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| Released | September 24, 1991 | |||
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| Length | 55:14 | |||
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| Producer | Curtis Williams | |||
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One of Many Nights is the eighth and final studio album by the S.O.S. Band.[1][2] It was released by Tabu Records in 1991.[3] It includes the songs "Are You Ready", "Get Hyped on This" and "Someone I Can Love".
The single, "Sometimes I Wonder", peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.[4]
Production
One of Many Nights was produced by Curtis Williams.[1] It contains the first recorded appearances of the rapper Kurupt, before he signed a recording contract with Death Row Records.[5] The album cover art was created by A&M Records co-founder Herb Alpert.[3]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
The Indianapolis Star called the album "a major disappointment," writing that "many of the 10 tracks suffer from rhythmic sameness, as if the writers and producers are locked on a particular beat."[9]
Track listing
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | I Wanna Be the One | K. Lynette Patterson, Curtis F. Williams | 5:27 |
| 2. | Sometimes I Wonder | K. Lynette Patterson, Curtis F. Williams | 4:50 |
| 3. | Broken Promises | Chandra Currelley, Jimmy Randolph | 5:01 |
| 4. | How Can We Ever Get Back Together | Chandra Currelley, Curtis F. Williams | 5:41 |
| 5. | Are You Ready | Ricardo Brown, Larry Gittens, Curtis F. Williams | 4:53 |
| 6. | Can't Explain | K. Lynette Patterson Curtis F. Williams | 5:28 |
| 7. | Someone I Can Love | Ricardo Brown, Tony Haynes, Curtis F. Williams | 5:35 |
| 8. | Get Hyped on This | Ricardo Brown, Chandra Currelley, Curtis F. Williams | 5:38 |
| 9. | I Only Want You | Larry Gittens, Curtis F. Williams | 5:24 |
| 10. | One of Many Nights | Tony Haynes, Curtis F. Williams | 7:17 |
Personnel
- Bruno Speight – guitars, percussion
- Abdul Raoof – trumpet, percussion, background vocals
- Jason Bryant – organ
- Chandra Currelley – lead and background vocals
- Additional personnel
- Marcus Williams – drums, percussion
- Gregory "Milkshake" Mayfield – trumpet
- Sultan Mohammad – tenor saxophone
- Lloyd L. Oby, Jr. – trombone
- Rodrick Smith – alto saxophone
- George "Spike" Neely, David Koenig, Eric Vaughn – percussion
- Curtis Williams – percussion, keyboards, drum programming, saxophone, piano, background vocals
- Larry Gittens – percussion, flugelhorn
- Kurupt – vocals
- Lorena Shelby, Carmen Carter – background vocals
References
- "The S.O.S. Band Biography & History". AllMusic.
- Wright, Barnett (November 1, 1991). "S.O.S. Rescues Itself from '80s Exile from the Charts". The Philadelphia Tribune. p. 4D.
- Thompson, Dave (June 21, 2001). Funk. Hal Leonard Corporation.
- Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 R&B and Hip-Hop Hits. Billboard. p. 536.
- Ro, Ronin (1998). Have Gun Will Travel: The Spectacular Rise and Violent Fall of Death Row Records. Doubleday. p. 70.
- Henderson, Alex. One of Many Nights > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
- Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 214.
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 654.
- Ford, Lynn Dean (October 21, 1991). "Record Reviews". The Indianapolis Star. p. B2.