Provocative (album)

Provocative
Provocative
Studio album by Johnny Gill
Released	June 8, 1993
Recorded	1992–1993
Studio	Flyte Tyme Studios (Edina, Minnesota); Studio LaCoCo; Doppler Studios (Atlanta, Georgia); Elumba Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California); Studio 4 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania);
Genre	R&B; new jack swing; soul;
Length	47:43 (US version); 63:15 (UK version);
Label	Motown
Producer	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis; Babyface and L.A. Reid; Boyz II Men; Daryl Simmons and Kayo;
Johnny Gill chronology

Provocative is the fourth album by American R&B recording artist Johnny Gill. It was his second album for Motown Records and fourth album overall.

Three singles were released from the album with music videos. The first single, "The Floor", was accompanied by a music video directed by Julien Temple. Temple previously directed the music video "Fairweather Friend" from Gill's previous album.^[1] The second single "I Got You" was directed by Sanji.^[2] The video for the third single "Long Way From Home" was directed by Wayne Isham.

Provocative was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 11, 1993.^[3] The most successful single from the album was "The Floor", which peaked at number six in Australia,^[4] reached number 56 on the US Billboard Hot 100,^[5] and charted within the top 50 in the Netherlands and New Zealand.^[4]

Track listing

*Provocative*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Provocative"	James Harris III Terry Lewis	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis	4:32
2.	"The Floor"	Harris III Lewis	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis	5:13
3.	"Where No Man Has Gone Before"	Harris III Lewis	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis	4:59
4.	"I Got You"	Wanya Morris Shawn Stockman Nathan Morris Herb Rooney	Morris Stockman Morris Michael McCary ^[a]	4:16
5.	"A Cute, Sweet, Love Addiction"	Harris III Lewis Jack Daniels Bonnie Thompson	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis	3:59
6.	"Long Way From Home"	Antonio "L.A." Reid Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Daryl Simmons	Reid Edmonds Simmons	4:40
7.	"Tell Me How U Want It"	Edmonds Simmons	Kevin "Kayo" Roberson Simmons	4:51
8.	"Mastersuite"	Harris III Lewis James Todd Smith Gill	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis	4:46
9.	"Quiet Time To Play"	Harris III Lewis	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis	4:48
10.	"I Know Where I Stand"	Harris III Lewis Karyn White Billy Steele	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis	5:41
11.	"There U Go"	Reid Edmonds Simmons	Reid Edmonds Simmons	5:16
12.	"Let's Just Run Away"	Harris III Lewis Lance Alexander Tony Tolbert George Duke	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Lance Alexander prof. t	5:15
Total length:				63:15

Notes

^{^a} signifies a co-producer
"I Got You" contains a drum sample of "Synthetic Substitution", written by Herb Rooney, and performed by Melvin Bliss.
"A Cute, Sweet, Love Addiction" contains an element of "Turn Back the Hands of Time", written by Jack Daniels and Bonnie Thompson, and performed by Tyrone Davis.

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes,^[6] Discogs^[7] and Allmusic.^[8]

Jimmy Jam, Babyface, Nathan Morris, Daryl Simmons, McKinley Horton - keyboards
Jimmy Jam, L.A. Reid, Nathan Morris, Daryl Simmons - drum programming
Stokley Williams - drums
Kayo, Johnny Crooms - bass
Terry Lewis, Stokley Williams - percussion
Billy Steele - piano
Karyn White, Lisa Keith, Mint Condition, Babyface, Marc Nelson, Alexandra Brown, Jamecia Bennett, Pamela Copeland, Nycolia "Tye-V" Turman, Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris - backing vocals

Technical

Recording engineer: Steve Hodge, Dave Rideau, Jim Zumpano, Donnell Sullivan, Brad Gilderman, Thom Kidd, Phil Tan
Mixing: Steve Hodge, Dave Rideau, Barney Perkins, Dave Way
Mastering: Bernie Grundman Mastering
Photography: Pamela Springsteen
Art Direction: Jonathan Clark
Design: Emilie Burnham

References

^ "Fairweather Friend Johnny Gill (1990)". explore.bfi.org.uk. BFI Film Forever. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
^ "Johnny Gill & Boyz II Men - I Got You". mvdbase.com. MVD Base. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
^ "Gold & Platinum: Johnny Gill - Provocative - RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Australian-charts.com – Johnny Gill – The Floor". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
^ "Johnny Gill Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
^ Johnny Gill - Provocative. Motown Record Company L.P. 3746363552
^ Gill, Johnny. "Provocative". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
^ Gill, Johnny. "Provocative (album credits)". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-10-12.

[1] "Fairweather Friend Johnny Gill (1990)". explore.bfi.org.uk. BFI Film Forever. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.

[2] "Johnny Gill & Boyz II Men - I Got You". mvdbase.com. MVD Base. Retrieved October 12, 2014.

[3] "Gold & Platinum: Johnny Gill - Provocative - RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 22, 2015.

[charts-4] "Australian-charts.com – Johnny Gill – The Floor". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 10, 2020.

[5] "Johnny Gill Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2020.

[6] Johnny Gill - Provocative. Motown Record Company L.P. 3746363552

[7] Gill, Johnny. "Provocative". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 2014-10-12.

[8] Gill, Johnny. "Provocative (album credits)". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-10-12.

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