Baby Woman

Baby Woman (stylized as babywoman) is the debut studio album by English fashion model Naomi Campbell, released on 3 October 1994, by Epic Records. The album is her only full-length music release. Campbell collaborated with a number of producers and songwriters, including Gavin Friday, Tim Simenon, Youth, Justin Strauss, Bruce Roberts and P.M. Dawn. Musically, Baby Woman is an R&B album that also fuses different genres, such as house, trip hop and country.

Baby Woman
Studio album by
Naomi Campbell
Released3 October 1994
Recorded1994
StudioMayfair Studios, London
Soundtrack Studios, New York
GenreR&B
Length43:12
LabelEpic
Producer
Singles from Baby Woman
  1. "Love & Tears"
    Released: 1994
  2. "I Want to Live"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Upon its release, the album received generally mixed reviews from music critics and was a commercial failure in the United Kingdom, where it did not reach a higher position than 75 on the UK Albums Chart. However, the album was a success in Japan and sold over one million copies worldwide. Two singles were released from the album: "Love & Tears", which reached number 40 on the UK Singles Chart, and "I Want to Live".

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love & Tears"Gavin Friday, Tim Simenon4:20
2."I Want to Live"Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer3:55
3."Ride a White Swan"Marc Bolan3:32
4."Life of Leisure"Jill Cunniff, Gabrielle Glaser4:54
5."Babywoman"Gavin Friday, Tim Simenon5:39
6."Looks Swank (Spooky)"Justin Strauss4:28
7."Picnic in the Rain"Bruce Roberts4:32
8."When I Think About Love"P.M. Dawn4:42
9."All Through the Night"Donna Summer, Bruce Roberts5:20
10."Sunshine on a Rainy Day"Zoë Pollock, Martin Glover5:45
11."I Want to Live (Reprise)"Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer2:27
Total length:43:12

Singles

"Love and Tears" is the only song from the album to have a video. The video was directed by Anton Corbijn. The single reached number 40 in the UK.

Charts
Chart (1994) Peak
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 21
France (SNEP)[3] 36
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 40

References
  1. "Babywoman - Naomi Campbell". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  2. "Ultratop.be – Naomi Campbell – Love and Tears" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  3. "Lescharts.com – Naomi Campbell – Love and Tears" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  4. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 6, 2016.



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