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by the pop/freestyle group

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. It was released on March 21, 1990, by

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. The album's first single, Sending All My Love, reached #5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 making the album itself reach #52 on the ''Billboard'' 200. It also won a Gold certificate the same year, for selling more than five hundred thousand copies in the United States. The second single, "

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'", did not repeat the success of the previous single - though it achieved some prominence, reaching the 70th spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 list. The album's last single, "Something Going On", failed to succeed.

Track listing

*All songs written by Charlie Pennachio, except track 2 (Pennachio, Charles Christopher) and 4 & 9 (Pennachio, Tolga Katas, Wyatt Pauley).

Personnel

Linear * Charlie Pennachio – lead vocals, backing vocals * Wyatt "Riot" Pauley – guitars, vocals * Joey "Bang" Restivo – percussion, vocals, rap (4, 6) Additional musicians * Tolga Katas – keyboards, backing vocals * Phillip Conneilly – guitars, backing vocals * Todd Kelly – drums * Charles Christopher – backing vocals * Maria Mendez – backing vocals * Gene Minix – backing vocals * Cheri Puccini – backing vocals * Dawn Rix – backing vocals

Production

* Tolga Katas – producer * Phil Jones – additional production (1, 10) * Todd Adler – executive producer (1, 10) * Steven Robillard – engineer * Jamie Swartz – engineer * Cesar Sogbe – engineer * Debbie DeNesse – assistant engineer * Damon Stewart – assistant engineer * Dennis King – mastering at Atlantic Studios (New York City, New York) * Bob Defrin – art direction * Anthony Ranieri – design * David Vance – photography

Charts

Singles - ''Billboard'' (North America)

References

1990 debut albums Linear (group) albums Atlantic Records albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub