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Track List
01) Something Just Ain't Right
02) Right And Wrong Way
03) Tell Me It's Me You Want
04) I Want Her
05) Make It Last Forever
06) In The Rain
07) How Deep Is Your Love
08) Don't Stop Your Love
01) Something Just Ain't Right
02) Right And Wrong Way
03) Tell Me It's Me You Want
04) I Want Her
05) Make It Last Forever
06) In The Rain
07) How Deep Is Your Love
08) Don't Stop Your Love
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1987
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Make It Last Forever is the debut album of American R&B recording artist Keith Sweat. It was recorded at INS Recording and Power Play Studios in New York City. Released on November 24, 1987, the album went to #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart for three weeks (and topped the Billboard Year-End R&B chart for 1988), and #5 on the Billboard 200. Make It Last Forever was one of the earliest R&B albums to showcase the up-and-coming new jack swing sound, as it was mostly produced by Sweat himself and music producer Teddy Riley.
The album's biggest hit was "I Want Her", a #5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and the first #1 R&B hit for Sweat. The title track (a duet with Jacci McGhee) followed "I Want Her", making the #2 R&B spot, while "Don't Stop Your Love" and "Something Just Ain't Right" were also major top ten hits on the Billboard R&B charts. In addition, album tracks such as "Right and a Wrong Way" and "How Deep is Your Love" received substantial radio airplay and can still be heard on quiet storm format stations. On April 6, 1994, Make It Last Forever was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of three million copies in the United States. The single "I Want Her" was certified gold by the RIAA on June 13, 1989, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the US.
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As Sweat and Riley began to work together, the music to "I Want Her" and "Make It Last Forever" had been made prior to them meeting each other.[1] Riley described the recording process as organic, as he had no plans to do R&B music.[1] As the two worked on the melodies and arrangements, Riley contributed the primary background vocals to "I Want Her". Riley also asked Sweat to sing in a nasal tone to have a distinctive sound for him.[1] Sweat objected to that decision and walked out of the room before recording the song.[1] Although Sweat refused to record the song with the nasal voice, Riley convinced him that it would work for him, which made Sweat come around to recording the song.[1]
"Something Just Ain't Right" was worked on at Riley's house and was inspired by something going on in Sweat's life with his then-girlfriend.[1] According to Riley, the songs "Make It Last Forever" and "How Deep Is Your Love" were recorded with Sweat singing the lyrics off the top of his head. Musicians such as Fred McFarlane and GQ member Emmanuel Rahiem LeBlanc also contributed in various forms. However, on one song, Riley had to perform a saxophone solo on the keyboard because he wasn't able to find someone who could play the saxophone.[1]
Riley described Sweat as an "over-perfectionist" who would record the songs "again and again until he gets it the way he likes it".[1] It took six months to record Make It Last Forever, to which they recorded 16 or 17 songs, but only eight of them made the final track listing.[1] One of the songs that didn't make the album was "Just Got Paid". Sweat passed on it, which Riley later gave to Johnny Kemp for his 1988 album Secrets of Flying.[5]
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Make It Last Forever is the debut album of American R&B recording artist Keith Sweat. It was recorded at INS Recording and Power Play Studios in New York City. Released on November 24, 1987, the album went to #1 on the Top R&B Albums chart for three weeks (and topped the Billboard Year-End R&B chart for 1988), and #5 on the Billboard 200. Make It Last Forever was one of the earliest R&B albums to showcase the up-and-coming new jack swing sound, as it was mostly produced by Sweat himself and music producer Teddy Riley.
The album's biggest hit was "I Want Her", a #5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and the first #1 R&B hit for Sweat. The title track (a duet with Jacci McGhee) followed "I Want Her", making the #2 R&B spot, while "Don't Stop Your Love" and "Something Just Ain't Right" were also major top ten hits on the Billboard R&B charts. In addition, album tracks such as "Right and a Wrong Way" and "How Deep is Your Love" received substantial radio airplay and can still be heard on quiet storm format stations. On April 6, 1994, Make It Last Forever was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of three million copies in the United States. The single "I Want Her" was certified gold by the RIAA on June 13, 1989, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the US.
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As Sweat and Riley began to work together, the music to "I Want Her" and "Make It Last Forever" had been made prior to them meeting each other.[1] Riley described the recording process as organic, as he had no plans to do R&B music.[1] As the two worked on the melodies and arrangements, Riley contributed the primary background vocals to "I Want Her". Riley also asked Sweat to sing in a nasal tone to have a distinctive sound for him.[1] Sweat objected to that decision and walked out of the room before recording the song.[1] Although Sweat refused to record the song with the nasal voice, Riley convinced him that it would work for him, which made Sweat come around to recording the song.[1]
"Something Just Ain't Right" was worked on at Riley's house and was inspired by something going on in Sweat's life with his then-girlfriend.[1] According to Riley, the songs "Make It Last Forever" and "How Deep Is Your Love" were recorded with Sweat singing the lyrics off the top of his head. Musicians such as Fred McFarlane and GQ member Emmanuel Rahiem LeBlanc also contributed in various forms. However, on one song, Riley had to perform a saxophone solo on the keyboard because he wasn't able to find someone who could play the saxophone.[1]
Riley described Sweat as an "over-perfectionist" who would record the songs "again and again until he gets it the way he likes it".[1] It took six months to record Make It Last Forever, to which they recorded 16 or 17 songs, but only eight of them made the final track listing.[1] One of the songs that didn't make the album was "Just Got Paid". Sweat passed on it, which Riley later gave to Johnny Kemp for his 1988 album Secrets of Flying.[5]
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