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  • Artist: Tamia
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: April 14, 1998
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

Although it suffers from some uneven material, Tamia's eponymous debut album is an appealingly stylish collection of contemporary urban soul. Usually, her seductive voice can make the mediocre songs enticing, but the album truly soars when she has a strong song, like "Imagination." It's moments like these that indicate Tamia has true potential. ~ Leo Stanley, Rovi

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Tamia
Studio album by Tamia
Released April 14, 1998
Recorded 1996–1998
Genre R&B, hip hop soul
Label Qwest/Warner Bros.
Producer Ian Alexander (exec.), Quincy Jones (exec.), Tamia (exec.), Keith Crouch, Tim & Bob, J-Dub, Jermaine Dupri, Samuel J. Sapp, Manuel Seal, Jr., Tim Shider, Daryl Simmons, Stevie J, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Mario Winans
Tamia chronology
Tamia
(1998)		 A Nu Day
(2000)
Singles from Tamia
  1. "Imagination"
    Released: February 8, 1998
  2. "So into You"
    Released: June 23, 1998
  3. "Loving You Still"
    Released: March 2, 1999

Tamia is the self-titled debut studio album from American R&B artist Tamia, released April 14, 1998 on Qwest Records and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.

The album peaked at number sixty-seven on the Billboard 200 chart.

Contents

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

The album peaked at sixty-seven on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the eighteenth spot on the R&B Albums chart.[2]

Leo Stanley of Allmusic remarked that the album "is an appealingly stylish collection of contemporary urban soul," while also stating that "it suffers from some uneven material."[1]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Sample(s)[3] Length
1. "Imagination"   Dupri, Gordy, Mizell, Perren, Seal 3:33
2. "So Into You"   Kelley, LaPread, Richie, Robinson, Tamia 4:21
3. "Never Gonna Let You Go"   Hickson, Hoyle, Winans   4:01
4. "Falling for You"   Carter, Chambers, Jordan, Tamia, Turpin, White 5:11
5. "Show Me Love"   J-Dub, Lackey   4:06
6. "Rain on Me"   Hickson, Tamia, Winans   4:22
7. "Is That You?"   Dupri, Seal   3:22
8. "Who Do You Tell?"   Coleman, Ford-Payne, Fred Z, Nelson   4:20
9. "Gotta Move On"   Crouch, Smith, Tamia   5:08
10. "This Time It's Love"   Hall, Stewart, Tamia   5:52
11. "Loving You Still"   Simmons   5:09
12. "Careless Whisper"   Michael, Ridgeley   5:12
13. "You Put a Move on My Heart"   Temperton   6:12

Chart history

Album

Chart (1998)[2] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 67
U.S. R&B Albums 18

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions[4]
Canadian Singles Chart U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks U.S. Rhythmic Top 40
1998 "Imagination" 12 37 12 18
"So Into You" — 30 7 22
1999 "Loving You Still" — — 78 —

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.[5]

  • arranging – John Clayton, Keith Crouch, Rod Temperton
  • assistant engineering – Stephanie Gylden, Kevin Lively, Nick Marshall
  • assistant mixing – Chris Brooks, Joe Brown, Jr.
  • associate executive production – Jay Brown, Mark D. Persaud
  • bass – Alex Al, Ronnie Garrett, Ralph Stacy, Neil Stubenhaus
  • composing – Christopher "Tricky" Stewart
  • conducting – John Clayton
  • drums – Steven Meeder, John "J.R." Robinson
  • drum programming – Erik Hanson, Daryl Simmons
  • engineering – Paul D. Allen, Bob Brown, Tom Brown, Francis Buckley, Stephanie Gylden, Mauricio Iragorri, Thom "TK" Kidd, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Phil Tan
  • executive production – Ian Alexander, Quincy Jones, Brenda Richie, Tamia
  • guitar – Paul Jackson, Jr., John Jubu Smith, Michael Thompson
  • keyboards – Greg Phillinganes, Daryl Simmons, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Rod Temperton
  • mastering – Herb Powers
  • mixing – Paul D. Allen, Rob Chiarelli, Jon Gass, Humberto Gatica, Jermaine Dupri, Booker T. Jones III, Stevie J, Bruce Swedien, Phil Tan, Dave Wayy
  • multi-instruments – Keith Crouch, Mario Winans
  • percussion – Daryl Simmons
  • piano – Bob Robinson, Daryl Simmons
  • production – Keith Crouch, J-Dub, Jermaine Dupri, Quincy Jones, Samuel J. Sapp, Manuel Seal, Jr., Tim Shider, Daryl Simmons, Stevie J, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Tim & Bob, Mario Winans
  • production coordination – Constance Armstrong, Ivy Skoff
  • programming – Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Mario Winans
  • rapping – Jermaine Dupri
  • saxophone – Gerald Albright, Pete Christlieb, Jeff Clayton, Fred Jackson, Jr., Jack Nimitz, Tom Scott
  • sequencing – Christopher "Tricky" Stewart
  • synthesizer – Erik Hanson
  • trombone – George Bohannon, Charles Loper, Bill Reichenbach Jr., Reggie C. Young
  • trumpet – Oscar Brashear, Ray Brown, Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Snooky Young
  • vocal arranging – Gordon Chambers, Keith Crouch, Marc Nelson
  • vocals – Tamia
  • vocals (background) – Liza Broome, Alex Brown, Bridgette Bryant, Terrell Carter, Gordon Chambers, Pamela Cork, Chelle Davis, Siedah Garrett, Jermaine Dupri, Marc Nelson, Manuel Seal, Jr., Tanya Smith, Tamia, Mario Winans

Notes

  1. ^ a b Stanley, Leo. "allmusic ((( Tamia > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r347138/review. Retrieved 2011-02-24. 
  2. ^ a b "allmusic ((( Tamia > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r347138/charts-awards/billboard-album. Retrieved 2011-02-24. 
  3. ^ "Rap Sample FAQ - Quick FAQ Search: Tamia". The-Breaks.com. http://www.the-breaks.com/search.php?term=Tamia&type=6. Retrieved 2011-02-24. 
  4. ^ "allmusic ((( Tamia > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r347138/charts-awards/billboard-single. Retrieved 2011-02-24. 
  5. ^ "allmusic ((( Tamia > Credits )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r347138/credits. Retrieved 2011-02-24. 

External links

Tamia
Albums
Tamia · A Nu Day · More · Between Friends
Singles
"Imagination" · "So Into You" · "Falling for You" · "Loving You Still" · "Can't Go for That" · "Stranger in My House"  · "Tell Me Who" · "Into You" · "Officially Missing You" · "Questions" · "Still" · "Can't Get Enough" · "Me" · "Almost"
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