CrazySexyCool
| TLC
CrazySexyCool
CrazySexyCool is the second studio album by American girl group TLC. It was released on November 15, 1994, by LaFace and Arista Records. CrazySexyCool was met with critical acclaim and commercial success, peaking at number three on the Billboard 200, where it spent over two years. It was certified eleven-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making TLC the first girl group in history to be awarded diamond status. -Wikipedia
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Billboard
It’s mostly via the intro and interlude tracks . . . that TLC puts forth the album’s loose concept: To some extent, all women are crazy, sexy, and cool. It’s just a question of how those elements balance out at any given moment. With CrazySexyCool, TLC got the ratio just right, . . . .
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Sputnik
The long and short of it is that CrazySexyCool is just a brilliant album. It's proof that at its best, modern R&B really can compete with the highlights scraped by Motown.
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AllMusic
On their second album, TLC downplay their overt rap connections, recording a smooth, seductive collection of contemporary soul reminiscent of both Philly soul and Prince, powered by new jack and hip-hop beats.
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Pioneer Reviews
Honestly this is just an astounding body of work that shows how conscious these ladies truly are. TLC is forever one of greatest groups to ever do it.
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Rolling Stone
But CrazySexyCool was a real shocker, packed bumper to bumper with great songs, sassy vocals and voluptuous beats for burning down the house.
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Louder Than War
The album is a shining example of mid-90s R&B, peppered with just enough pop and rap to ensure maximum appeal.
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The Internal Jukebox
Just talking about the singles on this album, you can see how great this album is. A smooth and seductive album that was more R&B than Hip-Hop. The girls were creatively firing, and so were Dallas Austin, Babyface and Jermaine Dupri, producing at their best here.
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This Is RNB
Nov. 15, 1994 there was a musical explosion. One of the greatest R&B albums of all time was released. That album, was the legendary TLC‘s sophomore effort, CrazySexyCool.
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People
The sharp funk and libidinous R&B of Crazy Sexy Cool easily out grooves its predecessor’s sloganeering bubblegum hip hop.
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The Early Registration
This album was the seductive stare into your eyes that everyone hopes to have from another person. The title of the LP signifies anything but boredom and therefore points in the direction of intrigue. There’s enough quality R&B material here from the trio that had every right to be the entire 1990’s population’s first crush(es).
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Consequence of Sound
(MM) And so, I think that’s the main strength of CrazySexyCool and of TLC in general: the memorability of the songs. (SP) CrazySexyCool is a sensual, coming-of-age sophomore album, and it remains a remarkably timeless link to what being a guileless, horny twentysomething is like in any era.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
Incredibly successful; Left Eye's run-in with the law shortly before the album's release probably didn't hurt sales, but the album is a big step forward musically as well . . . .
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Idolator
On November 15, 1994, this R&B staple breezed in while male artists ruled the charts. . . . The album sold 23 million copies – the second best-selling LP worldwide, second only to Spice. And even as it turns 20, CrazySexyCool still feels so crucial.
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Entertainment
. . . TLC return with CrazySexyCool (Arista/LaFace), an album filled with adult-female sexuality — although still not always of the most mature kind. . . . But it’s the Prince-inspired ballad ”Waterfalls,” and the mournful left-field funk-rock of ”Something Wicked” that hint at the artistic greatness TLC might achieve if freed from commercial concerns.
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The Source
For two years, it peaked at the top of the Billboard charts like it just came out. It was certified 11 times platinum, making the first female group to be awarded a diamond status. It has sold over 14 million copies worldwide by becoming the best-selling album of all-time by a girl group.
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Uncut
Some smoochy hackwork, of course, but the slick environs never entirely lame TLC’s feisty vocals
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Stumblings and Rumblings
CrazySexyCool would go on to sell 23 million copies worldwide and would stay on the Billboard Top 200 Album charts for two years. This would be the second highest selling album behind the Spice Girl’s Spice. Still one of my favorite R&B albums to play when I want to reflect back on my teenage years.
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The 405
This was smart cool pop rooted in music of black origin, made for young music fans who wanted to emulate or acquire the dress code, the choreographed moves, the attitude and the confidence that the three members possessed. TLC were the role models of their generation . . . .
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For-The-Masses
When I think of R&B groups during the 90’s era TLC will always be mentioned. They were an absolute contributory factor during that time period, and will go down as one of the best R&B groups of that time. This album is time less and should be in every music lovers list.
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Robert Christgau
The filler sustains, the skits are funnysexycool, the male rappers rock. But other wet dreams end badly . . . .
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