Always (Pebbles album)

Always is the second studio album by American recording artist Pebbles. It was released on September 11, 1990 by MCA Records and spawned two Top 20 hits on the U.S. Hot 100, which also hit #1 on the R&B chart: "Giving You the Benefit" (US #4 pop, #1 R&B) and "Love Makes Things Happen" (a duet with Babyface, US #13 pop, #1 R&B), as well as the top-five R&B hit "Backyard" (featuring Salt-N-Pepa), and the top 20 R&B hit "Always".

Always
Studio album by
Pebbles
ReleasedSeptember 11, 1990
Recorded1989–1990
StudioElumba Recording Studios
Skip Saylor Recording
Summa Studios
Wide Tracks Studios
Galaxy Sound Studios
(Hollywood, California)
Encore Studios
(Burbank, California)
Soundscape Studios
Cheshire Sound Studios
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Electric Lady Studios
(New York, New York)
Genre


Length53:23
LabelMCA
Producer
Pebbles chronology
Pebbles
(1987)		 Always
(1990)		 Straight from My Heart
(1995)
Singles from Always
  1. "Giving You the Benefit"
    Released: August 11, 1990
  2. "Love Makes Things Happen"
    Released: November 6, 1990
  3. "Backyard"
    Released: March 12, 1991[1]
  4. "Always"
    Released: June 10, 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
Entertainment WeeklyC− [3]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Giving You the Benefit"Kenneth Edmonds, Antonio Reid5:41
2."Backyard" (featuring Salt-n-Pepa)Edmonds, Reid, Cheryl James5:56
3."Love Makes Things Happen" (with Babyface)Edmonds, Reid5:10
4."Say a Prayer for Me"Edmonds, Reid5:15
5."Why Do I Believe" (Prelude)Edmonds1:05
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Give It to Me"Edmonds, Reid4:10
7."Why Do I Believe"Edmonds3:53
8."Always"Danny Sembello, Pebbles5:33
9."Stay with Me"Kevin Roberson, Daryl Simmons, Pebbles4:38
10."Good Thang"Edmonds, Reid, Roberson, Simmons, Pebbles4:25
CD bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Giving You the Benefit" (Extended Club Mix)Edmonds, Reid7:41

Production
  • Executive producers – L.A. Reid, Babyface, Pebbles
  • Producers – L.A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons, Kayo, Pebbles
  • Recorded and engineered by Ron Christopher, Ryan Dorn, Jim Dutt, John Gass, Thom "TK" Kidd, Barney Perkins
  • Assistant engineers – Michael Alvord, Steve Battle, Mike Baumgartner, Kyle Bess, Rich Caughron, Jim Champagne, Milton Chan, Ross Donaldson, Fred Law, Ted Malia, Joe Shay, Donnell Sullivan, Michael White, Bill Zalin, Jim "Z" Zumpano
  • Mixing – Jon Gass, L.A. Reid
  • Mastering – Eddy Shreyer

Personnel
  • Drums – Kayo, L.A. Reid
  • Percussion – Kayo, L.A. Reid
  • Bass guitar and synth bass – Babyface, Kayo
  • Guitars – Babyface
  • Keyboards – Babyface, Kayo, Danny Sembello, Daryl Simmons
  • Synthesizer programming (Fairlight CMI, Synclavier, Roland) – Donald K. Parks
  • Backing vocals – After 7, Babyface, Cherrelle, Johnny Gill, Bambi Jones, Kayo, Pebbles, Daryl Simmons, Karyn White

Charts

References
  1. "Pebbles with Salt-N-Pepa – Backyard (1991, Vinyl)". Discogs.
  2. Hogan, Ed. Always review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  3. Sandow, Greg (September 14, 1990). "Always review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  4. "Pebbles Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  5. "Pebbles Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  6. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
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