All That Matters (album)
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| Studio album by Michael Bolton | ||||
| Released | November 4, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Pop/R&B | |||
| Length | 64:34 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Michael Bolton, Walter Afanasieff, Barry J. Eastmond, Guy Roche, Jamie Houston, Keith Thomas and Tony Rich | |||
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| AllMusic |    |
| Entertainment Weekly | C− |
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| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
All That Matters is an album by Michael Bolton, released in 1997, and was his first studio album since 1993's "The One Thing". Bolton was aided in production by Barry J. Eastmond and Walter Afanasieff, and among the songwriters are Bolton, Diane Warren, Babyface, Lamont Dozier, Gary Burr, and Tony Rich. Bolton’s U.S. fans were puzzled by the album’s title, "All That Matters", until the phrase was found on the bonus track, "When There Are No Words", on the UK version of the album. The two singles from the album, "The Best of Love", and "Safe Place from the Storm" were disappointing in sales and radio play, and fans were disappointed that the songs were performed only a handful of times during Bolton’s 1998 tour in support of the album.
Despite the lead single's relative success (#24 on the Hot 100), the album failed to achieve substantial success, partly because subsequent singles from the album failed to make any significant impact on the charts and due to the altering musical tastes (which were in favor of teen-pop at the time). Thus, the album debuted at a disappointing #39 and after some weeks of descending the chart it completely disappeared from the Billboard Top 200, merely going Gold. It is Bolton’s last album to be certified to date.
Worldwide, the success of the album has also been limited selling just over a million copies.
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