Exposé (album)
Exposé is the third album by American vocal group Exposé, released in 1992. The album's music style is less Latin influenced than their previous albums, with more adult contemporary material. The album features more of Ann Curless on lead vocals; she sings lead on "I Think I'm in Trouble," "As Long as I Can Dream," "In Walked Love," and "Angel." This album marks the debut of Kelly Moneymaker as a member of the group.
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Released | October 9, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1991–1992 | |||
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Length | 53:55 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Steve Thompson & Michael Barbiero Lewis A. Martineé Guy Roche DNA/Davidge | |||
Exposé chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | (B+)[2] |
Robert Christgau | [3] |
For the track "I Specialize in Love," Jeanette Jurado (who provides the lead vocals for the majority of the album) sings co-lead with Curless, and then shares lead vocals with Curless and Moneymaker during the final bridge.
"I Specialize in Love", "Angel", and "The Same Love" are covers of previously recorded songs; "Angel" was written and recorded by Maria Vidal in 1987, "I Specialize in Love" was a dance hit for Sharon Brown in 1982, while "The Same Love" was a minor hit for the Jets in 1989.
The album was recorded at several studios in the United States—The Hit Factory, Home Boy Recording Studio, Right Track Studios, Sabella Recording Studios, River Sound, Sear Sound, Countdown Recording Studios, Criterion Studios, Conway Recording Studios, Music Grinder—as well as H'Appeny Bridge in the United Kingdom and Soundtrack Recording. The song "I Specialize in Love" was recorded at The Hit Factory, H'Appeny and Soundtrack Recording.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Think I'm in Trouble" | Kevin Calhoun, Matt Noble, Shelly Peiken | 4:16 |
2. | "You Don't Know What You Got" | Lewis A. Martineé, Hector Almaguer, Enrique Garcia | 4:20 |
3. | "I Wish the Phone Would Ring" | Michael Jay, Marvin Morrow | 4:06 |
4. | "As Long as I Can Dream" | Diane Warren, Roy Orbison | 4:49 |
5. | "In Walked Love" | Diane Warren | 4:51 |
6. | "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me" | Diane Warren | 3:49 |
7. | "Angel" | Robbie Seidman, Maria Vidal | 5:14 |
8. | "Face to Face" | Lewis A. Martineé | 4:22 |
9. | "I Specialize in Love" | Lotti Golden, Richard Scher | 3:53 |
10. | "Touch and Go" | Irmgard Klarmann, Felix Weber | 4:45 |
11. | "The Same Love" | Diane Warren | 3:59 |
12. | "Give Me All Your Love" | Lewis A. Martineé | 5:31 |
Total length: | 53:55 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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13. | "I Wish the Phone Would Ring" (Exposed Mix) | Michael Jay, Marvin Morrow | 5:04 |
Total length: | 58:59 |
Personnel
Exposé
- Jeanette Jurado – lead vocals (2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12), vocals (9), backing vocals
- Ann Curless – lead vocals (1, 4, 5, 7), vocals (9), backing vocals
- Kelly Moneymaker – vocals (9, 10), backing vocals
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Certifications and charts
- Certification
Country | Music recording sales certification | Date | Sales certified |
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United States [4] | Gold | 29 November 1994 | 500,000 |
- Album charts
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[5] | 135 |
US R&B Albums[5] | 93 |
- Singles charts
Year | Title | Lead vocals | US | US Club Play | US Dance Sales | US AC | CA [6] |
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1992 | "I Wish the Phone Would Ring" | Jeanette Jurado | 28 | — | 14 | — | 49 | — |
1993 | "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me" | Jeanette Jurado | 8 | — | — | 1 | 16 | 75 |
"As Long as I Can Dream" | Ann Curless | 56 | — | — | 21 | 41 | — | |
1994 | "In Walked Love" | Ann Curless | 84 | — | — | 17 | 49 | — |
"I Specialize in Love" | Ann Curless, Jeanette Jurado | — | 6 | 20 | — | — | — | |
References
- Exposé at AllMusic
- "Expose Review | Music Reviews and News". EW.com. 1992-11-27. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
- "CG: exposé". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
- "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - June 5, 2014". RIAA. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
- "Exposé - Exposé | Awards". AllMusic. 1992-11-03. Retrieved 2014-06-05.
- "Search - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2013-03-09.