Usher | ||||
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Studio album by Usher | ||||
Released | August 30, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1991–1994 | |||
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Length | 63:13 | |||
Label | LaFace | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Entertainment Weekly | C− |
Yahoo! Music | (favorable) |
Usher is the eponymous debut studio album by American singer Usher. It was released on August 30, 1994, by LaFace Records. As executive producer, Sean "Puffy" Combs mostly did the production work on this album, as well as the additional production that were provided by Chucky Thompson, DeVante Swing and Al B. Sure!, among others. The album debuted at number 167 on the US Billboard 200. The release of the album was accompanied by the supported of three singles: "Can U Get wit It", "Think of You" and "The Many Ways". To date, the album has sold over 200,000 copies in the United States.
Billy Johnson Jr. of Yahoo! Music called the debut album "an enjoyable ride." Anderson Jones of Entertainment Weekly in a less-than-enthusiastic review of the album called the songs "sophomoric" and "remarkably dull."
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Information taken from Allmusic.