Changing Faces

• Artist: Changing Faces
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1995
• Total Time: 59:04
• Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

Changing Faces' recording career was off to a pleasant, if less than spectacular, start with this self-titled debut album. The name Changing Faces alluded to changing trends in 1990s R&B, which was moving away from hard-driving, hard-edged new jack swing and toward a smoother, softer type of medium-tempo groove. In fact, pretty much everything on this CD (which was produced by R. Kelly, Heavy D, Kenny "K-Smoove" Kornegay, and Devante Swing, among others), favors a medium tempo -- the New York duo doesn't inundate the listener with either ultra-slow ballads or fast, danceable material. Cassandra Lucas and Charisse Rose, collectively Changing Faces, are competent singers -- and while slow jams like "Thoughts of You," "Movin' On," and "Come Closer" are neither mind-blowing nor distinctive, they're likable enough. Not surprisingly, "Foolin' Around" and "Stroke You Up" (both written and produced by R. Kelly) became major hits -- Kelly was huge in 1995, and his Isley Brothers-meets-hip-hop approach was very much in-demand. Even though this slick debut isn't a gem, it let listeners know that Changing Faces had potential. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Stroke You Up (Lyrics)	R. Kelly	Changing Faces	(5:50)
Foolin' Around	R. Kelly	Changing Faces	(4:27)
Lovin' Ya Boy	Kenny "K-Smoove" Kornegay, C. Rose	Changing Faces	(4:02)
One of Those Things	Kenny "K-Smoove" Kornegay, C. Rose	Changing Faces	(3:59)
Keep It Right There	DeVante Swing	Changing Faces	(4:00)
Am I Wasting My Time	C. Rose, Dave Hall	Changing Faces	(4:07)
Feeling All This Love	Kenny "K-Smoove" Kornegay, C. Rose	Changing Faces	(3:47)
Thoughts of You (Lyrics)	Darin Whittington, Cassandra Lucas, Charisse Rose	Changing Faces	(5:35)
Come Closer (Lyrics)	C. Rose, Nevelle Hodge	Changing Faces	(5:16)
Baby Your Love	C. Rose	Changing Faces	(4:20)
Movin' On	Kenny "K-Smoove" Kornegay, C. Rose	Changing Faces	(3:28)
Good Thing	Dinky Bingham, Eric Codee, C. Rose	Changing Faces	(5:33)
All Is Not Gone	R. Kelly	Changing Faces	(4:40)

Credits

Nevelle Hodge (Producer), Kenny "K-Smoove" Kornegay (Producer), Gus Garcas (Assistant Engineer), Darin Whittington (Keyboards), Brian Hall (Engineer), Jeff Stevenson (Engineer), Kenny "K-Smoove" Kornegay (Executive Producer), Mario Rodriguez (Engineer), DeVante Swing (Producer), Changing Faces (Vocals), Darryl Young (Producer), Dinky Bingham (Engineer), Peter Mokran (Programming), Martin Stebbing (Programming), R. Kelly (Producer), Dinky Bingham (Mixing Assistant), Charnise Carter (Executive Producer), Lafayette Carthon, Jr. (Piano), Martin Stebbing (Producer), Russell Elevado (Engineer), Peter Mokran (Engineer), Dave Hall (Engineer), Craig Kallman (Executive Producer), Martin Stebbing (Engineer), Eric Codee (Producer), Tom Coyne (Mastering), Tony Maserati (Mixing), Dave Hall (Producer), Jonnie Most (Mixing), John Schriver (Assistant Engineer), Paul Elliott (Engineer), Jeff Stevenson (Mixing), Joshua Shapera (Assistant Engineer), Jim Caruana (Assistant Engineer), Dinky Bingham (Producer), Eric Codee (Engineer), Keith Henderson (Guitar), Heavy D & the Boyz (Producer), Peter Mokran (Producer), Lisa Peardon (Photography), Peter Mokran (Mixing), Darin Whittington (Producer), Eric Lynch (Engineer), Steve George (Engineer)

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