''Not Just the Girl Next Door'' is the second studio album by Canadian singer

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, released in 1986 by

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. The album's lead single, "For Tonight", reached number 32 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number two on the

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chart. The follow-up single, "Move Out", reached number 12 on the Dance Club Play chart.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "nothing scintillates here, but the songs burble and pop in a series of pleasant grooves." AllMusic deemed ''Not Just the Girl Next Door'' "one of the best Latin freestyle-oriented albums of the 1980s."

Critical reception

Track listing

Chart performance

Album

Singles

References