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Studio album by Solo | ||||||||||
Released | September 12, 1995 | |||||||||
Recorded | 1994-1995 Flyte Tyme Studios Edina, Minnesota Quad Recording Studios Axis Recording New York City, New York |
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Genre | R&B, hip hop soul, urban | |||||||||
Length | 70:53 | |||||||||
Label | Perspective | |||||||||
Producer | James Harris III, Terry Lewis (exec.), Henley "Jr." Regisford (exec.), Alex Richbourg, McKinley Horton & Khiry Abdulsamad, Joseph Powell, The Characters | |||||||||
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Solo is the eponymous debut studio album by American R&B group Solo, released September 12, 1995 via Perspective Records. The album was executive produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and it peaked at #52 on the Billboard 200.
Four singles were released from the album: "Heaven", "Where Do U Want Me to Put It", "He's Not Good Enough" and "Blowin' My Mind". "Heaven" is the group's highest chart appearance to date on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #42. The album contains covers of five songs originally recorded by Sam Cooke: "Another Saturday Night", "A Change Is Gonna Come", "Cupid", "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" and "(What a) Wonderful World"; as well as a cover of "Under the Boardwalk", originally recorded by The Drifters.
The album was certified gold by the RIAA on February 6, 1996 .