''Groove Theory'' is the only

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by the American R&B duo

Groove Theory Groove Theory is an American duo, with former member, singer-songwriter Amel Larrieux and songwriter/producer/actor, Bryce Wilson. The group is best known for their 1995 hit " Tell Me", which reached the top five of '' Billboard''s Hot 100 an ...

, released on October 24, 1995 by

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. The album peaked at number sixty-nine on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart. In October 1996, it was certified

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by the

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(RIAA) for surpassing 500,000 copies in the United States.

Background

Reception

Stanton Swihart of

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considered the effort "an exquisite, even innovative album. Not only did it (in retrospect) help to herald the progressive neo-soul movement, but its melding of decidedly hip-hop production techniques... with the emotional impulses and themes of soul was still a novel approach to making R&B at the time." The album was certified gold by October 1996.

Track listing

All music by B. Wilson, A. Larrieux, and D. Brown except where noted.

Personnel

Information taken from

. *Art direction – Carol Chen *Bass – Darryl Brown, Eric "Ibo" Butler, Kirk Lyons *Design – Sean Evans *Drums – Ralph Rolle *Engineering –

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, Joe Hornof *Executive production – Jimmy Henchman, Amel Larrieux *Guitar – Darryl Brown, Mike "Dino" Campbell *Keyboard arrangements – Bryce Wilson *Keyboards – Darryl Brown, Kevin Deane, Gary Montoute, Bryce Wilson *Mastering – Chris Gehringer *Mixing – Ron Banks, Russell Elevado, Dave Kennedy, Angela Piva *Percussion – Jeff Haynes *Production – Lamont Boles, Amel Larrieux, Bryce Wilson *Production coordination – Donald Wood, Kim Lumpkin *Programming – Isiah Lee *Saxophone – Mike Phillips *Stylist – Jamie Kimmelman *Vocal arrangement – Amel Larrieux, Laru Larrieux,

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*Vocals – Amel Larrieux, Laru Larrieux *Vocals (background) – Sean Jasper, Jean, Amel Larrieux, Laru Larrieux,

, Troy Montgomery

Charts

Album

Singles

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

External links

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