[2023-06-16] Bobby Brown "Don't Be Cruel (35th Anniversary Edition)" 2CD set (Iconoclassic)

Linda · **Posted:** Mon May 01, 2023 11:46 pm

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Description
• Originally released 1988
• The best-selling album of 1989
• Original album features 5 Top 10 hits: "Don't Be Cruel," "My Prerogative," "Roni," "Every Little Step," "Rock Wit'cha"
• Plus 17 bonus tracks, led by the massive hit "On Our Own" (Pop #2, R&B #1)
• Remastered by Donald Cleveland
• Liner notes by Craig Seymour
• 16-page booklet packed with memorabilia

Don’t Be Cruel turned Bobby Brown from the bad boy of New Edition into a global solo superstar. Don’t Be Cruel spun off five multi-format Top 10 hits—the title track (R&B #1, Pop #8), “My Prerogative” (R&B and Pop #1), “Roni” (R&B #2, Pop #3), “Every Little Step” (R&B #1, Pop #3), “Rock Wit’cha” (R&B #3, Pop #7)—an incredible run interrupted only by Bobby’s own soundtrack hit “On Our Own” (R&B #1, Pop #2). The best-selling album of 1989, Don’t Be Cruel plays as Bobby Brown’s greatest hits.

But perhaps even more important and culturally significant is how his Don’t Be Cruel, as a whole, brought a new sense of possibility to the music world. After Don’t Be Cruel, it was not only acceptable—but expected—for Black music to fuse R&B with hip-hop. And “crossover” was no longer about making sounds tailored to the taste of white middle-class teens. It was now selling unadulterated Black youth culture to audiences around the world.

Iconoclassic Records celebrates Don’t Be Cruel‘s 35th Anniversary with its first ever physical deluxe edition reissue, featuring 17 bonus tracks, including 7″ and 12″ remixes, soundtrack contributions, and first-time-on-CD tracks.

Tracklist
[CD1]
Don’t Be Cruel:
1. Cruel Prelude
2. Don’t Be Cruel
3. My Prerogative
4. Roni
5. Rock Wit’cha
6. Every Little Step
7. I’ll Be Good To You
8. Take It Slow
9. All Day All Night
10. I Really Love You Girl
11. Cruel Reprise
Bonus Tracks:
12. We’re Back
13. On Our Own (Without Rap)
14. My Prerogative (7” Edit)
15. Every Little Step (With Rap)
16. Don’t Be Cruel (A Cappella)
17. Roni (Cussapella)

[CD2]
Bonus Tracks (Continued):
1. Don’t Be Cruel (Promo Remix by Louil Silas, Jr.)
2. My Prerogative (Extended Remix)
3. Roni (Pebbarone Mix)
4. Rock Wit’cha (Quiet Storm)
5. Every Little Step (Uptown Mix)
6. On Our Own (Extended Club Version)
7. Don’t Be Cruel (Extended) (The Rapacious Mix)
8. My Prerogative (Joe T. Vannelli Light Mix)
9. Rock Wit’cha (Extended Version)
10. Roni (Extended Version)
11. Every Little Step (Extended Version)

Produced by:
L.A. & Babyface for La’Face, Inc.
Gene Griffin for G.R. Productions
Larry White—A White House Production
Gordon Jones for Flash Production and Bobby Brown
Bobby Brown for B. Brown Productions, Inc.
Executive Producer: Louil Silas, Jr.

[2023-06-16] Bobby Brown "Don't Be Cruel (35th Anniversary Edition)" 2CD set (Iconoclassic)

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