Finally (CeCe Peniston album)

The Heart & Soul of CeCe Peniston (Four Selections from Finally)
EP by CeCe Peniston
Released	1992
Recorded	1991
Genre	Dance, R&B
Length	18:06
Label	A&M
Producer	Steve Hurley, Daniel Abraham, DeVanté Swing, Felipe Delgado, Rodney K. Jackson

"Finally"
Finally
Studio album by CeCe Peniston
Released	January 28, 1992; February 21, 1992 (JP)[1]; April 1, 1993 (JP, reissue)[2]; September 11, 1996 (JP, reissue)[3];
Recorded	1991
Genre	Dance, R&B
Length	48:58
Label	A&M (#75021 5381)[4]
Producer	Felipe Delgado, Steve Hurley, Daniel Abraham, Rodney K. Jackson, Steve Lindsey, Brian Malouf, David Morales, DeVante Swing
CeCe Peniston chronology
Singles from Finally
	"Finally"; Released: September 21, 1991; "We Got a Love Thang"; Released: January 12, 1992; "Keep On Walkin'"; Released: May 5, 1992; "Inside That I Cried"; Released: September 11, 1992 (US); "Crazy Love"; Released: December 8, 1992 (US);

Finally is the debut album by American singer CeCe Peniston, released on January 28, 1992 by A&M Records. Prior to the release of this album, Peniston released her debut single "Finally", which topped the US Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart on October 26, 1991, peaking eventually at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number two in the UK Singles Chart. The album yielded two additional singles which achieved dance number one status in the US; "We Got a Love Thang", co-written by Chantay Savage, and "Keep On Walkin'", written in collaboration with Kym Sims. Both songs entered the UK Singles Chart top 10 and the Billboard Hot 100 top 20 in the US.[5] Despite the success of the singles, the album itself climbed only to number seventy on the US Billboard 200. However, during its thirty-six weeks long presence in the chart it sold over 554,000 copies in the US.[6] The album peaked at number ten on the UK Albums Chart. The total worldwide sales of the album surpassed 3,000,000 units.[7] Two further tracks were released from the album which were more in the R&B field; "Inside That I Cried" charted at number ten in the US R&B chart and at number forty-two in the UK, while "Crazy Love" peaked at number thirty-one in the US and at number forty-four in the UK.[8] The album was part of the resurgence of dance music in the United States during the mid-1990s.[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
Entertainment Weekly	(B-)[11]

Finally received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Craig Lytle from AllMusic lauded the album in his review as "outstanding", and it being a "solidly produced collection". Giving the set four out of five stars, he wrote that the album warranted an additional single release.[10] Amy Linden from Entertainment Weekly stated that Peniston has "a good enough voice" (which she stressed as a novelty among dance-music dollies), but apart from its title single, plus the funky ode "Virtue", she ranked the rest of album a B- for being "mainly standard issue and pretty dull".[11]

Chart performance

Initially, Finally entered the albums charts overseas. On February 2, 1992 the album debuted in the UK Albums Chart at number ten, its peak, spending nineteen weeks in total on the chart.[12] On February 15, the album appeared for the first time in the Canadian Albums Chart at number sixty, as well as on the US Billboard 200 at number ninety-nine. In both countries, the album reached its peak position in its fourth week on the chart; number twenty in Canada, where it spent twenty-two weeks in the chart,[13] and number seventy in the US, where it spent thirty-six weeks on the chart, of which eighteen were within the Top 100.[14] In the Dutch MegaCharts, the album began its twelve-week run on February 22 at number ninety, reaching number thirty-one.[15] In Billboard's component chart, the album debuted on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart on March 7 at number eighty-eight, and climbed to number thirteen on August 8, spending fifty-two weeks in the chart.[16] In addition, the album charted for two weeks in Austria, peaking there at number thirty-eight, its debut, on March 8.[17]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We Got a Love Thang"	Eric Miller, Jeremiah McAllister, Chantay Savage	5:29
2.	"Finally"	CeCe Peniston, Felipe Delgado, Rodney K. Jackson, E.L. Linnear	4:03
3.	"Inside That I Cried"	Rodney K. Jackson, Malik Byrd, Otto D' Agnolo	5:51
4.	"Lifeline"	George Lyter, Michael O'Hara, Denise Rich	4:52
5.	"It Should Have Been You"	Darryl Thompson	5:50
6.	"Keep On Walkin'"	Steve Hurley, Marc Williams, Kym Sims	4:30
7.	"Crazy Love"	George Lyter, Michael O'Hara, Denise Rich	4:48
8.	"I See Love"	Byron Drew Counts	4:46
9.	"You Win, I Win, We Lose"	Rodney K. Jackson, Danny Moore	4:02
10.	"Virtue"	Felipe Delgado, Danny Moore, Rodney K. Jackson	4:47
Total length:			48:58

UK double vinyl edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Finally" (12" Choice Mix)	CeCe Peniston, Felipe Delgado, E.L. Linnear	7:04
12.	"Finally" (12" Original Mix)	CeCe Peniston, Felipe Delgado, E.L. Linnear	7:04
13.	"Finally" (7" Choice Mix)	CeCe Peniston, Felipe Delgado, E.L. Linnear	4:08
14.	"Finally" (Somedub Mix)	CeCe Peniston, Felipe Delgado, E.L. Linnear	7:07
15.	"Finally" (Momo Dub Mix)	CeCe Peniston, Felipe Delgado, E.L. Linnear	7:04
16.	"Finally" (Journey Mix)	CeCe Peniston, Felipe Delgado, E.L. Linnear	7:02

1992 UK CD and CS edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Finally" (Somedub Mix)	CeCe Peniston, Felipe Delgado, E.L. Linnear	7:07

1997 UK reissue bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Finally" (Classic Funk Radio Mix)	CeCe Peniston, Felipe Delgado, E.L. Linnear	3:26

Credits

Production

Producers: Daniel Abraham, Felipe Delgado, R.K. Jackson, Steve Lindsey, Brian Malouf, David Morales, DeVante Swing
Engineers: Craig Marcus, Tony Maserati, Rob Paustian, John Poppo, Larry Stur,
Assistant engineers: Lolly Grodner
Mixing: Daniel Abraham, Terry Burrus, David Morales, DeVante Swing, Elliot Peters
Re-mixing: Brian Malouf

Personnel

Arrangers: Steve Lindsey, DeVante Swing
Vocal arrangements: Danny Madden
Drums: Ed Greene
Percussion: Lenny Castro, Bashiri Johnson, David Morales, Steve Lindsey
Drum programming: Felipe Delgado, R.K. Jackson, Peter "Ski" Schwartz
Keyboards, synthesizers: John Barnes, Robbie Buchanan, Terry Burrus, Claude Gaudette, Khris Kellow, Eric Kupper, Steve Lindsey, Peter "Ski" Schwartz
Guitars: Charles Fearing, Grant Geissman, Dean Parks
Saxophone: Brandon Fields

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[18]	95
Austrian Albums Chart[17]	38
Canadian Albums Chart[13]	20
Dutch Albums Chart[15]	31
UK Albums Chart[12]	10
US Billboard 200[14]	70
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop[16]	13

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
UK Top Selling Singles Artists	20

Music awards and nominations

Soul Train Music Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1993	Finally	Best R&B/Soul Album - Female[19]	Nominated

Promo EP

Along with the release of Peniston's single "Keep On Walkin'", a four-track promo EP titled The Heart and Soul of CeCe Peniston (Four Selections from Finally) was issued in the United States in support of Finally.

Apart from her third US Dance number-one hit "Keep On Walkin'", the EP also featured "Crazy Love", which was also promoted with a single, as well as two other songs from Finally—"I See Love", and "You Win, I Win, We Lose" (with background vocals by Malaika).

The artwork of the EP included altered pictures on its front and back cover.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Keep On Walkin'"	Steve Hurley, Marc Williams, Kym Sims	4:30
2.	"Crazy Love"	George Lyter, Michael O'Hara, Denise Rich	4:48
3.	"I See Love"	Byron Drew Counts	4:46
4.	"You Win, I Win, We Lose"	Rodney K. Jackson, Danny Moore	4:02
Total length:			18:06

Personnel

CeCe Peniston – lead vocals
Steve Hurley – production
Daniel Abraham – production
DeVanté Swing – production, arrangement
Darryl Pearson – co-production, arrangement
Felipe Delgado – production
Rodney K. Jackson – production
Rusty D'Agnolo – additional production, engineering
Brian Malouf – additional production, remixing
Larry Sturm – engineering
Tony Maserati – engineering
Lolly Grodner – engineering assistance

Recording details

Songs recorded and mixed at Tangle Wood Studios, Chicago; Right Track Studios, NYC; Chung King Studios, NYC
Songs published by Last Song Inc, George You've Got It Music/O'Hara Music/Music Corp (BMI)/IDG (ASCAP), Big Arm Music (ASCAP), and Urban Tracks Music/Mainlot Music (Broadcast Music Incorporated)
Administration by Third Coast Music (ASCAP)

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References

General

"CeCe Peniston - Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
"CeCe Peniston - Discography - Charts & Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.

Specific

"シー・シー・ペニストン". オリコン (in Japanese). Oricon. oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-03-21. ファイナリー ▪ 発売日 1992年02月21日 ▪ 品番 PCCY-10292
"シー・シー・ペニストン". オリコン (in Japanese). Oricon. oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-03-21. ファイナリー ▪ 発売日 1993年04月01日 ▪ 品番 POCM-1866
"シー・シー・ペニストン". オリコン (in Japanese). Oricon. oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-03-21. ファイナリー ▪ 発売日 1996年09月11日 ▪ 品番 POCM-1993
Peniston, CeCe (1992). Finally (Compact Disc). USA: A&M. (#75021 5381 2). Retrieved 2015-03-21.
'CeCe Peniston, US Dance Chart History' Billboard
To review the original source, you will have to subscribe to billboard.biz website to access the billboard.biz link.
- Paolletta, Michael (2001-05-01). "Where Have All The Divas Gone?". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.biz. Retrieved 2011-03-19. In comparison, Peniston's 1991 album, Finally, has sold 554,000 copies.
Hutson, Wendell (2009-06-17). "CeCe Peniston Looking Forward To A Come Back". Chicago Defender. Real Times. BNET.com. Retrieved 2010-09-23. Peniston was signed, under the A&M Record label when she put out her 1991 debut album 'Finally', which sold over 3 million copies.
'CeCe Peniston, US R&B Singles Chart History' Billboard
"Look What We Got: CeCe Peniston's Debut Album 'Finally' Turns 25". Albumism. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
Lytle, Craig. "Finally album Review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
Linden, Amy (1992-01-31). "Finally album Review". Entertainment Weekly. Time division of Time Warner. ew.com. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
"CeCe Peniston UK Chart History". The Official Charts Company. Music Week. theofficialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
"CeCe Peniston - Canada - Finally album". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-03-19. Finally album #20
"CeCe Peniston - US Billboard 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
"CeCe Peniston - Netherlands - Albums". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control GfK International. dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2011-03-19. Finally album #31
"CeCe Peniston - US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
"CeCe Peniston - Austria - Albums". PhonoNet Austria GesmbH (in German). Musikmarkt. austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2011-03-19. Finally album #38
Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
"1993 Soul Train Music Awards - Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female". Soul Train. Soul Train Holdings. 1993-03-09. awardsandwinners.com. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

External links

CeCe Peniston at AllMusic
Finally at AllMusic

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[1] "シー・シー・ペニストン". オリコン (in Japanese). Oricon. oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-03-21. ファイナリー ▪ 発売日 1992年02月21日 ▪ 品番 PCCY-10292

[2] "シー・シー・ペニストン". オリコン (in Japanese). Oricon. oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-03-21. ファイナリー ▪ 発売日 1993年04月01日 ▪ 品番 POCM-1866

[3] "シー・シー・ペニストン". オリコン (in Japanese). Oricon. oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-03-21. ファイナリー ▪ 発売日 1996年09月11日 ▪ 品番 POCM-1993

[4] Peniston, CeCe (1992). Finally (Compact Disc). USA: A&M. (#75021 5381 2). Retrieved 2015-03-21.

[5] 'CeCe Peniston, US Dance Chart History' Billboard

[6] To review the original source, you will have to subscribe to billboard.biz website to access the billboard.biz link.
Paolletta, Michael (2001-05-01). "Where Have All The Divas Gone?". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.biz. Retrieved 2011-03-19. In comparison, Peniston's 1991 album, Finally, has sold 554,000 copies.

[7] Paolletta, Michael (2001-05-01). "Where Have All The Divas Gone?". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.biz. Retrieved 2011-03-19. In comparison, Peniston's 1991 album, Finally, has sold 554,000 copies.

[7] Hutson, Wendell (2009-06-17). "CeCe Peniston Looking Forward To A Come Back". Chicago Defender. Real Times. BNET.com. Retrieved 2010-09-23. Peniston was signed, under the A&M Record label when she put out her 1991 debut album 'Finally', which sold over 3 million copies.

[8] 'CeCe Peniston, US R&B Singles Chart History' Billboard

[9] "Look What We Got: CeCe Peniston's Debut Album 'Finally' Turns 25". Albumism. Retrieved 2017-01-28.

[am-10] Lytle, Craig. "Finally album Review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

[ew-11] Linden, Amy (1992-01-31). "Finally album Review". Entertainment Weekly. Time division of Time Warner. ew.com. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

[uk-12] "CeCe Peniston UK Chart History". The Official Charts Company. Music Week. theofficialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2011-03-19.

[ca-13] "CeCe Peniston - Canada - Finally album". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-03-19. Finally album #20

[us-14] "CeCe Peniston - US Billboard 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.

[nl-15] "CeCe Peniston - Netherlands - Albums". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control GfK International. dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2011-03-19. Finally album #31

[usr&b-16] "CeCe Peniston - US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.

[at-17] "CeCe Peniston - Austria - Albums". PhonoNet Austria GesmbH (in German). Musikmarkt. austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2011-03-19. Finally album #38

[aus-18] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

[19] "1993 Soul Train Music Awards - Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album, Female". Soul Train. Soul Train Holdings. 1993-03-09. awardsandwinners.com. Retrieved 2015-02-05.

CeCe Peniston
Discography Awards
Studio albums	Finally Thought 'Ya Knew Good News in Hard Times I'm Movin' On
Remix albums	Finally / We Got a Love Thang: Remix Collection Remix Collection
Compilations	The Best Of Essential The Millennium Collection: The Best Of
EPs	CeCe Peniston
Singles	"Finally" "We Got a Love Thang" "Keep On Walkin'" "Crazy Love" "Inside That I Cried" "I'm in the Mood" "I'm Not Over You" "Keep Givin' Me Your Love" "Hit by Love" "Movin' On" "Before I Lay (You Drive Me Crazy)" "Somebody Else's Guy" "I Like It" "Nobody Else" "He Loves Me 2" "Lifetime to Love" "My Boo" "Reminiscin" "For My Baby" "Eternal Lover" "Deeper Love" "You Are the Universe" "I'm Feelin' U" "Above Horizons" "Nothing Can Stop Me"
Download	"Shame Shame Shame" "Still I" "In Love with a DJ" "Stoopid!" "Celebrate" "You've Never Seen" "All My Love" "Get to Steppin" "Let's Go All Night" "Without You" "Love Don't Take Over" "Sick"
Promotional singles	"Hitmix" "Searchin'" "House Party" "I Know You Want Me" "I Can't Go for That"
Other songs	"How I Got Over" "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" "Precious Memories" "Oh Happy Day" "Christmas Song" "What a Wonderful World" "Runnin' Away" "Last Dance"
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