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It's About Time

SWV | Format: Audio CD
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All-female trio SWV (or Sisters with Voices) had a series of new jack swing hits during the 1990s that earned them a Grammy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

SWV met when they were at school. They found they had a mutual interest in music and sung together in the church choir. It was there that they decided to make a career in music and recorded a demo. The tape came to the attention… Read more in Amazon's SWV Store

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  • Audio CD (October 27, 1992)
  • Original Release Date: October 27, 1992
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: RCA
  • ASIN: B000002WMU
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #19,117 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
    #25 in  Music > R&B > New Jack

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1. Anything
2. I'm So into You
3. Right Here - SWV, Johnson, Tamara
4. Weak
5. You're Always on My Mind
6. Downtown - SWV, Gomez, Gina "Go-Go"
7. Coming Home - SWV, Brown, Michael
8. Give It to Me - SWV, Parker, Genard
9. Blak Pudd'n - SWV, King, Sahpreem
10. It's About Time - SWV, Dempsey, Janice
11. Think You're Gonna Like It
12. That's What I Need
13. SWV (In the House) - SWV, Gamble, Cheryl
14. Weak (A Capella) [Acappella]
15. Right Here [Human Nature Remix]

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Once En Vogue proved that old-fashioned gospel-soul female harmonies could create sparks with modern street beats, every record company went looking for young singers to hook up with new-jack-swing producers. Those efforts bear fruit with SWV, which stands for Sisters with Voices, and the three teenaged singers from New York really do have great pipes, capable of a distinctive sound that can dominate a production rather than the other way around. Cheryl "Coko" Gordon, the trio's lead singer, boasts a great range that allows her to sound tough and sultry in her gritty alto, and romantic and flirty in her trilling soprano. SWV's debut album includes 13 different songs, plus two alternate mixes, and the best tracks are the 10 written and produced by Brian Alexander Morgan, who knows how to create the melodies that all great harmonies must start with. The first single, "Right Here," features a very funky, push-and-pull rhythm track, but the three singers reclaim the song with harmonies that are very percussive themselves but with lots of melody and romantic personality as well. The single, "Weak," is a ballad that allows Gordon to confess her infatuated weakness without ever sounding like a weakling as she hits the beats confidently and purrs in anticipation. --Geoffrey Himes

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24bit K2 digitally remastered Japanese limited edition special issue of the album classic. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's About Time For Them To Make A Comeback, July 26, 2005
By Fish Cheeks (In Your Dreams) - See all my reviews
This review is from: It's About Time (Audio CD)
I got "It's About Time" as soon as it came out. SWV were very hot back in the day and I'm glad that they faded away gracefully without selling out. What I liked about these three young women was that they were very talented and they didn't change their style for anybody. Then again, that was the early 1990s and you still had a lot of good music out back then as opposed to now. All of the tracks on "It's About Time" are good and Coko definetly has the singing skills to showcase her distinctive voice. SWV were awesome and I wish they'd get back together.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites from the early 90s, November 26, 1999
By Devon (Aquamarina Esplanades, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: It's About Time (Audio CD)
This album takes me right back to elementary school. "It's About Time" is one of the most memorable albums from my childhood. I remember walking home from school and singing the chorus to "Weak." I can just recall so many memorable things when listening to this breezy, beautiful album. In addition, my other favorites from this great album are "Downtown," "Right Here (Human Nature Remix)," "Black Pudding," the aforementioned "Weak," and "Think You're Gonna Like It." Hell...even the acapella of "Weak" makes you feel exactly what the title says.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of SWV is Right Here, December 6, 2007
By zooni (long beach ,ca) - See all my reviews
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This is one of my favourite cds of all time, because of the how many good songs there are on here, almost 5 hits on one cd, classic hits like "Weak". Weak is one of those difinitive classic r and b songs that is universal and loved by almost everyone. This whole cd reminds me of the best of times in my life where I was young and life was magical, love was in full bloom. Other tracks I love are "Right Here", "Downtown", "Think your Gonna like it", "coming home", "that what I need" (i've cried over this song many times), "im so into u" just about the whole entire cd, which is rare! About the only song I don't listen to is "Blak Puddin", that song is a waste. There is a good remix of "Anything" on the remix cd of SWV. This cd is just a classic, i've brought on my roads trips to Las Vegas, jamming it in the greyhound bus watchin' the desert go by. My sister actually got to see SWV in Japan about 2 years ago. They played a small club there and my sister doesn't even like SWV, she said they were awful. She said all the Japanese people were singing along to thier hit "Weak". Maybe one day they will put out one more album. Coko is a born again christian now so I doubt it, but SWV's music still lives on.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic SWV, Classic CoCo, Classic Material..............
Loved:
I'm So Into You
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You're Always on My Mind
It's About Time
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5.0 out of 5 stars one of the stand-out albums of the 1990s girl group invasion!
"It's About Time" takes me back to my young days, as a pre-teen. I remember well, listening to tracks on this album, on our local R&B radio station. Read more
Published on February 18, 2006 by D. Pawl

3.0 out of 5 stars honest
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