All I Want Is You (Miguel album)
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All I Want Is You is the debut studio album
of American R&B
recording artist Miguel
, released November 30, 2010, on Jive Records
. Recording sessions took place at several recording studios, including Black Mango Studios in Van Nuys, California, Germano Studios in New York City, Glenwood Studios and Instrument Zoo in Miami, Florida, Studio 609 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and The Gym in Los Angeles, California. Rooted in R&B, the album's music also incorporates elements of hip hop
, funk
, rock
, and electro
.
The album debuted at number 109 on the US Billboard 200
chart, selling 11,000 copies in its first week. It peaked at number 37 and spent 43 weeks on the chart. Upon its release, All I Want Is You was well-received by music critic
s, who complimented Miguel's singing and musical style, despite finding the album inconsistent. As of July 2011, it has sold 235,900 copies in the United States.
, on November 30, 2010. The album's lead single
, "All I Want Is You
", was released as a digital download
on April 28. It is a bass-heavy, neo soul
song that features rapper J. Cole. The song spent 10 weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 58, and 21 weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
, peaking at number seven on the chart. The second single "Sure Thing
" received heavy rotation on urban mainstream
radio stations and became a number-one hit on the radio format's airplay chart in May 2011. The single spent 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 36, and 25 weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, peaking at number one. It also By May 2011, "All I Want Is You" and "Sure Thing" had reached a combined digital/mobile sales of over 825,000 units.
"Quickie" and "Girls Like You" were also released as singles. In July 2011, Miguel shot a dual video for the songs. "Quickie" was sent to Top 40/Rhythmic-Crossover
radio on August 2. "Girls Like You" was sent to urban adult contemporary
radio on November 8.
chart, with first-week sales of 11,000 copies. After falling off the chart for three weeks, it re-entered the Billboard 200 and climbed the chart for 22 weeks, before peaking at number 37 on May 14, 2011. All I Want Is You ultimately spent 43 weeks on the Billboard 200, and it reached number nine on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
, on which it also spent 43 weeks. As of July 2011, the album has sold 235,900 copies in the United States.
's Mark Edward Nero gave the album three-and-a-half out of five stars and commented that "despite the various musical styles, Miguel somehow manages to vocally glide across each one". Despite viewing it as inconsistent and "schizophrenic", B. Wright of Vibe complimented Miguel's "vocal and pen skills" and stated "All I Want Is You is worth the purchase price". Slant Magazine
's Matthew Cole found its second half "less stimulating", but wrote that the album "blends slick, radio-friendly R&B with Prince
-aping theatrics, both refracted around a sense of humor that, surreal and sexually unsubtle, would have to make His Royal Badness proud". Cole compared Miguel to recording artist Kelis
, "whose work has an undeniably commercial cunning to it, but who never fails to imbue her pop confections with real personality".
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
of American R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
recording artist Miguel
Miguel (singer)
Miguel Jontel Pimentel, who performs under the mononym Miguel, is an American recording artist, songwriter and producer. Signed to Jive Records in 2007, Miguel released his debut album, All I Want Is You, in November 2010. The album was preceded by the release of the single "All I Want Is You",...
, released November 30, 2010, on Jive Records
Jive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...
. Recording sessions took place at several recording studios, including Black Mango Studios in Van Nuys, California, Germano Studios in New York City, Glenwood Studios and Instrument Zoo in Miami, Florida, Studio 609 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and The Gym in Los Angeles, California. Rooted in R&B, the album's music also incorporates elements of hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, and electro
Electro (music)
Electro is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, Moog keytar synthesizers and funk sampling...
.
The album debuted at number 109 on the US Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart, selling 11,000 copies in its first week. It peaked at number 37 and spent 43 weeks on the chart. Upon its release, All I Want Is You was well-received by music critic
Music criticism
See also Music journalism for reporting on classical and popular music in the media.The Oxford Companion to Music defines music criticism as 'the intellectual activity of formulating judgments on the value and degree of excellence of individual works of music, or whole groups or genres'. In this...
s, who complimented Miguel's singing and musical style, despite finding the album inconsistent. As of July 2011, it has sold 235,900 copies in the United States.
Release and promotion
The album was released by Bystorm Entertainment and Jive RecordsJive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...
, on November 30, 2010. The album's lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
, "All I Want Is You
All I Want Is You (Miguel song)
"All I Want Is You" is a song by American R&B recording artist Miguel released as the lead single from his debut album All I Want Is You . The song features rapper J. Cole and was produced by Salaam Remi. The song was released as a digital download on May 25, 2010.- Release history :-Charts:...
", was released as a digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
on April 28. It is a bass-heavy, neo soul
Neo soul
The term neo soul was originally coined by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Records in the late 1990s as a marketing category following the commercial breakthroughs of artists such as D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Maxwell...
song that features rapper J. Cole. The song spent 10 weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 58, and 21 weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
, peaking at number seven on the chart. The second single "Sure Thing
Sure Thing (Miguel song)
"Sure Thing" is a song by American recording artist Miguel. Written by himself, 12-year-old brother and R&B singer Jawan Harris, and produced by Happy Perez, the song is included on his debut album, All I Want Is You . It was first leaked onto YouTube in 2009. It was sent to radio as the album's...
" received heavy rotation on urban mainstream
Mainstream Urban
Mainstream Urban is a term used to describe a radio format similar to an Urban Contemporary format. The format differentiates itself due to two factors: playlist composition and target demographic...
radio stations and became a number-one hit on the radio format's airplay chart in May 2011. The single spent 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 36, and 25 weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, peaking at number one. It also By May 2011, "All I Want Is You" and "Sure Thing" had reached a combined digital/mobile sales of over 825,000 units.
"Quickie" and "Girls Like You" were also released as singles. In July 2011, Miguel shot a dual video for the songs. "Quickie" was sent to Top 40/Rhythmic-Crossover
Rhythmic Contemporary
Rhythmic contemporary, also known as rhythmic top 40, rhythmic contemporary hit radio or rhythmic crossover, is a music radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip-hop and R&B hits. Rhythmic contemporary rarely uses rock music or country music in its airplay, but it may...
radio on August 2. "Girls Like You" was sent to urban adult contemporary
Urban Adult Contemporary
Urban adult contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have rap music on their playlists. The format was designed by Barry Mayo when he, Lee S. Simonson and Bill Pearson organized Broadcast...
radio on November 8.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 109 on the US Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart, with first-week sales of 11,000 copies. After falling off the chart for three weeks, it re-entered the Billboard 200 and climbed the chart for 22 weeks, before peaking at number 37 on May 14, 2011. All I Want Is You ultimately spent 43 weeks on the Billboard 200, and it reached number nine on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
, on which it also spent 43 weeks. As of July 2011, the album has sold 235,900 copies in the United States.
Critical response
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's Mark Edward Nero gave the album three-and-a-half out of five stars and commented that "despite the various musical styles, Miguel somehow manages to vocally glide across each one". Despite viewing it as inconsistent and "schizophrenic", B. Wright of Vibe complimented Miguel's "vocal and pen skills" and stated "All I Want Is You is worth the purchase price". Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival.- History :...
's Matthew Cole found its second half "less stimulating", but wrote that the album "blends slick, radio-friendly R&B with Prince
Prince (musician)
Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
-aping theatrics, both refracted around a sense of humor that, surreal and sexually unsubtle, would have to make His Royal Badness proud". Cole compared Miguel to recording artist Kelis
Kelis
Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers (born August 21, 1971 is an American musical artist. She is a BRIT Award, Q Award and NME Award winner and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. She has had nine top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart...
, "whose work has an undeniably commercial cunning to it, but who never fails to imbue her pop confections with real personality".
Track listing
Personnel
Credits for All I Want Is You adapted from Allmusic.- Raymond Angry – keyboards, strings
- Wayne Barrow – executive producer
- Anita Marisa Boriboon – art direction, design
- Alex Chiegger – instrumentation
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Kumi Craig – grooming
- Vidal Davis – instrumentation, mixing, producer
- Daniel DeLuna – 12-string bass guitar
- Gleyder "Gee" Disla – engineer
- Vince Dlorinzo – engineer
- Ryan Evans – engineer
- Andre Harris – instrumentation, producer
- Kasey Phillips – engineer
- Erik Madrid – assistant
- Manny Marroquin – mixing
- Miguel – engineer, vocals
- Happy Perez – drums, keyboards, producer, programming
- Miguel Pimentel – executive producer
- Mark Pitts – A&R, executive producer
- Christian Plata – assistant
- Kai Regan – photography
- Salaam Remi – bass, drums, guitar
- Anthony Saleh – production coordination
- Wendell "Pops" Sewell – guitar
- State of Emergency – producer
- Steve Bruner – bass
- Tim Stewart – guitar
- Jahi Sundance – programming
- Mike Tsarfati – engineer
- Harry Zelnick – instrumentation
Charts
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
37 |
| US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
9 |
External links
- All I Want Is You at Allmusic