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2nd Wave (album)

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For other uses, see Second wave (disambiguation).
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2nd Wave is the second full-length studio release from popular late-eighties soul trio Surface. The album was self-produced and released in 1988 on Columbia Records.

A total of five singles were released from the disc: "I Missed" completely missed the Billboard Hot 100 while climbing to number 3 on the US R&B charts. "Closer Than Friends" made the pop charts at number 57, while becoming the first of a quartet of R&B number ones for the group (with "Shower Me With Your Love" & "You Are My Everything" being the other two). Of those two above-mentioned songs, only "Shower Me..." was a big hit, reaching number 5 on the pop charts. The other song, "Can We Spend Some Time" was a pop chart flop, while reaching number 5 on the R&B charts. Based on the chart (both pop and R&B) success of the singles, the album peaked at number 56 but was cetified platinum (albeit six years later, in 1994)[1]

Reception

  • allmusic's Ron Wynn gave the disc a rating of four stars (of a possible five). He called it "a good follow-up for the New Jersey trio", and singled out the songs "Shower Me With Your Love" and "You Are My Everything" at critical picks on the album.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Shower Me With Your Love" (Bernard Jackson) 4:53
  2. "Closer Than Friends" (Jackson, David Townsend) 4:44
  3. "Can We Spend Some Time" (Jackson) 4:30
  4. "You Are My Everything" (Townsend, David Conley, Everett Collins, Derrick Culler) 4:28
  5. "I Missed" (Jackson, Conley, Collins) 4:56
  6. "Black Shades" (Culler, Gene Lennon, Joshua Thompson) 4:57
  7. "Hold On To Love" (Jackson, Townsend, Conley) 4:10
  8. "Where's That Girl" (Jackson, Townsend, Conley) 4:31

Personnel

Surface

  • Bernard Jackson: Lead & Backing Vocal, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Rapping
  • David Townsend: Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Synthesizers, Electric Piano, Drum Programming, Vocal Backing
  • David "Pic" Conley: Saxophone, Synthesized Bass, Drum Programming, Percussion, Flute, Orchestral Hits, Vocal Backing

Additional Musicians

  • Bobby Wooten: String Synthesizers & String Arrangements
  • Bob Brockman: Cymbals
  • Brian Simpson: Keyboards, Synthesized Bass, Drum Programming
  • Vassal Benford: Synthesizers, Acoustic Piano
  • Everett Collins: Synthesizers, Synthesized Bass, Drum Programming, Vocal Backing
  • Gene Lennon: Vocal Effects, Drum & Computer Programming
  • Regina Belle: Special Guest Vocalist On "You Are My Everything" & "Hold On To Love"
  • Kathy "Cat-Nap" Griffin, Lauri Hawes, Cheryl Maynard, Lisa Stevens, Derrick Culler, Sharlena Young: Vocals Backing

Production

  • Arranged By Surface, except "Black Shades" arranged By Lee Thorn & Derrick Culler
  • Produced By Surface
  • Engineered By David Conley, with assistance by Paul Higgins & Joe Intife
  • Mix Engineered By Bob Brockman & Carl Beatty, with assistance by Frank Nogverias
  • Mastered By Jose Rodriguez

References

  1. ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database; accessed September 3, 2011
  2. ^ 2nd Wave at allmusic; reviewed by Ron Wynn; accessed September 3, 2011
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