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1990 studio album by Shalamar
Wake Up
Released August 24, 1990 Recorded 1989–1990
Genre
R&B ,
new jack swing Length 57 :50
Label
SOLAR
"Caution: This Love Is Hot!" Released: 1990
"Wake Up" Released: 1990
"Come Together" Released: 1991
Wake Up is the final album by the
American
R&B group
Shalamar , released in 1990 on
SOLAR .
[5] It is the second Shalamar album to include Delisa Davis,
Micki Free and
Sidney Justin .
[1]
In an attempt to keep Shalamar relevant to a contemporary market, the album was heavily influenced by the then-dominant
new jack swing style.
[1] Wake Up failed to register on any chart in either the USA or the UK; neither did it produce a charting single in either country. It is Shalamar's least successful album.
Critical reception
The
Chicago Tribune wrote that "the surprise entry is a lively reworking of the Beatles' tune 'Come Together'."
[2]
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Caution: This Love Is Hot!" R. Ray Barnes, Anthony T. Coleman 3:55 2. "Wake Up"
Sidney Justin , Demetric Collins 6:43 3. "Why Lead Me On"
Johnny Thomas Jr. 5:09 4. "Groove Talk" Belva Haney 4:21 5. "All I Wanna Do" Belva Haney 4:06 6. "
Come Together "
John Lennon ,
Paul McCartney 5:49 7. "For Sure"
Sidney Justin , Eddie Miller 5:24 8. "I'll Give U Love"
Sidney Justin , Redg Green, Eddie Miller 6:35 9. "I Want U" Delisa Davis, Tsuyoshi Takayanagi, Don Taylor 5:01 10. "Pink Box"
Tania Carmenatti , Johnny Thomas Jr., John Baker, James Moore 4:11
References
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a
b
c Henderson, Alex.
"Shalamar – Wake Up " .
AllMusic . Retrieved December 27, 2014 .
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a
b May, Mitchell (8 Nov 1990). "Recordings". Chicago Tribune . Tempo. p. 9.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 372.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Random House. 1992. pp. 628–629.
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"Shalamar | Biography & History" . AllMusic .
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