I'm on Your Side

{{Infobox album

| name = I'm on Your Side

| type = studio

| artist = Jennifer Holliday

| cover = Jennifer Holliday I'm On Your Side.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1991|07|23}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Soul

| length =

| label = Arista

| producer = Jennifer Holliday, Barry Eastmond, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Michael Hutchinson, Michael J. Powell, Elliot Wolff, Oliver Leiber, Ric Wake

| prev_title = Get Close to My Love

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = On & On

| next_year = 1994

}}

I'm on Your Side is the fourth album by Jennifer Holliday, released in 1991. The song "I'm On Your Side", a cover version of an Angela Bofill hit, was released as a single, peaking at number 10 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The second single, "Love Stories" peaked at number 29 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. Clive Davis was the executive producer.

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}

}}Bill Carpenter of AllMusic described the album as a "strong set of dramatic soul ballads."{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Bill |title=Jennifer Holliday – I'm on Your Side |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/im-on-your-side-mw0000264296 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=July 16, 2023 |language=en}}

Ken Parish Perkins of the Dallas Morning News declared, "With I'm On Your Side, Ms. Holliday may have found the right chemistry. Two years in the making, the album is filled with terrific songs, most of which are jazzy ballads."{{cite web|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&t=&sort=YMD_date%3AA&fld-nav-0=YMD_date&val-nav-0=July%201991%20-%20December%201991&hide_duplicates=2&fld-base-0=alltext&maxresults=60&val-base-0=%22Jennifer%20Holliday%22&offset=61&docref=news/0ED5625FF4A52D9E|title=Squeeze delivers on its early promise with complex, stylish `Play'|author=Perkins, Parish Ken|date=August 25, 1991|publisher=Dallas Morning News|via=newsbank.com|access-date=April 18, 2025}}

Track listing

"I'm on Your Side" (Angela Bofill, Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden)
"It's in There" (Nicholas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
"Raise the Roof" (Bernard Jackson, Brian Morgan, Shelly Morgan)
"A Dream with Your Name on It" (Bonnie Karlyle, Tom Lerner)
"Guilty" (Barry Eastmond, Jolyon Skinner)
"It Will Haunt Me" (Deborah Ash, Michael Campagne)
"Love Stories" (Gary Taylor)
"Is It Love" (Elliot Wolff, Oliver Leiber)
"I Fall Apart" (Diane Warren)
"More 'N' More" (Barry Eastmond, Jolyon Skinner)

Charts

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{{album chart\|Billboard200\|184\|artist=Jennifer Holliday\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=March 31, 2021}}
{{album chart\|BillboardRandBHipHop\|29\|artist=Jennifer Holliday\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=March 31, 2021}}

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scope="col"| Chart (1991)

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position

{{album chart|Billboard200|184|artist=Jennifer Holliday|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 31, 2021}}

{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|29|artist=Jennifer Holliday|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 31, 2021}}

References

Category:1991 albums

Category:Jennifer Holliday albums

Category:Albums produced by Ashford & Simpson

Category:Arista Records albums