Giving You the Best That I Got (album)
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| Studio album by Anita Baker | ||||
| Released | October 18, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Studio | Encore Studio; Yamaha International Recording; Sound Suite; Hitsville; TMF; Gnome Studios | |||
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| Length | 34:33 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Michael J. Powell | |||
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| Singles from Giving You the Best That I Got | ||||
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| Robert Christgau | C+ |
Giving You the Best That I Got is the third album by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. It was Baker's first and only #1 Pop album in the US, the second #1 R&B Album, and was certified 3x platinum in 1989 by the RIAA.
The title track was released as the first single from the album and became Baker's highest charting single in the US, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The album also earned Baker three Grammy Awards and three Soul Train Music Awards.
The album peaked at number two in Jet magazine's top 20 for three weeks between February 6 and 20, 1989, and again on the week of March 13, 1989. Alex Henderson of AllMusic rated the album four points out of five, calling it not "on the par with" Baker's previous albums but better than most of R&B albums released in 1988.
"Just Because" hit number one in Jet magazine's top 20 singles on weeks of March 13, 20, and 27, 1989. The song peaked at number one on the Hot Black Singles, making it Baker's second number one and also made the Top 40, peaking at number fourteen. It has been described as a wedding reception favorite.
"Lead Me into Love" peaked at number six in Jet magazine's top 20 singles on weeks of June 5 and 12, 1989. It peaked at number four on the Hot Black Singles.
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