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
Chart history
Weekly charts Chart (1995) Peakposition 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 YearSinglePeak chart positionsU.S. Billboard Hot 100U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles SalesU.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & TracksU.S. Rhythmic Top 40U.S. Top 40 Mainstream1994"Candy Rain"2211201995"Every Little Thing I Do"17—11425"If You Want It"—4353——
"—" 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
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External links Candy Rain at Discogs