''Trey Lorenz'' is the debut solo album by R&B singer-songwriter

Trey Lorenz Trey Lorenz (born Lloyd Lorenz Smith; January 19, 1969) is an American R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. He was born in Florence, South Carolina and is a graduate of Wilson High School. Lorenz is best known for his duet with recording a ...

. It was released on

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in 1992, and features 11 tracks, 8 of which Lorenz co-wrote. The album featured 3 singles: "

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", which peaked at 19 on the pop charts and reached number 5 on the R&B chart. The next single, " Photograph of Mary", peaked at number 46 on the R&B charts while reaching number 11 on the dance charts. The third and final single, the

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-penned "

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" got as far as number 66 on the R&B charts.

Track listing

" (Lorenz, Carey, Afanasieff) – 4:43 #" Photograph of Mary" ( Swirsky) – 4:26 #"

" (Richie) – 4:47 #"Run Back to Me" (Lorenz, Scott Cutler, Brian O'Doherty) – 4:22 #"Always in Love" (Lorenz, Carey, Afanasieff) – 5:16 #"Wipe All My Tears Away" (Lorenz, Morales, M. Rooney) – 4:47 #"Baby I'm in Heaven" (Lorenz, Thomas) – 4:52 #"It Only Hurts When It's Love" (Lorenz, Ballard) – 4:15 #"How Can I Say Goodbye" (Lorenz, Cutler, O'Doherty) – 4:14 #"Find a Way" (Lorenz, Ballard) – 3:51 #"When Troubles Come" (Winans) – 5:14

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 111 on the

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chart and Lorenz was dropped from the label due to the poor showing.

Production

*Executive producers: Lee Dannay,

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*Producers:

Walter Afanasieff Walter Afanasieff (born Vladimir Nikitich Afanasyev; February 10, 1958), formerly nicknamed Baby Love in the 1980s, is an American record producer and songwriter of Russian-Chinese descent. He was a collaborator with Mariah Carey on her first ...

Glen Ballard Basil Glen Ballard Jr. (born May 1, 1953) is an American songwriter, lyricist, and record producer. He is best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's 1995 album ''Jagged Little Pill'', which won Grammy Awards for Grammy Award fo ...

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, Mark Morales, Mark C. Rooney, Keith Thomas &

BeBe Winans Benjamin "BeBe" Winans (born September 17, 1962) is an American gospel and R&B singer. He is a member of the noted Winans family, most members of which are also gospel artists. Winans has released nine albums, seven with his sister CeCe Winans, C ...

*Co-producers:

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, Dan Shea,

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, Louis Upkins, Jr. *Engineers: Dana Jon Chappelle, Francis Buckley, Keith Compton, Mike Fronda, David Gleeson (also second engineer), Lolly Grodner, Manny Lacarrubba (also second engineer), Mike McCarthy, Katherine Miller, Mike Poole, Michael White, Bill Whittington *Assistant and second engineers: Lee Anthony,

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, Amy Hughes, John Kunz, Thom Kadley, Rich Lamb, Todd Moore *Mixing: Francis Buckley, Dana Jon Chappelle, Mike McCarthy, Bill Whittington *Mix assistants: Lee Anthony, Brian Carrigan, Amy Hughes, John Kunz *Mastering:

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Personnel

*Drums, percussion: Steve Brewster *Drum programming: Ren Klyce, Mark Morales, Keith Thomas *Bass:

, Victor Caldwell, Randy Jackson, Dan Shea, Keith Thomas *Synthesized bass: Randy Jackson, Dan Shea *Guitars: Walter Afanasieff, Tom Hemby, Jerry McPherson,

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*Keyboards, synthesizers, organ, piano: Walter Afanasieff,

, Cedric Caldwell, Marc Harris, Randy Jackson,

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, Ren Klyce, Mark C. Rooney, Dan Shea, Keith Thomas, Bobby Wooten *

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programming,

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programming: Ren Klyce, Gary Cirimelli *Saxophone: Mark Douthit, Dan Higgins, Kelly O'Neal *Trombone: Barry Green *Trumpet:

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; Arranged By Jerry Hey & Mike Morris *Handclapping: Will Downing, Trey Lorenz, Cindy Mizelle, The Soul Sisters, Audrey Wheeler *Strings conducted by Carl Gorodetzky; arranged by Ronn Huff *Vocal arrangements:

, Scott Cutler, Trey Lorenz, Cindy Mizelle, Brian O'Doherty, Keith Thomas, Audrey Wheeler

References

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