Moods...Moments

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score ={{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r233025}}

| rev2 = Billboard

| rev2score = (favorable){{cite magazine|first=J.R.|last=Reynolds|title=Reviews & Previews: Albums|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-06-15.pdf|magazine=Billboard|date=June 15, 1996|page=73|accessdate=November 28, 2022}}

| rev3 = Cash Box

| rev3score = (favorable){{cite magazine|first=Peter|last=Miro|title=Urban|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1996/CB-1996-06-15.pdf|magazine=Cash Box|date=June 15, 1996|page=11|accessdate=November 12, 2022}}

| rev4 = Robert Christgau

| rev4score = {{rating-Christgau|dud}}[http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=monifah Robert Christgau review]

| rev5 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev5score = B{{cite magazine |title=Moods...Moments |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226130743/https://ew.com/article/1996/05/31/moodsmoments/ |archive-date=2021-02-26 |url-status=live |url=http://ew.com/article/1996/05/31/moodsmoments/}}

| rev6 = Hartford Courant

| rev6score = (favorable)[https://web.archive.org/web/20170420151039/http://articles.courant.com/1996-06-13/entertainment/9606130073_1_album-review-first-album-monifah Hartford Courant review]

| rev7 = Los Angeles Times

| rev7score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite news|first=Connie|last=Johnson|title=In Brief|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 7, 1996|page=|accessdate=January 21, 2023|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-07-ca-21775-story.html}}

| rev8 = People

| rev8score = (favorable)[https://web.archive.org/web/20170518060212/http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-moods-moments-vol-45-no-22/ People review]

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhh_bw2BlQoC&q=editions%3AySVNwMPYY-AC |title = The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music|isbn = 9780679737285|last1 = Decurtis|first1 = Anthony|last2 = Henke|first2 = James|last3 = Miller|first3 = Jim|last4 = George-Warren|first4 = Holly|year = 1992| publisher=Random House }}

| rev10 = USA Today

| rev10score = {{rating|3|4}}[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/enter/music/lem256.htm USA Today review]

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In his review for AllMusic, editor Leo Stanley found that "Monifah's rich voice is the first thing you notice on her debut album, Moods...Moments, and it's the thing that keeps the album afloat through its occasional dull spots [...] For the most part, producer Heavy D provides her with enough first-rate songs to make sure that we not only notice the gift, but that we don't forget it once the album is through, either. [His] songs are varied and soulful, giving her a proper showcase for her prodigous talents. Moods...Moments does have a handful of weak songs and could have benefitted from some trimming, but that doesn't prevent the album from being a simply stellar debut."

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Intro

| writer1 = {{hlist|Alfred Antoine|Andre Evans}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Antoine|Evans}}

| length1 = 0:40

| title2 = You

| writer2 = {{hlist|Craig King|Heavy D|Marlon Williams|Rheji Burrell|Vincent Herbert|Marcel Hall}}

| extra2 = Heavy D

| length2 = 4:23

| title3 = It's Alright

| writer3 = Heavy D

| extra3 = Heavy D

| length3 = 6:08

| title4 = You Don't Have to Love Me

| writer4 = {{hlist|Heavy D|Terri Robinson}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Heavy D|Kip Collins{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length4 = 4:34

| title5 = Nobody's Body

| writer5 = Heavy D

| extra5 = {{hlist|Heavy D|Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier}}

| length5 = 5:28

| title6 = Don't Waste My Time

| writer6 = {{hlist|Heavy D|Robinson|Johnny Watson}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Heavy D|Red Hot Lover Tone}}

| length6 = 3:49

| title7 = Lay with You

| writer7 = Heavy D

| extra7 = {{hlist|Heavy D|William "Spaceman" Patterson{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length7 = 5:22

| title8 = Interlude

| writer8 = {{hlist|Antoine|Evans}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Antoine|Evans}}

| length8 = 0:49

| title9 = I Miss You (Come Back Home)

| writer9 = {{hlist|Heavy D|Robinson}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Heavy D|Collins{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length9 = 3:53

| title10 = All I Want

| writer10 = {{hlist|Antoine|Evans}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Antoine|Evans}}

| length10 = 3:39

| title11 = You've Got My Heart

| writer11 = {{hlist|Burrell|Herbert}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Burrell|Herbert}}

| length11 = 4:42

| title12 = Everything You Do

| writer12 = {{hlist|Olivier|Samuel Barnes|Robinson|Isaac Hayes}}

| extra12 = Olivier

| length12 = 4:04

| title13 = You Should Have Told Me

| writer13 = {{hlist|Antoine|Evans}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Antoine|Evans}}

| length13 = 4:17

| title14 = Jesus Is Love

| note14 = featuring Boys Choir of Harlem

| writer14 = Lionel Richie

| extra14 = {{hlist|Heavy D|Bill Esses|Dave Cintron{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length14 = 6:40

| title15 = I Miss You (Come Back Home) (Remix)

| note15 = featuring AZ

| writer15 = {{hlist|Heavy D|Faith Evans|Anthony Cruz|BB Dickerson|Charles Miller|Harold Brown|Howard Scott|Lee Levitin|Papa Dee Allen}}

| extra15 = Heavy D

| length15 = 3:53

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Notes

• ^{{{note|a|[a]}}} signifies co-producer

Sample credits

• "You" Contains elements from "Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz" as performed by Biz Markie.
• "Don't Waste My Time" contains elements from "Superman Lover" as performed by Johnny "Guitar" Watson.
• "Everything You Do" contains elements from "Someone Who Will Take the Place of You" as performed by Isaac Hayes.
• "I Miss You (Come Back Home) (Remix)" contains elements from "Slippin' into Darkness" as by performed by War.

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scope="col"| Chart (1996) ! scope="col"| Peak position
scope="row" {{Album chart|Billboard200|42|artist=Monifah|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}
scope="row" {{Album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|6|artist=Monifah|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}

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scope="col"| Chart (1996) ! scope="col"| Position
scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1996|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 23, 2021}} | 62

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Category:1996 debut albums

Category:Monifah albums

Category:Uptown Records albums