Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Fank i Soul, Pop
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Track listing
I`m Your Baby Tonight – Standard edition
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. `I`m Your Baby Tonight`
L.A. ReidBabyface
ReidBabyface
4:59
2. `My Name Is Not Susan` Eric Foster White
ReidBabyface
4:39
3. `All the Man That I Need`
Dean PitchfordMichael Gore
Narada Michael Walden 4:11
4. `Lover for Life` Sam Dees Walden 4:49
5. `Anymore`
ReidBabyface
ReidBabyface
4:23
6. `Miracle`
ReidBabyface
ReidBabyface
5:42
7. `I Belong to You`
Derek BrambleFranne Golde
Walden 5:30
8. `Who Do You Love`
Luther VandrossHubert Eaves III
Vandross 3:57
9. `We Didn`t Know` (duet with Stevie Wonder) Stevie Wonder Wonder 5:30
10. `After We Make Love`
Michael MasserGerry Goffin
Masser 5:07
11. `I`m Knockin"
Rhett LawrenceRicky MinorBenjamin Winans
MinorWhitney Houston
4:58

I`m Your Baby Tonight is the third studio album of American singer Whitney Houston released on November 6, 1990, by Arista Records. The album has been certified quadruple platinum in the US by the RIAA
Background
Houston`s previous efforts featured material mostly chosen by the label. With this project, however, she had more control over the album`s content. In addition to working with the previous producers of Narada Michael Walden and Michael Masser, she also worked with the production team of L.A. Reid and Babyface, as well as singer Luther Vandross on `Who Do You Love`, and did a collaboration with Stevie Wonder on `We Didn`t Know`. Houston would also produce the song `I`m Knockin", with tour music director Ricky Minor and co-write with singer BeBe Winans on `Takin` a Chance`.

Music
I`m Your Baby Tonight`s Walden-produced songs are divided by contemporary dance-pop tracks and ornate ballads, while Reid and Babyface`s productions reappropriate 1970s black pop and danceable funk with aggressive 1980s dance rhythms.[5] According to AllMusic`s Ashley S. Battel, Houston `attempts to make a larger foray into dance music` with this album,[3] while David Browne observed light synthesizer flourishes, thumping drum beats, and `dance-fever settings` throughout.[4] James Hunter of Rolling Stone described the album as `a case study in how much [Houston] can get out of her luscious and straightforward vocal gifts within a dancepop framework.`[5] J. D. Considine wrote that Houston`s singing on the album features `sultry moans, note-bending asides, [and] window-rattling gospel shouts`.[8] Rolling Stone magazine`s Jim Macnie said that the album `displayed a slick R&B edge` and features `funk-and-dance-driven pop`.[1]

Commercial performance
In the United States, I`m Your Baby Tonight debuted at number 22 on the Billboard 200 chart, the issue dated November 24, 1990. In its second week, it leaped to number five and the following week reached its peak position at number three. The album spent 22 weeks in the top ten and was on the chart for a total of 51 weeks.[11] It also debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart, the issue date of December 1, 1990, and reached the number one in three weeks later.[12][13] It stayed on the top of the chart for eight non-consecutive weeks and was present on the chart for a total of 53 weeks.[13][14] Due to its great performance on the chart, it became the #1 R&B album on the Billboard year-end charts for 1991.[15][16] The album was certified 4× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on April 5, 1995, and since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data in May 1991, it sold, as of 2009, 1,728,000 copies in the United States, an amount which does not include copies sold in the first months of release and sales through BMG Music Club.[17][18] It is not its sales total, as the biggest part of the sales occurred between November, 1990, before there was Nielsen SoundScan.

The album was a hit internationally though its sales didn`t reach the level as high as the previous two albums, boosting Houston to global super-stardom. In the U.K., it entered the UK Albums Chart at number 6 on November 17, 1990, and peaked at number 4 nine weeks later.[19][20] The British Phonographic Industry certified it Platinum for shipments of 300,000 units on November 1, 1990. In Germany, the album peaked at number three on the Media Control Albums Chart, receiving Platinum certification for shipments of 500,000 copies by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie in 1991. It also reached the top five in other countries such as Austria,[21] Norway,[22] Sweden,[23] and Switzerland.[24] To date the album has sold approximately 10 million copies worldwide.[25]

Singles
I`m Your Baby Tonight yielded four top-twenty singles on the Hot 100 Singles chart, and six top-twenty singles on the Hot R&B Singles chart between 1990 and 1992. `I`m Your Baby Tonight` and `All the Man That I Need` both reached number 1. This success earned Houston a ranking of number 3 Pop singles artist and number 1 R&B singles artist on the 1991 Billboard year-end charts.[15][26]

The title track, `I`m Your Baby Tonight`, was released as the first single from the album in October 1990. While the L.A. Reid/Babyface mix version was released in the United States, an alternate Yvonne Turner mix, labeled the international version or European version, was released in other countries. The single debuted at number forty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the week ending October 20, 1990. Six weeks later, in the issue dated December 1, 1990, it reached number one and stayed there for a week, becoming Houston`s eighth number-one single on the chart.[27] It also peaked at number one in the same week on the Hot R&B Singles chart and remained on the top for two weeks, making it her fourth R&B chart topper.[28] In addition, the song peaked at number seven on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart, spending a total of twenty-eight weeks on the chart.[29] The single was certified Gold for shipments of 500,000 copies by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 27, 1990.[30] Worldwide it was a big hit during her European promotion in November–December 1990. In Italy, it reached number one on the Musica e dischi singles chart in November 1990 and remained atop for five weeks, becoming her second number-one song on the chart, after 1987`s `I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)`.[citation needed] In the United Kingdom, the single entered the UK Singles Chart at number sixteen on October 20, 1990, and peaked at number five two weeks later, becoming her eighth top ten hit.[31][32] It also reached the top five in many countries such as Austria,[33] Belgium,[34] France,[35] Germany,[36] the Netherlands,[37] Norway,[38] Sweden,[39] and Switzerland.[40] It also went top ten in Australia and Ireland.[41][42] Houston was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female with this track at the 33rd Grammy Awards of 1991.[43]

Houston`s remake of a ballad, `All the Man That I Need` was the album`s second single, released in December 1990. The single achieved great success on the Billboard charts. It debuted at number fifty-three on the Hot 100 on December 22, 1990, and topped the chart nine weeks later, in the issue dated February 23, 1991.[44] On March 2, 1991, when it reached the number one on the Hot R&B Singles chart, the single enjoyed its second and third week at the top of the Hot 100 and Hot Adult Contemporary chart, respectively.[45][46][47] As a result, it became her first single to top the Hot 100, Hot R&B, and Hot Adult Contemporary chart simultaneously—which `I Will Always Love You` also achieved for five weeks in 1992/93—and overall her third triple-crown hit, after 1985`s `Saving All My Love for You` and 1986`s `How Will I Know` both reached the top spot on those three charts in different weeks. The RIAA certified it Gold on March 21, 1991.[48] Unlike the United States, it was a modest hit globally. It peaked at number one on the Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles chart for one week and number ten on Belgian VRT Top 30 chart.[49][50] However, it only reached the top twenty in Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.[42][51][52] With this song, Houston received a nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female at the 34th Grammy Awards in 1992, which was her fifth nomination in that category.[43]

After the release of `The Star Spangled Banner` single, `Miracle` was released as the third single from the album in April 1991. It peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 8, 1991, becoming her thirteenth top ten hit on the chart.[53] It also reached number two and number four, on the Hot R&B Singles and Adult Contemporary chart, respectively.[54][55]

The album`s fourth single `My Name Is Not Susan` was released in July 1991. In September, the song peaked at number twenty on the Hot 100 and number eight on the Hot R&B, becoming her fifteenth R&B top ten hit.[56]

A fifth single, `I Belong to You`, became a top ten R&B single and garnered Houston a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 35th Grammy Awards.[57][58]

`We Didn`t Know`, a duet with Stevie Wonder, was the sixth and final single from the album, released exclusively for R&B airplay in April 1992. It peaked at number twenty on the Hot R&B Singles chart in the issue dated July 4, 1992.[59] Included on the tracklisting of the album`s Japanese edition is a cover of Steve Winwood`s `Higher Love`, which was resurrected by Norwegian DJ Kygo in 2019, and `Takin` a Chance`; the latter became a success in the country.

Personnel
Whitney Houston – vocals, background vocals, vocal arrangements
Walter Afanasieff – keyboards, Moog bass, synthesizers
Tawatha Agee – background vocals
Gerald Albright – saxophone
Skip Anderson – drums, keyboards
Babyface – keyboards, Memorymoog bass, vocals, background vocals
Kitty Beethoven – background vocals
Louis Biancaniello – synthesizer, keyboards
Gary Bias – alto saxophone
Vernon `Ice` Black – guitar
Kimberly Brewer – background vocals
Ray Brown – trumpet
Chris Camozzi – guitar
Francisco Centeno – bass
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
Hubert Eaves III – synthesizer, drums, keyboards
Steve Ferrone – drums
Lynn Fiddmont – background vocals
Kenny G – saxophone
Jerry Hey – strings
Dorian Holley – background vocals
Cissy Houston – background vocals
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
Skyler Jett – background vocals
Keith John – background vocals
Melisa Kary – background vocals
Kayo – Fender bass, Moog bass
Randy Kerber – strings, keyboards
Ren Klyce – Fairlight synthesizer
Robbie Kondor – strings, keyboards, rhythm
Neil Larsen – Hammond organ
Ricky Lawson – synthesizer, percussion, drums
Wayne Linsey – piano
Frank Martin – piano, keyboards, vibraphone
Paulette McWilliams – background vocals
Jason Miles – synthesizer
Ricky Minor – synthesizer, bass, horn, background vocals, rhythm, synthesized bass
Billy Myers – horn
Rafael Padilla – percussion
Donald Parks – Fairlight synthesizer
L.A. Reid – percussion, drums
Claytoven Richardson – background vocals
Tom Scott – saxophone
Michael `Patches` Stewart – trumpet
Annie Stocking – background vocals
Steve Tavaglione – horn, tenor saxophone
Jeanie Tracy – background vocals
Luther Vandross – vocals
Narada Michael Walden – synthesized bass, percussion
David Ward II – synthesizer
Bill Washer – guitar
Kirk Whalum – saxophone, tenor saxophone
Brenda White-King – background vocals
BeBe Winans – background vocals
CeCe Winans – background vocals
Stevie Wonder – vocals, multiple instruments, performer
Reggie C. Young – trombone
Production
L.A. Reid - producer (tracks: `I`m Your Baby Tonight`, `My Name Is Not Susan`, `Anymore` and `Miracle`), arranger
Babyface - producer (tracks: `I`m Your Baby Tonight`, `My Name Is Not Susan`, `Anymore` and `Miracle`), arranger
Jon Gass - recording
Barney Perkins - recording
Donnell Sullivan - engineer
Ryan Dorn - engineer
Jim Zumpano - engineer
Cynthia Ahiloh - production coordination
Marsha Burns - production coordination
Susanne Edgren - production coordination
Janice Lee - production coordination
Cynthia Shiloh - production coordination
Kevin Walden - production coordination
Gar Wood - production coordination
Stephanie Andrews - project coordinator
Robert A. Arbittier - sound design
Louis Biancaniello - drum programming, additional programming
Walter Afanasieff - drum programming
Ren Klyce - programming
Ricky Lawson - programming
Jason Miles - programming
David Ward II - programming
Hubert Eaves III - drum programming
Skip Anderson - keyboard programming
Donald Parks - keyboard programming
John Anderson - arranger
Hubert Eaves III - keyboard programming, arranger
Whitney Houston - arranger, vocal arrangement
Randy Kerber - arranger
Robbie Kondor - arranger
Ricky Minor - arranger, horn arrangements
Billy Myers - arranger, horn arrangements
Steve Tavaglione - arranger, horn arrangements
Luther Vandross - arranger
Narada Michael Walden - arranger
BeBe Winans - arranger
CeCe Winans - arranger
Stevie Wonder - arranger
Jerry Hey - string arrangements
Susan Mendola - art direction
Andrea Blanch - photography
Tim White - photography
Bernard Maisner - lettering
Kevyn Aucoin - make-u
Patrick Poussard - make-up
Barbara Dente - stylist
Ellen La Var - hair stylist
George Marino - mastering