''I'm on Your Side'' is the fourth

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, released in 1991. The song "I'm On Your Side", a

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of an

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hit, was released as a single, peaking at number 10 on the

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. The second single, "Love Stories" peaked at number 29 on the

. Clive Davis was the executive producer.

Critical reception

Bill Carpenter of

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described the album as a "strong set of dramatic soul ballads."

Track listing

#"I'm on Your Side" (

, Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden) #"It's in There" ( Nicholas Ashford,

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) #"Raise the Roof" (Bernard Jackson, Brian Morgan, Shelly Morgan) #"A Dream with Your Name on It" (Bonnie Karlyle, Tom Lerner) #"Guilty" (Barry Eastmond, Jolyon Skinner) #"It Will Haunt Me" (Deborah Ash, Michael Campagne) #"Love Stories" (Gary Taylor) #"Is It Love" (Elliot Wolff, Oliver Leiber) #"I Fall Apart" ( Diane Warren) #"More 'N' More" (Barry Eastmond, Jolyon Skinner)

Charts

References

1991 albums Jennifer Holliday albums Albums produced by Ashford & Simpson Arista Records albums {{1990s-R&B-album-stub