Make It Last Forever ( album ) - wikipedia Make It Last Forever ( album ) Make It Last Forever Studio album by Keith Sweat Released November 24, 1987 Recorded INS Recording, Power Play Studios ; New York City Genre New jack swing Length 43 : 15 Label Vintertainment, Elektra Producer Keith Sweat, Teddy Riley Keith Sweat chronology Make it Last Forever ( 1987 ) I 'll Give All My Love to You ( 1990 ) I 'll Give All My Love to You 1990 Make It Last Forever is the debut album of American R&B recording artist Keith Sweat. It was recorded at INS Recording and Power Play Studios in New York City. Released on November 24, 1987, the album went to # 1 on the Top R&B Albums chart for three weeks ( and topped the Billboard Year - End R&B chart for 1988 ), and # 5 on the Billboard 200. Make It Last Forever was one of the earliest R&B albums to showcase the up - and - coming new jack swing sound, as it was mostly produced by Sweat himself and music producer Teddy Riley. The album 's biggest hit was `` I Want Her '', a # 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and the first # 1 R&B hit for Sweat. The title track ( a duet with Jacci McGhee ) followed `` I Want Her '', making the # 2 R&B spot, while `` Do n't Stop Your Love '' and `` Something Just Ai n't Right '' were also major top ten hits on the Billboard R&B charts. In addition, album tracks such as `` Right and a Wrong Way '' and `` How Deep is Your Love '' received substantial radio airplay and can still be heard on quiet storm format stations. On April 6, 1994, Make It Last Forever was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of three million copies in the United States. The single `` I Want Her '' was certified gold by the RIAA on June 13, 1989, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the US. Contents 1 Background 2 Recording 3 Critical reception 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 Charts 7 Singles 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Background Sweat and Riley originally met each other while performing in different bands. Riley was the keyboard player in a band called Total Climax, while Sweat was the lead singer of Jamilah. The two acts were competing against each other in the Big Apple band tournament where Total Climax defeated Jamilah. From that day on, the two spoke to each other in passing, although neither of them knew each other. Sweat later came to Riley 's block looking for him to work on music together. When Sweat approached him, he found Riley on the street playing dice with a few of his friends. Sweat then proceeded to get in on the game to gamble and won everyone 's money except for Riley. Sweat then asked Riley to work with him due to his past work with acts like Kool Moe Dee and The Classical Two. However, Riley declined the offer because he did n't do R&B music. Sweat then persuaded Riley to work together on some songs to see what will become of them. At the time that Sweat had summoned his talents, Riley had originally been asked by Al B. Sure ! to oversee the sessions for Sure ! 's debut album In Effect Mode. Recording As Sweat and Riley began to work together, the music to `` I Want Her '' and `` Make It Last Forever '' had been made prior to them meeting each other. Riley described the recording process as organic, as he had no plans to do R&B music. As the two worked on the melodies and arrangements, Riley contributed the primary background vocals to `` I Want Her ''. Riley also asked Sweat to sing in a nasal tone to have a distinctive sound for him. Sweat objected to that decision and walked out of the room before recording the song. Although Sweat refused to record the song with the nasal voice, Riley convinced him that it would work for him, which made Sweat come around to recording the song. `` Something Just Ai n't Right '' was worked on at Riley 's house and was inspired by something going on in Sweat 's life with his then - girlfriend. According to Riley, the songs `` Make It Last Forever '' and `` How Deep Is Your Love '' were recorded with Sweat singing the lyrics off the top of his head. Musicians such as Fred McFarlane and GQ member Emmanuel Rahiem LeBlanc also contributed in various forms. However, on `` Right and a Wrong Way '', Riley had to perform a saxophone solo on the keyboard because he was n't able to find someone who could play the saxophone. Riley described Sweat as an `` over-perfectionist '' who would record the songs `` again and again until he gets it the way he likes it ''. It took six months to record Make It Last Forever, to which they recorded 16 or 17 songs, but only eight of them made the final track listing. One of the songs that did n't make the album was `` Just Got Paid ''. Sweat passed on it, which Riley later gave to Johnny Kemp for his 1988 album Secrets of Flying. Critical reception J.D. Considine of Musician stated in a review upon the album 's release, `` Though Keith Sweat is B - Boy enough to relish the cheap - drum - machine clatter of the classic hip - hop groove, he 's also sufficiently soulful to keep that from crowding his vocal style ''. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice gave Make It Last Forever a `` B ''. Christgau commented that `` the beats prove Teddy Riley New York 's answer to Jam & Lewis '' and stated, `` For credentials the next big love man proffers beats on the slow ones and lyrics whose seduction strategy is never to offend ''. In a retrospective review, Allmusic editor Andrew Hamilton gave it five out of five stars and viewed it as Sweat 's best album. He complimented his `` pleading, whining tenor '' and wrote that it `` adroitly draws you into every song, demanding an emotional commitment ''. Track listing No. Title Music Length 1. `` Something Just Ai n't Right '' Teddy Riley Keith Sweat 5 : 22 2. `` Right and A Wrong Way '' Teddy Riley Keith Sweat 5 : 17 3. `` Tell Me It 's Me You Want '' Teddy Riley Keith Sweat 4 : 50 4. `` I Want Her '' Teddy Riley Keith Sweat 6 : 00 5. `` Make It Last Forever ( With Jacci McGhee ) '' Teddy Riley Keith Sweat 4 : 55 6. `` In the Rain '' Tony Hester 5 : 47 7. `` How Deep Is Your Love ? '' Teddy Riley Keith Sweat 4 : 51 8. `` Do n't Stop Your Love '' Keith Sweat 6 : 13 Total length : 43 : 15 Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. Keith Sweat -- main performer, producer Teddy Riley -- producer, keyboards, drum programming Fred McFarlane -- keyboards Jeff Neiblum -- recording engineer, percussion Clifford Branch -- keyboards, vocals ( background ) George Heylinger -- vocals ( background ) Emmanuel Rahiem LeBlanc -- vocals ( background ) Jacci McGhee -- vocals ( background ), performer Vivian Sessoms -- vocals ( background ) Dave Dachinger -- mixing engineer Herb Powers, Jr. -- mastering Charts Chart ( 1987 ) Peak position New Zealand Albums ( RMNZ ) 46 UK Albums ( OCC ) 41 US Billboard 200 15 US Top R&B / Hip - Hop Albums ( Billboard ) Singles Year Single Chart Position `` I Want Her '' Billboard Hot 100 5 Hot R&B Songs Dance / Club Play Songs 38 Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Single Sales 5 1988 `` Make It Last Forever '' Billboard Hot 100 59 Hot R&B Songs `` Something Just Ai n't Right '' Billboard Hot 100 79 Hot R&B Songs Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Single Sales 49 `` Do n't Stop Your Love '' Hot R&B Songs 9 See also Billboard Year - End List of number - one R&B albums of 1988 ( U.S. ) 1988 References ^ Jump up to : Williams, Chris ( November 23, 2012 ). `` ' We Gave R&B a New Lifeline ' : How Teddy Riley Invented New Jack Swing ''. The Atlantic. New York. Archived from the original on March 16, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013. ^ Jump up to : Make It Last Forever ( CD liner notes ). Keith Sweat. Elektra Records. 1987. 9 60763 - 2. ^ Jump up to : RIAA - Gold & Platinum : Keith Sweat Archived 2015 - 09 - 24 at the Wayback Machine... Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 2011 - 04 - 18. Jump up ^ Al B. Sure ! co-producer Kyle West recalls the making of In Effect Mode ( 1988 ) Return To The Classics Jump up ^ Murphy, Keith. `` Full Clip : Teddy Riley Runs Down His Entire Catalogue Ft. Keith Sweat, Guy, Bobby Brown, Michael Jackson, Blackstreet, and Lady Gaga ''. vibe.com. SpinMedia. Retrieved 2015 - 11 - 17. Jump up ^ Considine, J.D. ( 1988 ). `` Keith Sweat -- Make It Last Forever ( Elektra ) ''. Musician. Amordian Press ( 111 -- 116 ) : 126. ^ Jump up to : Christgau, Robert ( April 12, 1988 ). Robert Christgau : Consumer Guide Apr. 12, 1988. Robert Christgau. The Village Voice. Retrieved on 2011 - 04 - 11. Jump up ^ Hamilton, Andrew ( August 1, 2003 ). Make It Last Forever - Keith Sweat AllMusic : Review. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2011 - 04 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Keith Sweat -- Make It Last Forever ''. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 4, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Keith Sweat Artist Official Charts ''. UK Albums Chart. Retrieved November 4, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Keith Sweat Chart History ( Billboard 200 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Keith Sweat Chart History ( Top R&B / Hip - Hop Albums ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved November 4, 2013. External links Make It Last Forever at Discogs Keith Sweat Studio albums Make It Last Forever I 'll Give All My Love to You Keep It Comin ' Get Up on It Keith Sweat Still in the Game Did n't See Me Coming Rebirth Just Me Ridin ' Solo Til the Morning Live albums Keith Sweat Live Sweat Hotel Live Compilation albums The Best of Keith Sweat The Magnificent Singles `` I Want Her '' `` Make It Last Forever '' `` Make You Sweat '' `` I 'll Give All My Love to You '' `` Keep It Comin ' '' `` How Do You Like It '' `` Get Up On It '' `` Twisted '' `` Nobody '' `` Come and Get with Me '' `` I 'll Trade ( A Million Bucks ) '' Other songs `` ( There You Go ) Tellin ' Me No Again '' Related articles Discography Silk Kut Klose LSG Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Make_It_Last_Forever_(album)&oldid=840910195 '' Categories : 1987 debut albums Albums produced by Teddy Riley Elektra Records albums Keith Sweat albums Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Português Edit links This page was last edited on 12 May 2018, at 22 : 13. 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Question: keith sweat make it last forever release date
Answer: November 24, 1987