Show Me is the debut album by the R&B–dance trio the Cover Girls released on independent label Fever Records. The album would produce the hit title track, "Show Me", as well as the Top 40 singles "Because of You" and "Promise Me". This would be the only album to feature original member Sunshine Wright, who would depart the group after the unsuccessful release of second single "Spring Love" and would be replaced by Margo Urban for the remainder of the album's singles. The other two members of the original lineup for this album were Angel Mercado and Caroline Jackson. The album peaked at No. 64[3] on the Billboard Hot 200 on 26 February 1988 and No. 74 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart on 4 March 1988.[4]
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| Released | November 30, 1986[citation needed] | |||
| Recorded | D&D Recording Studio, Soundtrack Studio, Quad Recording Studio, Shakedown Sound Studio, Electric Lady Studio, Marathon Recording Studio, & Hip Pocket Recording Studio, New York, New York | |||
| Genre | Dance, R&B, freestyle | |||
| Length | 39:32 | |||
| Label | Fever Records | |||
| Producer | Andy "Panda" Tripoli "Little" Louie Vega Robert Clivillés & David Cole Albert Cabrera & Tony Moran (The Latin Rascals) | |||
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| Singles from Show Me | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B[2] |
Critical reception
editAlex Henderson of AllMusic wrote in his review that "the Cover Girls made some memorable contributions to Latin freestyle -- in fact, their debut album, Show Me, is among freestyle's most important releases."[1]
Robert Christgau remarked: "Set on pulling a marketable girl group out of a Latin hip hop concept, their svengalis channel the mix toward wall-of-sound, fuzzing beats and harmonies with a nostalgic soupcon of Spectorian grandeur."[2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Show Me" |
| 3:43 |
| 2. | "Because of You" | David Cole | 5:38 |
| 3. | "That Boy of Mine" |
| 4:25 |
| 4. | "One Night Affair" | Louis A. Martineé | 4:12 |
| 5. | "Spring Love" |
| 4:05 |
| 6. | "Inside Outside" |
| 5:55 |
| 7. | "Promise Me" |
| 6:56 |
| 8. | "Love Emergency" |
| 4:38 |
| Total length: | 39:32 | ||
Charts
editAlbum - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Billboard Hot 200 | 64[3] |
| Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 74[4] |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | "Show Me" | Hot 100 | 44[5] |
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 34[6] | ||
| "Because of You" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 47[7] | |
| Dance Club Songs | 16[8] | ||
| 1988 | Hot 100 | 27[9] | |
| "Inside Outside" | Hot 100 | 55[10] | |
| Dance Club Songs | 12[11] | ||
| "Promise Me" | Hot 100 | 40[12] |
Personnel
edit- Angel Clivillés
- Caroline Jackson
- Sunshine Wright
References
edit- ^ a b Henderson, Alex. Show Me at AllMusic
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "The Cover Girls: Show Me". robertchristgau.com. Robert Christgau. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Billboard 200". 26 February 1988. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". 8 May 1987. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". 17 April 1987. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". 25 December 1987. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Dance Club Songs". 20 November 1987. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". 26 February 1988. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". 19 August 1988. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Dance Club Songs". 9 September 1988. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". 20 May 1988. Retrieved 4 February 2020.