All for Love (New Edition album)
{{Infobox album
| name = All for Love
| type = Studio album
| artist = New Edition
| cover = Neallforlove.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 6, 1985{{cite web |last1=Grein |first1=Paul |title=Superstar Releases Set For Holidays |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1985/BB-1985-11-02.pdf |website=worldradiohistory.com |publisher=Billboard |access-date=11 March 2025 |pages=1 |date=November 2, 1985 |quote="A studio album, "All For Love," is due Nov. 6"}}
| recorded = April–September 1985
| venue =
| studio = Studio Sound Recorders
(North Hollywood, California)
| genre = R&B, soul, pop, funk{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-for-love-mw0000191076|title = All for Love - New Edition | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|website = AllMusic}}
| length = 45:15
| label = MCA
| producer = Ricky Bell, Jheryl Busby (exec.), Michael Bivins, Vincent Brantley, Bill Dern (exec.), Ronnie DeVoe, Richard Rudolph, Michael Sembello, Rick Timas, George Tobin, Ralph Tresvant
| prev_title = New Edition
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Christmas All Over the World
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{Singles
| name = New Edition
| type = studio
| single1 = Count Me Out
| single1date = October 14, 1985
| single2 = A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)
| single2date = 1986
| single3 = With You All the Way
| single3date = 1986
}}}}
All for Love is the third studio album by American R&B quintet New Edition, released by MCA Records on November 6, 1985. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Also, this would be the final studio album to feature original group member Bobby Brown, who would shortly depart for a solo career until he would later return for their 1996 comeback album with the group, Home Again.
In the UK, the album was released on April 1, 1986.https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1986/Music-Week-1986-03-29.pdf (Page 31)
Overview
=History=
By Spring 1985, New Edition was one of the biggest pop acts in the world after the success of their self-titled second album released the year before. However, the group was now in mortgage to MCA Records, as a result of having borrowed money from the label to disentangle themselves from a stifling production deal they mistakenly signed during the recording of their previous album.{{cite web|last1=Adams|first1=Dart|title=Where It All Started: 25th Anniversary Retrospective Of Bobby Brown's "Don't Be Cruel" & New Edition's "Heart Break"|url=http://theurbandaily.com/2013/06/20/where-it-all-started-25th-anniversary-retrospective-of-bobby-browns-dont-be-cruel-new-editions-heart-break/|website=theurbandaily.com|date=20 June 2013|publisher=The Urban Daily|accessdate=December 29, 2014}} As a result, All for Love would become the first in a cluster of albums the group would be forced to record during this period to work off its debt.
=Background and Brown's Departure=
While most of the members were comfortable with the group's direction, Bobby Brown was becoming increasingly discontent and unappreciative with its bubblegum pop image. Brown was also agitated at having not been more prominently featured as a lead vocalist on the album. Vincent Brantley, the album's main producer, had originally sought to give Brown more solo spots. However, MCA balked at this idea — insisting that Ralph Tresvant continue to be used on principal vocals. During a national tour in Oakland, California to promote the album, Brown often cut in on Tresvant's leads, performing more raunchily onstage, compared to his band mates. Also, Brown angered the group's management by disrespectfully throwing his mike in the air and being ungrateful when not getting his way onstage. Growing tension between Brown and his band mates eventually reached a standoff, which contributed to his being terminated from the group in December 1985. Following Brown's departure, New Edition would continue to promote All for Love as a quartet.
=Release and reaction=
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r13940 |tab=review |label=New Edition: All For Love > Review |first=Ron |last=Wynn|accessdate=October 7, 2011}}
}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Count Me Out
| writer1 = Vincent Brantley, Rick Timas
| extra1 = Brantley, Timas
| length1 = 5:37
| title2 = A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)
| writer2 = Christine Perren, Richard Wyatt, Jr.
| extra2 = Richard Rudolph, Michael Sembello
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = Sweet Thing
| writer3 = Rudolph, Sembello, Randy Waldman
| extra3 = Rudolph, Sembello
| length3 = 4:13
| title4 = With You All the Way
| writer4 = Carl Wurtz
| extra4 = George Tobin
| length4 = 3:30
| title5 = Let's Be Friends
| writer5 = David Conley, Bernard Jackson, David Townsend
| extra5 = Brantley, Timas
| length5 = 4:19
| title6 = Kickback
| writer6 = Brantley, Timas
| extra6 = Brantley, Timas
| length6 = 3:25
| title7 = Tonight's Your Night
| writer7 = John Duarte, Mark Paul
| extra7 = Tobin
| length7 = 3:34
| title8 = Whispers in Bed
| writer8 = Duarte, Paul
| extra8 = Tobin
| length8 = 3:40
| title9 = Who Do You Trust?
| writer9 = David Batteau, Danny Sembello
| extra9 = Rudolph, Sembello
| length9 = 4:10
| title10 = School
| writer10 = Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Ralph Tresvant
| extra10 = Bell, Bivins, DeVoe, Tresvant
| length10 =
4:52
| title11 = All for Love
| writer11 = Duarte, Paul
| extra11 = Tobin
| length11 = 3:50
}}
=Non Album B-sides=
- "Good Boys" (Ralph Tresvant, Ricky Bell) (3:50)
- "Sneakin' Around" (Ralph Tresvant, D. Eastman, B. Hart) (3:20)
Personnel
- Ricky Bell – vocals, arranger, producer
- Michael Bivins – vocals, arranger, producer
- Bobby Brown – vocals
- Ronnie DeVoe – vocals, arranger, producer
- Ralph Tresvant – vocals, arranger, producer
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1985–1986)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|New Zealand|50|artist=New Edition|album=All for Love|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 25, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|32|artist=New Edition|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 25, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|3|artist=New Edition|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 25, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1986)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1986|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 25, 2021}}
| 26 |
| scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1986|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 25, 2021}}
| 6 |
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"| Chart positions{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5014/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=New Edition US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=October 7, 2011}} |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="40"| US ! width="40"| US |
| rowspan="1"|1985
| align="left"| "Count Me Out" | 51 | 2 |
| rowspan="2"|1986
| align="left"| "A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)" | 38 | 3 |
| align="left"| "With You All the Way"
| 51 | 7 |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=All for Love|artist=New Edition|award=Platinum|relyear=1985}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|104715|New Edition – All For Love}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{New Edition}}
{{Authority control}}