Masterpiece Theatre (album)
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| Studio album by En Vogue | ||||
| Released | May 23, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | September 1999 - March 2000 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | (C) |
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| NME | (7/10) |
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| Spin | (6/10) |
Masterpiece Theatre is the fourth studio album by American recording R&B/pop group En Vogue, released in 2000 on Elektra Records.
The group took famous classical music ("masterpieces") and put their own R&B flavor on it. The album's title was originally set to be Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Cool.
The first single release was "Riddle", in a remixed form for radio by Stargate. "Riddle" was set to be followed by a mini-film containing the En Vogue Love Suite ("Love U Crazay", "Sad But True", "Love Won't Take Me Out", "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Será. Será)" but plans fell through.
Plans for the second single "Love U Crazay" were cancelled after the weak commercial performance of the project. Masterpiece Theatre album sales stand at over 300,000 copies sold in the US to date.
All songs written by Denzil Foster, Thomas Elroy, Terry Ellis, Cynthia Herron and Maxine Jones, except where noted.
The group added famous classical music ("masterpieces") and put their own R&B flavor on it, the album features several samples. The 'En Vogue Love Suite' ("Love U Crazay", "Sad But True", "Love Won't Take Me Out", "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Será. Será))", presented by Russell Gatewood's most featured classical samples.
The album was originally set to include a track called "I Love You More", also a remix version, which was released on the initial advance sampler of the album. "I Love You More" was intended as the next track following the "Suite (Intro)". However, due to uncleared sampling of "The Godfather Theme", both versions of the song were replaced by the track "Love U Crazay". Another song, "It's On", was also on the advance album sampler, but was excluded from the final revised album release.
"It's On" and "I Love You More" written by Denzil Foster, Thomas Elroy, Terry Ellis, Cynthia Herron, Maxine Jones, Nino Rota
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