Candy Rain (album)

Candy Rain
Studio album by Soul for Real
Released	March 28, 1995
Recorded	1994–1995
Length	44:47
Labels	Uptown MCA
Producers	Andre Harrell (exec.) Heavy D (exec.) Trackmasters Kenny Greene Dave Cintron
Soul for Real chronology
Candy Rain (1995) For Life (1996)
Singles from Candy Rain
"Candy Rain" Released: November 15, 1994 "Every Little Thing I Do" Released: April 25, 1995 "If You Want It" Released: October 17, 1995

Candy Rain is the debut studio album by American R&B group Soul for Real. It was released on March 28, 1995, through Uptown Records and distributed by MCA Records.

The album peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 chart. By August 1995, it was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA after sales exceeding one million copies in the United States.

Release and reception

Candy Rain peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 and No. 5 on the R&B Albums chart. The album was certified platinum by August 1995.

While Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic did call the group "undoubtedly fine singers," he did not feel they were strong enough to make some of the weaker material on the album very convincing.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Candy Rain"	Heavy D Terri Robinson	Jean C. Olivier Samuel Barnes Heavy D	Heavy D Poke Red Hot Lover Tone	4:34
2.	"Every Little Thing I Do"	Heavy D Robinson	Olivier Barnes Heavy D	Heavy D Poke & Red Hot Lover Tone	4:17
3.	"All in My Mind"	Heavy D	Alexander Richbourg Olivier	Alexander Richbourg Poke Heavy D (co.)	3:56
4.	"If You Want It"	Heavy D Robinson	Heavy D Olivier Barnes Dave Cintron	Heavy D Poke (co.) Red Hot Lover Tone (co.) Dave Cintron (co.)	3:34
5.	"I Wanna Be Your Friend"	Heavy D Robinson	Heavy D Olivier Barnes	Heavy D Poke (co.) Red Hot Lover Tone (co.)	4:00
6.	"Ain't No Sunshine"	Bill Withers	Withers	Heavy D	1:15
7.	"Spend the Night"	Heavy D Robinson (co.) Andre Dalyrimple (co.)	Heavy D Olivier Barnes	Heavy D Poke (co.) Red Hot Lover Tone (co.)	3:53
8.	"I Don't Know"	Heavy D Robinson	Heavy D Olivier	Heavy D Poke (co.)	8:03
9.	"If Only You Knew"	Cynthia Biggs Dexter Wansel Kennenth Gamble Heavy D (add.)	Heavy D Olivier	Heavy D Poke (co.)	5:50
10.	"Thinking of You"	Kenny Greene	Greene Cintron	Kenny Greene Cintron Heavy D (co.)	4:48
11.	"Piano Interlude"			Heavy D	0:37

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	23
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
US Billboard 200	90
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	38

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		U.S. Billboard Hot 100	U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	U.S. Rhythmic Top 40	U.S. Top 40 Mainstream
1994	"Candy Rain"	2	2	1	1	20
1995	"Every Little Thing I Do"	17	—	11	4	25
	"If You Want It"	—	43	53	—	—

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from AllMusic.

• arranging – Heavy D, Terri Robinson
• art direction – Brett Wright
• assistant engineering – Ben Arindell, Chris Curran, Steve Sisco, Matt Tuffli
• assistant mixing – Steve Sisco, Matt Tuffli
• bass – Terri Robinson
• composing – Pete Belasco
• drum programming – Poke
• engineering – Bill Esses, Mikael Ifuersen, Richard Travali
• executive production – Andre Harrell, Heavy D
• guitar – James E. Rohlehr
• keyboards – Dave Cintron, Alexander Richbourg
• loops – Poke
• make-up – Melanie Harris
• mastering – Michael Sarsfield
• mixing – Bill Esses, Tony Maserati, Richard Travali
• photography – Mark Contratto
• production – Heavy D, Poke, Red Hot Lover Tone
• production coordination – Debra Young
• saxophone – Sylvester Scott
• vocal arrangement – Kenny Greene
• vocals – Andre Dalyrimple, Brian Dalyrimple, Christopher Dalyrimple, Jason Dalyrimple, Terri Robinson
• vocals (background) – Desiree Dalyrimple, Nicole Dalyrimple, Kenny Greene, Red Hot Lover Tone, Terri Robinson
• vocoder – Dave Cintron, Darin Whittington

External links

• Candy Rain at Discogs