Keep the Faith (Faith Evans album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Columbus Times	(favorable)
Entertainment Weekly	A− ^[2]
Los Angeles Times	^[3]
Q	^[4]
Rolling Stone	^[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[6]
Urban Latino	^[4]
Village Voice	(mixed) ^[7]
Yahoo! Music	(favorable) ^[8]

Keep the Faith is the second album by American singer Faith Evans. It was released on Bad Boy Records and peaked at number 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The album has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.

Background

Two years in the making, Evans' second solo effort, Keep the Faith, was released during October 1998. Almost entirely written and produced by her, Evans considered the album difficult to complete as she had initially felt discouraged about the progress at first.^[9] Upon its release, however, the album garnered generally positive reviews by music critics, with Allmusic noting it "without a doubt a highlight of 1990s soul-pop music".^[10] Also enjoying commercial success, it went platinum and produced the top ten singles "Love Like This" and "All Night Long" (released March 30, 1999) prompting Evans to start an 18-city theater tour with Dru Hill and Total the following year.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Faith (Intro)"	Faith Evans, Jeffrey "J Dub" Walker	J Dub	0:59
2.	"Love Like This"	F. Evans, Sean Combs, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Schon Crawford, Clarence Emery, Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers	Faith Evans, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Sean "Puffy" Combs	4:01
3.	"All Night Long" (featuring Puff Daddy)	F. Evans, S. Combs, R. "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Schon Crawford, Clarence Emery, Todd Russaw, Todd Gaither, Bertram Reid, Galen Underwood	F. Evans, R. Lawrence, S. Combs	3:54
4.	"Sunny Days"	F. Evans, S. Combs, J. Walker, Anthony Dent, Lorne B. Rawls, Kenneth Stover	Anthony Dent, J Dub, S. Combs	4:20
5.	"Tears Away (Interlude)"	F. Evans, J. Walker	J Dub	1:42
6.	"My First Love"	F. Evans, S. Combs, Chucky Thompson, Kelly Price	Chucky Thompson, S. Combs	4:59
7.	"Anything You Need"	F. Evans, S. Combs, J. Walker	J Dub, S. Combs	5:59
8.	"No Way"	F. Evans, J. Walker, K. Price	J Dub	5:02
9.	"Life Will Pass You By"	F. Evans, S. Combs, R. "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Carlton Thomas, D.J. Rogers Jr., Richard Frierson, Michael Keith, Quinnes Parker, Daron Jones, Marvin Scandrick, Angela Bofill, Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden	Richard Frieson, R. Lawrence, S. Combs	4:48
10.	"Keep the Faith"	F. Evans, S. Combs, A. Dent, J. Walker, Donovan Jackson, Franklin Brown	A. Dent, J Dub, S. Combs	5:02
11.	"Special Place (Interlude)"	F. Evans, Steven Jordan	Steven "Stevie J" Jordan	1:01
12.	"Never Gonna Let You Go"	Babyface, Damon Thomas	Babyface, Kenya Ivey, Tavia Ivey	4:27
13.	"Stay (Interlude)"	F. Evans, J. Walker	J Dub	1:56
14.	"Caramel Kisses" (featuring 112)	F. Evans, S. Combs, C. Thompson, M. Scandrick, M. Keith, Q. Parker	C. Thompson	4:42
15.	"Lately I"	Diane Warren, S. Jordan	Steven "Stevie J" Jordan	4:18

Samples

Keep the Faith sampled "Never Alone" by Yolanda Adams
Life Will Pass You By sampled "Gotta Make It Up to You" by Angela Bofill
Love Like This sampled "Chic Cheer" by Chic
Sunny Days sampled "I'm Back for More" by Al Johnson and Jean Carne
All Night Long sampled "I Hear Music in the Streets" by Unlimited Touch

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart (OCC)^[11]	69
U.S. Billboard 200	6
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	3

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)^[12]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Personnel

Musicians

Faith Evans – arranger, vocal arrangement, vocals, vocals (background)
Michael Thompson – guitar
Michael Hart Thompson – guitar
Babyface – drum programming, keyboards, vocals (background)
Damon Thomas – drum programming, keyboards
Mike Mason – piano, strings
Greg Phillinganes – piano
Nathan East – bass
Ricky Lawson – drums
112 – arranger, performer, vocal arrangement
Diddy – performer
Kelly Price – arranger, vocal arrangement, vocals (background)
Axel Niehaus – arranger, vocal arrangement
Carl Thomas – vocal arrangement
Kenya Ivey – vocals (background)
Tavia Ivey – vocals (background)
Lorne Rawls – arranger
DJ Rodgers – arranger
Mario Winans – overdubs

Production

Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander – engineer, mixing
Tony Black – engineer, mixing
Axel Niehaus – engineer, mixing
Paul Boutin – engineer
Tom Cassel – engineer
Joe "Smilin' Joe" Perrera – engineer
Rob Paustian – engineer
Thom Russo – engineer
Doug Wilson – engineer
E'lyk – assistant engineer, mixing
Jon Gass – mixing
Tony Maserati – mixing
Michael Patterson – editing
Herb Powers – mastering
Gwendolyn Niles – project manager
Faith Evans – executive producer, producer
Sean "Puffy" Combs – executive producer, producer
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie – associate executive producer
Babyface – producer
Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence – producer
Mike Mason – producer
Ron Lawrence – producer
Carl Thompson – producer
David Foster – producer, vocal producer
Richard "Younglord" Frierson – producer
Todd Russaw – associate executive producer
Jesse Rivera – project coordinator
Harve Pierre – A&R
Albert Watson – photography
Gwynnis Mosby – make-up
Klya Wright – hair stylist

References

↑ Promis, Jose F.. Keep the Faith at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
↑ Matt Diehl (1998-10-30). "Keep the Faith Review | Music Reviews and News". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
↑ "Top Pop Albums (Faith Evans: Keep the Faith)". Los Angeles Times. 1998-12-03. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
1 2 "Faith Evans - Keep the Faith CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
↑ Ernest Hardy (1998-11-02). "Faith Evans: Keep The Faith : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 284. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
↑ Craig Seymour (1998-12-01). "Puffinstuff - Page 1 - Music - New York". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
↑ Yahoo! Music review
1 2 Chappell, Kevin (1999-04-01). "After Biggie: Evans Has A New Love, A NEW Baby, A New Career". Ebony. FindArticles.com. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
↑ Promis, Jose F. (2008-04-30). "Keep the Faith review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
↑ Faith Evans Official UK Charts History. Officialcharts.com
↑ "American album certifications – Faith Evans – Keep the Faith". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

External links

Faith Evans

Discography Videography

Studio albums	Faith Keep the Faith Faithfully The First Lady Something About Faith Incomparable

Compilation albums	A Faithful Christmas R&B Divas

Concert tours	Keep the Faith Tour The First Lady Tour Something About Faith Tour An Evening with Faith Faith Evans Live

Filmography	Turn It Up The Fighting Temptations

Related topics	The Notorious B.I.G. Sean Combs Bad Boy Records

Book:Faith Evans

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