Reception

Released on May 3, 1988 as a joint venture between Uptown Records

Uptown Records

Uptown Records was an American record label, founded by Andre Harrell in 1986. It went on to become one of the most popular Hip-Hop and R&B labels of the late 1980's and early 1990s. Featured on the roster were such luminaries as Guy, Heavy D & The Boyz, Jodeci, Mary J. Blige, and Soul for Real...

 and Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 , it was a huge success, having made it to #20 on the 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...

 and #1 on the 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...

 Chart (where it remained for seven weeks). Produced with his cousin Kyle West, five singles were released from the album, all of which made it to the Billboard singles charts: "Nite and Day," "Off on Your Own (Girl)," "Rescue Me," "If I'm Not Your Lover" and "Killing Me Softly." A French-language version of "Night and Day" ("Nuit et Jour") was also recorded, but it only appeared on the 12-inch maxi-single of the original.

Track listing

1. "Nite and Day
   Nite and Day
   "Nite and Day" is a 1988 single by Al B. Sure! from the Warner Bros. album In Effect Mode. It reached number seven on the Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart....
   
   "- 3:59 (Sure!/West)
2. "Oooh This Love Is So"- 4:35 (Sure!/West)
3. "Killing Me Softly
   Killing Me Softly with His Song
   "Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a 1971 song composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. It has been covered by numerous artists, most notably by Roberta Flack whose version topped the U.S...
   
   "- 4:47 (Fox/Gimbel)
4. "Naturally Mine"- 4:09 (Sure!/West)
5. "Rescue Me"- 3:55 (Sure!/West)
6. "Off On Your Own (Girl)"- 4:06 (Sure!/West)
7. "If I'm Not Your Lover"- 4:02 (Gatling/Riley/Sure!)
8. "Just A Taste of Lovin'"- 4:17 (Sure!/West)
9. "Noche y Dia"- 4:01 (Sure!/West)

Personnel

• Les Davis, Teddy Riley: guitars
• Kyle West: keyboards, keyboard programming
• Al B. Sure!: lead and backing vocals, horn arrangements
• Michelle Amar: speech and spoken word
• Tabitha Brace, Sharon Harris, Terri Robinson: backing vocals
• Michelle Boissierre: translation (English to Spanish
  Spanish language
  Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
  
  )

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums 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...	20
Billboard Top Soul 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...	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B 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,...
1988	"Nite And Day"	7	1
	"Off on Your Own (Girl)"	45	1
	"Killing Me Softly"	80	14
	"Rescue Me"	-	3
1989	"If I'm Not Your Lover"	-	2

External links

• Al B. Sure!-In Effect Mode at Discogs