Product Description

Ginuwine's tasteful arrangements and subtle, insinuating vocal style make his debut album an exceptional slice of contemporary R&B. Utilising sparse electronic backing that allowsfor plenty of atmospheric space, Ginuwine lays down sensuous, low-key vocals that avoid the melismatic histrionics of too many of his contemporaries. He is adept at setting a mood, using samples and snatches of dialogue to create interludes between several of the songs that add to the evocative feel of the proceedings. Several songs make good use of guest vocalists, particularly "Holler", which gets plenty of mileage from a sassy rap by Virginia Slim.
While Ginuwine indulges in his share of lascivious banter, he manages to flesh out (no pun intended) his characters by showing their loneliness and desire for true love along with their more carnal concerns. The music is smooth and organic, melodically inviting and rhythmically irresistible.

Track Listing

1. Pony
2. Interlude
3. Tell Me Do U Wanna
4. Tell Me Do U Wanna
5. Holler
6. Hello
7. Lonely Daze
8. Ginuwine 4 Ur Mind
9. Interlude
10. Interlude
11. Only When Ur Lonely
12. Interlude
13. I'll Do Anything/I'm Sorry
14. World Is So Cold
15. Interlude
16. When Doves Cry
17. Interlude
18. G Thang
19. Interlude
20. 550 What
21. Interlude

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #78360 in Music
• Released on: 2000-01-10
• Number of discs: 1

From Amazon.com
Despite a name that suggests he's not in it for the long run, this 24-year-old Washington, DC native is attempting to set the standard for the premillenium loverman. He's got washboard abs to go with serious pecs, an earnest if not terribly flamboyant voice, and a sense of subtlety. His work is pleasantly free of the overwrought longing and distress that diminish most quiet storm efforts. Ginuwine's first CD is produced by Timbaland and features his trademark sparse soundscapes, which aim to support rather than overpower the frontman. In Maxwellian mode, Ginuwine has the sense to ask for, rather than declare, his carnal intentions, and he does so in songs that hold up to repeated listening. Ginuwine has--well--genuine musical merit. --Martin Johnson

Customer Reviews

what an album
ginuwine what an artist. did not know a thing about him until i went to america to see my aunty's wedding. i saw the in those jeans video and differences and from that moment i was hooked on him. and from since returning to england i have been desperate to get my hands on his albums. and i have managed doing so. from out off all the albums i have found the bachelor to be the best one. not because it has the enormously popular pony on it but because there is not a weak track on the entire album and the album itself is amazin. it is a pitty that ginuwine as not really toured over hear in england apart from the brief appearance he had on top of the pops perfroming his hell yeah single which entered the charts at a dismall no. 21 otherwise is music will sell like hotcakes. he really is that good. his dancin is flawless and he really is a strong competitor to the likes of usher and justin timberlake if not better.

Turn it up loud as you can!!!
This is an excellent album with an interesting introduction... Pony is a great track setting the pace for the other tracks on the album. It really is one that you want to turn up as loud as you can without disturbing the neighbours! Makes you want to bump and grind!!!