CrazySexyCool
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| Studio album by TLC | |||||
| Released | November 15, 1994 | ||||
| Recorded | 1994 | ||||
| Genre | R&B | ||||
| Length | 56:10 | ||||
| Label | LaFace | ||||
| Producer | Dallas Austin, Babyface, Organized Noise, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Chucky Thompson | ||||
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CrazySexyCool, the second studio album, is a bestselling R&B/hip hop album by the group TLC, released on November 15, 1994. The album's sound is a blend of R&B/soul and hip hop music that became the commercial and critical high point of the group's career. CrazySexyCool is one of the most successful R&B albums ever released, shipping over eleven million records domestically and selling over fifteen million worldwide. It is the best selling album by a girl group in America. The album features two Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits: "Creep" and "Waterfalls". Other successful singles included "Diggin' On You" and "Red Light Special". The final track, "Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes," guest stars André Benjamin, of OutKast fame. "Kick Your Game" is the only TLC song in which Left Eye has two verses, instead of the usual one. The album title represents each girl's personality: Left Eye is "Crazy", Chilli is "Sexy" and T-Boz is "Cool". The three words together create one word, "CrazySexyCool", which describes all women's personalities.
CrazySexyCool won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. In 2003, the album was ranked number 377 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Songwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1 | "Intro-Lude" | Jermaine Dupri Phife |
1:01 | |
| 2 | "Creep" | Dallas Austin | Dallas Austin | 4:28 |
| 3 | "Kick Your Game" | Jermaine Dupri Lisa Lopez Manuel Seal |
Jermaine Dupri | 4:14 |
| 4 | "Diggin' On You" | Babyface | Babyface | 4:14 |
| 5 | "Case of the Fake People" | Dallas Austin | Dallas Austin | 4:04 |
| 6 | "CrazySexyCool - Interlude" | Tionne Watkins |
Sean "Puffy" Combs & Chucky Thompson for The Hitmen | 1:42 |
| 7 | "Red Light Special" | Babyface | Babyface | 5:04 |
| 8 | "Waterfalls" | Marqueze Etheridge Lisa Lopes Organized Noize |
Organized Noize | 4:39 |
| 9 | "Intermission-Lude" | Jermaine Dupri | :43 | |
| 10 | "Let's Do It Again" | Babyface Jon John |
Babyface Jon John |
4:16 |
| 11 | "If I Was Your Girlfriend" | Prince | Sean "Puffy" Combs & Chucky Thompson for The Hitmen | 4:36 |
| 12 | "Sexy - Interlude" | Rondoza Thomas Sean Combs |
Sean "Puffy" Combs & Chucky Thompson for The Hitmen | 1:34 |
| 13 | "Take Our Time" | Arnold Hennings Debra Killings |
Arnold Hennings Dallas Austin |
4:33 |
| 14 | "Can I Get a Witness - Interlude" | Sean Combs Chucky Thompson Busta Rhymes |
Sean "Puffy" Combs & Chucky Thompson for The Hitmen | 2:57 |
| 15 | "Switch" | Jermaine Dupri Lisa Lopes Manuel Seal |
Jermaine Dupri | 3:30 |
| 16 | "Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes" (featuring Andre 3000) | Marqueze Etheridge André Benjamin Lisa Lopes Organized Noize |
Organized Noize | 4:28 |
[edit] Chart positions
| Billboard Music Charts album | |||
| Year | Title | Chart | Position |
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| 1994 | Crazysexycool | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | No. 2 |
| 1995 | Crazysexycool | The Billboard 200 | No. 3 |
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| 1995 | "Creep" | The Billboard Hot 100 | No. 1 |
| 1994 | "Creep" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | No. 1 |
| 1994 | "Creep" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | No. 1 |
| 1995 | "Creep" | Rhythmic Top 40 | No. 1 |
| 1995 | "Creep" | Top 40 Mainstream | No. 9 |
| 1995 | "Waterfalls" | The Billboard Hot 100 | No. 1 |
| 1995 | "Waterfalls" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | No. 4 |
| 1995 | "Waterfalls" | Adult Contemporary | No. 24 |
| 1995 | "Waterfalls" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | No. 10 |
| 1995 | "Waterfalls" | Rhythmic Top 40 | No. 1 |
| 1995 | "Waterfalls" | Top 40 Mainstream | No. 2 |
| 1995 | "Waterfalls" | Adult Top 40 | No. 24 |
| 1996 | "Waterfalls" | Adult Top 40 | No. 27 |
| 1995 | "Red Light Special" | The Billboard Hot 100 | No. 2 |
| 1995 | "Red Light Special" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | No. 3 |
| 1995 | "Red Light Special" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | No. 9 |
| 1995 | "Red Light Special" | Rhythmic Top 40 | No. 1 |
| 1995 | "Red Light Special" | Top 40 Mainstream | No. 11 |
| 1995 | "Diggin' on You" | The Billboard Hot 100 | No. 5 |
| 1996 | "Diggin' on You" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | No. 7 |
| 1995 | "Diggin' on You" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | No. 8 |
| 1995 | "Diggin' on You" | Rhythmic Top 40 | No. 6 |
| 1995 | "Diggin' on You" | Top 40 Mainstream | No. 5 |
[edit] Personnel
- L.A. Reid - Producer
- Rico Lumpkins - Engineer
- Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins - Vocals
- Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas - Vocals
- Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - Vocals
- Debra Killings - Background Vocals
- Dave Way - Mixing
[edit] See also
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