"
    Released: August 17, 1999
  4. "Lately I"
    Released: November 24, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [1]
Columbus Times (favorable)
Entertainment Weekly A− [2]
Los Angeles Times 2.5/4 stars [3]
Q 3/5 stars [4]
Rolling Stone 2.5/5 stars [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3/5 stars [6]
Urban Latino 4/4 stars [4]
Village Voice (mixed) [7]
Yahoo! Music (favorable) [8]

Keep the Faith is the second album by American singer Faith Evans. It was released on Bad Boy Records and peaked at number 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The album has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Background

Two years in the making, Evans' second solo effort, Keep the Faith, was released during October 1998. Almost entirely written and produced by her, Evans considered the album difficult to complete as she had initially felt discouraged about the progress at first.[9] Upon its release, however, the album garnered generally positive reviews by music critics, with Allmusic noting it "without a doubt a highlight of 1990s soul-pop music".[10] Also enjoying commercial success, it went platinum and produced the top ten singles "Love Like This" and "All Night Long" (released March 30, 1999) prompting Evans to start an 18-city theater tour with Dru Hill and Total the following year.[9]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Faith (Intro)"   Faith Evans, Jeffrey "J Dub" Walker J Dub 0:59
2. "Love Like This"   F. Evans, Sean Combs, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Schon Crawford, Clarence Emery, Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers Faith Evans, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Sean "Puffy" Combs 4:01
3. "All Night Long" (featuring Puff Daddy) F. Evans, S. Combs, R. "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Schon Crawford, Clarence Emery, Todd Russaw, Todd Gaither, Bertram Reid, Galen Underwood F. Evans, R. Lawrence, S. Combs 3:54
4. "Sunny Days"   F. Evans, S. Combs, J. Walker, Anthony Dent, Lorne B. Rawls, Kenneth Stover Anthony Dent, J Dub, S. Combs 4:20
5. "Tears Away (Interlude)"   F. Evans, J. Walker J Dub 1:42
6. "My First Love"   F. Evans, S. Combs, Chucky Thompson, Kelly Price Chucky Thompson, S. Combs 4:59
7. "Anything You Need"   F. Evans, S. Combs, J. Walker J Dub, S. Combs 5:59
8. "No Way"   F. Evans, J. Walker, K. Price J Dub 5:02
9. "Life Will Pass You By"   F. Evans, S. Combs, R. "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Carlton Thomas, D.J. Rogers Jr., Richard Frierson, Michael Keith, Quinnes Parker, Daron Jones, Marvin Scandrick, Angela Bofill, Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden Richard Frieson, R. Lawrence, S. Combs 4:48
10. "Keep the Faith"   F. Evans, S. Combs, A. Dent, J. Walker, Donovan Jackson, Franklin Brown A. Dent, J Dub, S. Combs 5:02
11. "Special Place (Interlude)"   F. Evans, Steven Jordan Steven "Stevie J" Jordan 1:01
12. "Never Gonna Let You Go"   Babyface, Damon Thomas Babyface, Kenya Ivey, Tavia Ivey 4:27
13. "Stay (Interlude)"   F. Evans, J. Walker J Dub 1:56
14. "Caramel Kisses" (featuring 112) F. Evans, S. Combs, C. Thompson,
M. Scandrick, M. Keith, Q. Parker		 C. Thompson 4:42
15. "Lately I"   Diane Warren, S. Jordan Steven "Stevie J" Jordan 4:18

Samples

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart (OCC)[11] 69
U.S. Billboard 200 6
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 3

Personnel

Musicians
Production
  • Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander – engineer, mixing
  • Tony Black – engineer, mixing
  • Axel Niehaus – engineer, mixing
  • Paul Boutin – engineer
  • Tom Cassel – engineer
  • Joe "Smilin' Joe" Perrera – engineer
  • Rob Paustian – engineer
  • Thom Russo – engineer
  • Doug Wilson – engineer
  • E'lyk – assistant engineer, mixing
  • Jon Gass – mixing
  • Tony Maserati – mixing
  • Michael Patterson – editing
  • Herb Powers – mastering
  • Gwendolyn Niles – project manager
  • Faith Evans – executive producer, producer
  • Sean "Puffy" Combs – executive producer, producer
  • Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie – associate executive producer
  • Babyface – producer
  • Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence – producer
  • Mike Mason – producer
  • Ron Lawrence – producer
  • Carl Thompson – producer
  • David Foster – producer, vocal producer
  • Richard "Younglord" Frierson – producer
  • Todd Russaw – associate executive producer
  • Jesse Rivera – project coordinator
  • Harve Pierre – A&R
  • Albert Watson – photography
  • Gwynnis Mosby – make-up
  • Klya Wright – hair stylist

References

  1. ↑ Promis, Jose F.. Keep the Faith at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
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  8. ↑ Yahoo! Music review
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  11. ↑ Faith Evans Official UK Charts History. Officialcharts.com

External links

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