''Jordan Knight'' is the

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debut album by

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member

Jordan Knight Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight (born May 17, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He is a singer in the boy band New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), who rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s, using a falsetto style of singing influenced by ...

, released in 1999. Knight co-produced eight of the eleven tracks on the album with help from

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and a then unknown

Robin Thicke Robin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 2013 hit single " Blurred Lines", which is one of the best-selling singles of all time. At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, h ...

. The album sold over 500,000 copies in the US alone and reached #29 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Release

The album was released in 1999 at the height of MTV pop culture. The first single, " Give It to You" received heavy radio airplay and rotation on MTV, as well as

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and VH1. The album was

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months after its release. In

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, Knight and boy-band

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headlined a tour in support of their albums.

Track listing

;Notes * Credits adapted from liner notes and

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.Jordan Knight – Jordan Knight. (CD liner notes). Interscope Records INTD-90322 * "A Different Party" contains a sample of " Green-Eyed Lady", as performed by

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* "Don't Run" contains a sample of "

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", as performed by Mobb Deep * "Close My Eyes" contains a sample of "

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", as performed by

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes *

– keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming *

- keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming * Pro-Jay – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming * Claudio Cueni – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming * Alex Richbourg – drum programming *

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– percussion * Armand Sabalecco – bass * Scott Kennedy – bass * Big Jim Wright – piano * Mike Scott – guitar * Bobby B. Keyes – guitar * Brion James – guitar * Tyrone Chase – guitar * Steve Hodge – engineer, mixing * Bill Malina – engineer * Miguel Pessoa – engineer * Lior Goldenberg – engineer * Claudio Cueni – engineer * Will Pyon – engineer * Mike Tucker – engineer * Bray Merritt – engineer * Evan Py – engineer * Xavier Smith – mixing * Claudio Cueni – mixing * Joe Smith – mixing * Jordan Knight – executive producer * Miguel Melendez – executive producer * FACET NY/LA – art direction

References

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