Tender Lover

This article is about the album. For the album's title track, see Tender Lover (song).
Tender Lover
Vinyl edition of standard artwork
Studio album by
Babyface
ReleasedJuly 7, 1989
Recorded1988–1989
StudioElumba Recording Studios
Galaxy Sound Studios
M'Bila Studios
(Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length48:51
Label
Producer
  • L.A. Reid
  • Babyface
(For LaFace Inc)
Babyface chronology
Lovers
(1986) 		Tender Lover
(1989) 		A Closer Look
(1991)
Singles from Tender Lover
  1. "It's No Crime"
    Released: June 13, 1989
  2. "Tender Lover"
    Released: October 3, 1989
  3. "Whip Appeal"
    Released: February 22, 1990
  4. "My Kinda Girl"
    Released: May 29, 1990

Tender Lover is the second studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Babyface. The album was released on July 7, 1989.[1] It is the follow-up to his debut Lovers (1986). It was his first album with SOLAR (Sound of Los Angeles Records) after the label entered into a distribution deal with Epic Records. In some regions of Europe, Tender Lover was released with a different cover picture and simply titled Babyface.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideB[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
  1. ^ "RIAA".
  2. ^ "Babyface – Babyface".
  3. ^ Wynn, Ron. Babyface: Tender Lover > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ Brackett, N.; Hoard, C.D. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 32. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved April 13, 2015.