Babyface - FOR THE COOL IN YOU |

This is an enhanced CD which contains multimedia computer files as well as regular audio tracks.
Personnel: Babyface (vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion); Daryl Simmons, Anthony Kemp, After 7 (vocals); Larry Jackson (saxophone); Kevin "Kayo" Robinson (bass); L.A. Reid (percussion).
Producers: Babyface, L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons.
Reissue producer: Leo Sacks.
Engineers: Brad Gilderman, Jim Zumpano.
Includes liner notes by J.R. Reynolds.
Digitally remastered by Joseph M. Palmaccio (Sony).
"When Can I See You" won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, and was nominated for Best R&B song.
"For The Cool In You" was nominated a 1994 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
Personnel: Babyface (vocals, keyboards, drums); Daryl Simmons, Anthony Kemp, Kevon, After 7 (vocals); Larry Jackson (saxophone); L.A. Reid (drums).
Audio Mixers: Dave Way; Barney Perkins.
Recording information: Doppler Recording Studios, Atlanta, GA; Doppler Studios, Inc., Atlanta, GA; Elumba Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Encore Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Encore Studios, Inc; Larrabee Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Lighthouse, Studio City, CA; Studio LaCoCo Studios; Studio LaCoCo, Atlanta, GA; The Lighthouse, Los Angeles, CA.
Photographers: Rick Day; Randee Saint Nicholas.
With a major R&B hit in the title song and three Grammy nominations (and one Grammy) in two years, FOR THE COOL IN YOU is the album that put Babyface the singer on the same map as Babyface the producer. He and partner L.A. Reid first made a name for themselves as producers/songwriters adept at balancing the bright snap of modern keyboards with the warmth of old-fashioned acoustic instruments, and their continuing string of R&B productions is a fantastically smooth and silky thread: Toni Braxton's "Breathe Again," TLC's "Red Light Special," Madonna's "Take A Bow."
Babyface's own albums are no different, thought perhaps a bit more low-key. "For The Cool In You" celebrates a lover who keeps a cool head through romantic crises; "Saturday" promises a weekend night not of wining and dining but of chilling and mellowing "with you by my side"; "A Bit Old-Fashioned" is so purely devotional that it almost sounds alien in the modern world of thrust-and-parry sex jams. These are self-assured, middle-of-the-road rhythm and blues songs, with quiet hooks and silky beats, and Babyface sings them in a voice that is all feeling and no flash. He knows how to play the crooning game. And when he goes all-acoustic on "When Can I See You," you may not even notice the change, because throughout FOR THE COOL IN YOU the emotions are unplugged even when the instruments aren't.

• Genre: R&B
• Released: 2001-02-06
• Format: CD