Anything Goes! (C+C Music Factory album)
Appearance
Anything Goes! | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 9, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Genre | House, hip hop | |||
Length | 77:30 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | David Cole, Robert Clivillés | |||
C+C Music Factory chronology | ||||
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Singles from Anything Goes! | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Cash Box | (favorable)[2] |
Los Angeles Times | [3] |
Music & Media | (favorable)[4] |
People Magazine | (favorable)[5] |
Spin | (favorable)[6] |
Anything Goes! is the second album by the US dance group C+C Music Factory. The album's lead single "Do You Wanna Get Funky"; which featured Martha Wash, Zelma Davis, and Trilogy, reached number 1 on the Dance/Club Play charts, number 40 on the Hot 100, and number 11 on the R&B Singles chart. The follow-up single, "Take a Toke" reached number 23 on the Dance/Club Play and 48 on the R&B Singles chart. "Take a Toke" was included in the soundtrack of Brazilian novela Quatro Por Quatro and was a hit single in the country.
The album's third single, "I Found Love", features a sample of Kool & The Gang's "Ladies' Night". "Just Wanna Chill" samples R. Kelly's "Honey Love".
Track listing
[edit]- "Let's Get Started" (Interlude I)
- "Bounce to the Beat (Can You Dig It?)"
- "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (featuring Martha Wash, Zelma Davis, and Trilogy)
- "I Found Love" (featuring Zelma Davis)
- "A Song Is Just a Song" (Interlude II)
- "Takin' Over" (featuring Martha Wash)
- "Gonna Love U Over"
- "The Mood" (Interlude III)
- "Take a Toke"
- "Just Wanna Chill"
- "All Damn Night"
- "Share That Beat of Love"
- "Hip Hop Express"
- "Robi-Rob's Boriqua Anthem"
- "C+C Has Left the Building" (Interlude IV)
- "The West" (Interlude V)
- "Good or Bad" (Interlude VI)
- "A Moment of Silence for Larry Levan"
- "A Moment of Silence for Chep Nunez"
- "Papermaker" feat MC Charlie Brown (AKA C Brown from L.O.N.S)
Personnel
[edit]- April Allen – background vocals
- Karen Anderson – background vocals
- Rodney Ascue – engineer
- Katreese Barnes – background vocals
- C+C Music Factory – primary artist
- Brian Chin – liner notes
- Clivillés & Cole – primary artist
- Robert Clivillés – arranger, backing vocals, composer, editing, mixing, producer, sequencing, vocals
- David Cole – arranger, backing vocals, composer, mixing, producer, vocals
- Deborah Cooper – vocals, backing vocals
- Jorge Corante – composer
- Ricky Crespo – composer, producer
- Stephen Cullo – producer
- Stephan Danelian – photography
- Zelma Davis – backing vocals, vocals
- Angel DeLeón – composer, vocals
- Craig Derry – backing vocals
- Will Downing – backing vocals
- Funkmaster Flex – producer
- El General – guest artist
- Andrea Hicks – backing vocals
- Kenny Hicks – vocal producer
- Chris Joannou – producer, programming
- Acar S. Key – engineer, mixing, producer
- Hal Belknap – assistant engineer
- Joey Kid – vocals
- Nicky Lindeman – art direction
- Paul Logus, Jr. – engineer
- Danny Madden – backing vocals
- Bruce Miller – engineer
- Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
- Julian Peploe – design
- Herb Powers – mastering
- Duran Ramos – composer, producer, vocals
- Bob Rosa – engineer, mixing, producer
- John Seymour – assistant engineer
- Rod Temperton – composer
- Tony Terry – backing vocals
- Trilogy – vocals
- Danny Vargas – composer
- Martha Wash – vocals
- Albert Watson – photography
- Audrey Wheeler – vocals, backing vocals
- Larry Yasgar – executive producer
Charts
[edit]Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 36 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] | 63 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] | 25 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] | 46 |
US Billboard 200[11] | 106 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12] | 39 |
References
[edit]- ^ Anything Goes! at AllMusic
- ^ Baltin, Steve (August 27, 1994). "Pop Albums — Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ Hunt, Dennis (August 7, 1994). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. August 27, 1994. p. 10. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
- ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Anything Goes". People Magazine. August 22, 1994.
- ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (October 1994). "Spins". Spin. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – C & C Music Factory – Anything Goes!". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – C & C Music Factory – Anything Goes!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "Charts.nz – C & C Music Factory – Anything Goes!". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – C & C Music Factory – Anything Goes!". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "The Billboard 200 Chart: Week of September 3, 1994". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart: Week of September 10, 1994". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.