Saturday Night (Zhané album)

Saturday Night
Studio album by
Zhané
ReleasedApril 22, 1997
Recorded1996–1997
GenreR&B[1]
Length70:18
LabelMotown
Producer
Zhané chronology
Pronounced Jah-Nay
(1994) 		Saturday Night
(1997)
Singles from Saturday Night
  1. "Request Line"
    Released: February 25, 1997
  2. "Crush"
    Released: May 20, 1997
  3. "For The Longest Time"
    Released: August 19, 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Muzik7/10[3]

Saturday Night is the second and final studio album from American R&B group Zhané, released April 22, 1997, on Motown Records. The duo broke up in 1999.

The album peaked at number forty-one on the Billboard 200 chart.

Release and reception

Leo Stanley of AllMusic called the album "infectious" and "more textured and funkier than [Zhané's] debut album."[4]

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Request Line"Ashford, Gist, Lighty, Bolden, Neufville, Simpson3:56
2."Saturday Night" (featuring The LOX)Bowens, Harrison, Jacobs, Neufville, Philips, Styles4:49
3."So Badd"Brown, Gist, Lighty, Neufville, Redman, Simon4:43
4."Crush"Gist, Lighty, Neufville, Coleman3:00
5."This Song Is for You"Neufville, Swinga4:25
6."Just Like That"Ferrell, Neufville, Sparks4:59
7."Last Dance"Gist, Laws, Lighty, Neufville4:42
8."Good Times"Edwards, Rodgers4:12
9."For the Longest Time"Joel4:16
10."Rendez-Vous"Booker, Norris4:59
11."My Word Is Bond"Neufville2:41
12."Kindness for Granted"Neufville4:55
13."Temporary Thing"Norris4:31
14."Confusion"Neufville, Norris4:12
15."Color"Norris4:59
16."Piece It Together" (featuring Will Downing and Najee)Neufville4:59

Chart history

Album

Chart (1997)[5] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 41
U.S. R&B Albums 8

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions[6]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks U.S. Rhythmic Top 40
1997 "Request Line" 39 4 9 19
"Crush" — — 24 —

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.[7]

  • art direction – Carol Friedman
  • bass – Kirk Lyons
  • composing – Naheem "Pop Holiday" Bowens, Michael Harrison, Jean Norris, Gus Redman, Jeffrey Simon
  • design – David Harley
  • drums – Naheem "Pop Holiday" Bowens, Steve Williams
  • engineering – Ben Arrindell, Mike Iverson
  • executive production – Celestine, Edward "DJ Eddie F" Ferrell, Andre Harrell, Kay Gee, Charm Warren, Zhané
  • guitar – Norman Brown, Mike Campbell
  • guitar (bass) – Tony Bridges, Freddie Cash
  • keyboards – Scott Booker, Naheem "Pop Holiday" Bowens
  • mastering – Chris Gehringer
  • mixing – Daniel Abrahams
  • multi-instruments – Scott Booker, Malik Pendleton, J.R. Swinga
  • percussion – Peter Basil, Bashiri Johnson
  • photography – Heidi Niemata
  • piano – Renee Neufville, Jean Norris, Kenny Seymour
  • production – Renee Neufville, Rex Rideout
  • project coordinator – Tony Vanias
  • rapping – The LOX
  • synthesizer – Scott Booker, Jean Norris
  • trumpet – Kevin Batcheler, Kenyatta Beasley, Mark Leadfoot
  • vocal arranging – Malik Pendleton
  • vocals (background) – Will Downing, Malik Pendleton, Zhané

Notes

  1. ^ a b Stanley, Leo. Saturday Night > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2000). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  3. ^ Springer, Jacqueline (May 1997). "Zhane: Saturday Night" (PDF). Muzik. No. 24. p. 112. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  4. ^ Stanley, Leo. "allmusic ((( Saturday Night > Review )))". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  5. ^ "allmusic ((( Saturday Night > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  6. ^ "allmusic ((( Saturday Night > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  7. ^ "allmusic ((( Saturday Night > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-26.