''Tevin Campbell'' is the fourth studio album by the American R&B singer

Tevin Campbell Tevin Jermod Campbell (born November 12, 1976) is an American singer and songwriter. He performed gospel in his local church from an early age. Following an audition for jazz musician Bobbi Humphrey in 1988, Campbell was signed to Warner Bros. Re ...

. It was released by Qwest Records and

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on February 23, 1999. The album features production from

Stevie J Steven Aaron Jordan (born November 2, 1971) Note: Live HHS link goes to error page, but copy-pasting the URL works. is an American DJ, record producer, and television personality. One of the most successful record producers of the mid-to-late 19 ...

Wyclef Jean Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (; born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper, musician, and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees, a ...

, and others. Campbell released three singles, having only one of them chart on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, " Another Way". The other two singles are "Losing All Control" and "For Your Love", both with minor showings on the R&B charts.

Critical reception

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editor Tim Sheridan wrote: "Dig the slow jams: This young R&B singer kicks out some easy beats and infectious hooks with the help from the likes of

, Quincy Jones, and

..Granted, some of the material doesn't rise above the standard vocal grandstanding, but there are signs of great things to come." Cheo Tyehimba, writing for ''

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'', found that "Campbell’s fourth effort is pure R&B: spare and sensitive. One or two songs fall short, but ''Tevin Campbell'' is anchored with jams like the pulsing 'Another Way' and the Wyclef Jean-produced 'Never Again'." ''

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'' called the album a "return to form" and concluded: "From this Quincy Jones protégé, who embodies the romantic side of his mentor's musicality, an album for the R&B mainstream with crossover potential at AC and lite

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." '' Vibe '' editor Larry Flick wrote that "the good news is that Campbell has evolved into an assured (and yes, remarkably mature) stylist, capable of rising above the familiar formulas of his producers and giving their material a much-needed fresh spin ..Perhaps most appealing about ''Tevin Campbell'' is the artist's ability to quietly breathe volumes of emotional subtext into a lyric ..At a time when many of his R&B colleagues equate soul with shriek, Campbell's subtle phrasing and intimate demeanor are ultimately more inviting and will render his recordings far more durable."

Chart performance

''Tevin Campbell'' debuted and peaked at number 88 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. It marked Campbell's lowest opening up to then and was another considerable decline after the lackluster success of previous effort '' Back to the World'' (1996). On the

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chart, it reached number 31.

Track listing

Charts

References

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