Make It Last Forever (album)

Make It Last Forever
Studio album by
Keith Sweat
ReleasedNovember 24, 1987[1]
Recorded1987
StudioINS Recording, Power Play Studios; New York City
GenreNew jack swing[1]
Length43:15
Label
Producer
Keith Sweat chronology
Make It Last Forever
(1987) 		I'll Give All My Love to You
(1990)
Singles from Make It Last Forever
  1. "I Want Her"
    Released: September 21, 1987
  2. "Something Just Ain’t Right"
    Released: January 9, 1988
  3. "Make It Last Forever"
    Released: April 25, 1988
  4. "Don't Stop Your Love"
    Released: 1988

Make It Last Forever is the debut album of American R&B recording artist Keith Sweat. It was recorded at INS Recording and Power Play Studios in New York City.[2] Released on November 24, 1987, the album went to number one on the Top R&B Albums chart for three weeks (and topped the Billboard Year-End R&B chart for 1988), and number 15 on the Billboard 200. Make It Last Forever was one of the earliest R&B albums to showcase the up-and-coming new jack swing sound, as it was mostly produced by Sweat himself and music producer Teddy Riley.

The album's biggest hit was "I Want Her", a number-five hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and the first number-one R&B hit for Sweat. The title track (a duet with Jacci McGhee) followed "I Want Her", making the number two R&B spot, while "Don't Stop Your Love" and "Something Just Ain't Right" were also major top ten hits on the Billboard R&B charts. In addition, album tracks such as "Right and a Wrong Way" and "How Deep Is Your Love" received substantial radio airplay and can still be heard on quiet storm format stations. On April 6, 1994, Make It Last Forever was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of three million copies in the United States.[3] The single "I Want Her" was certified gold by the RIAA on June 13, 1989, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the US.[3]

  1. ^ a b Williams, Chris (November 23, 2012). "'We Gave R&B a New Lifeline': How Teddy Riley Invented New Jack Swing". The Atlantic. New York. Archived from the original on March 25, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  2. ^ Make It Last Forever (CD liner notes). Keith Sweat. Elektra Records. 1987. 9 60763-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).