Back on the Block
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| Studio album by Quincy Jones | ||||
| Released | August 8, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988-1989 Oceanway Record One Lighthouse Studios Westlake Audio (Los Angeles, California) Digital Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee) Tarpan Studios (San Rafael, California) |
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| Genre | R&B, hip hop, new jack swing, jazz | |||
| Length | 57:54 | |||
| Label | Qwest | |||
| Producer | Quincy Jones | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
| Ebony | favorable |
Back on the Block is a 1989 studio album produced by Quincy Jones. The album features legendary musicians and singers from across three generations, including Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Luther Vandross, Dionne Warwick, Barry White, Chaka Khan, Take 6, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, Ray Charles and a 12 year old Tevin Campbell.
Multiple singles were lifted from the album and found success on Pop and R&B radio, including "I'll Be Good To You", "I Don't Go For That", "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)", and "Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)" which was originally an instrumental track on The Brothers Johnson's Look Out for #1 set. "Tomorrow" is also noteworthy for introducing a young Tevin Campbell to the music scene. Back on the Block won the 1991 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Jones' track, Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song) was featured on the soundtrack of the 1991 film, Boyz n the Hood. Back on the Block topped the R&B Albums chart at number-one for twelve weeks, and topped the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart as well.
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