I'm Movin' On (CeCe Peniston album)

I'm Movin' On is the third studio album recorded by American singer CeCe Peniston, released on September 9, 1996, by A&M Records. Taking Peniston's work deeper foray into mainstream R&B genre, A&M consulted a number of pop musicians to record with her, including Dave Hall, Gordon Chambers, and Andrea Martin. Other collaborated include DJ Steve "Silk" Hurley, Damon Thomas, Danny Sembello, Darryl Pearson, and Jorge "G-Man" Corante.

Upon release, the album garnered mixed to favorable reviews from music critics. Most of them criticized the predominant promoting of R&B tracks, as well as her label for insistence on Peniston abandoning dance community in favor of urban arena. In terms of chart performance, the album has been viewed as a commercial failure with no entry on the US Billboard 200, nor overseas. The only out of two released singles that cracked the US Billboard Hot 100 list was the lead single "Movin' On", which climbed to number eighty-three, eventually. "Somebody Else's Guy", an update of Jocelyn Brown's hit from 1984, became a surprising hit for Peniston in addition, after being promoted as support of her greatest hits compilation, and the closing release under her contract with A&M.

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Background

I'm Movin' On was supposed to be Peniston's deeper foray into mainstream R&B followed the pattern of her previous release Thought 'Ya Knew (1994), in which Peniston began her unsuccessful transition into the R&B market. The label heavily focusing on hip-hop influenced R&B jams and a variety of slow ballads invited several producers to join her session, in front of Dave Hall and Gordon Chambers, who co-wrote the title track. This time, Peniston reprised her fellow collaboration with Steve Hurley on two songs. "The Last to Know" that she co-wrote, and "Don't Know What to Do". None of these would be released on single, though. In order to push her musical horizons further, A&M also featured JoJo Hailey of the group Jodeci and Tenina Stevens (also known as Suga T), as the first time ever that another artists would be vocally credited on her record.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[3]

I'm Movin' On met with mixed to favorable reviews from music critics. AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis labeled the A&M calculations to reincarnate Peniston into an R&B diva as "total alienation of her core fans" and her "career killer". Apart from giving the album two and a half (out of five) stars, he branded most of songs as "R&B clichés of the 1990s abound", but praised "Don't Know What to Do" and the singer's cover version of Jocelyn Brown's "Somebody Else's Guy".^[1] William Stevenson from Entertainment Weekly foresaw in his B-graded review that the "blah ballads" are [to be] waste of Peniston's voice tailor-made for dance genre, citing also "Don't Know What to Do" and "House Party" as the album's most powerful pipes that should not had been overlooked on single.^[3] Rudi Meyer of Vibe was the most enthusiastic about Peniston's approach towards R&B mainstream. Appealing to the singer's past urban hit singles (such as "Keep on Walkin", "Inside That I Cried" and "I'm in the Mood"), she found potential in her new material (namely in "The Last to Know", "If It Should Rain" and "Before I Lay"). Meyer rated the final result as "mostly pleasing outcome". Nevertheless, she praised club oriented tracks at the same time.^[4]

Chart performance

Two weeks after its official shipping to music stores, the album entered the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart at number forty-eight (its peak) on September 28, 1996. In total, the set spent four weeks in the component chart, with no appearance in the Billboard 200,^[5] or in the overseas albums charts.

Track listing

*I'm Movin' On* — Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Movin' On"	Dave Hall CeCe Peniston Gordon Chambers	Hall	3:46
2.	"Looking for a Love That's Real"	Darren Clowers Romany Malco	Clowers Malco	3:54
3.	"Sprung on You (Groove Me)"	Albert Willis Danny Sembello	Willis Sembello	5:00
4.	"Try"	Bradley Spalter Emanuel Officer Robert Daniels	Spalter Storm	4:55
5.	"Before I Lay (You Drive Me Crazy)"	JoJo Hailey Darryl Pearson	Hailey Pearson	4:47
6.	"Somebody Else's Guy"	Jocelyn Brown Annette E. Brown	Darren "Nitro" Clowers	5:37
7.	"If It Should Rain"	Clowers Malco	Clowers	3:48
8.	"House Party"	Peniston Oji Pierce Emanuel	Pierce Officer	4:11
9.	"The Last to Know"	Peniston Steve Hurley	S. Hurley	5:22
10.	"Interlude I"	Andrea Martin Jorge Corante Livio Harris Damon Thomas Budd Ford	Jorge "G-Man" Corante	1:03
11.	"I'm Over You"	Martin Corante Harris Thomas Ford	Corante	4:40
12.	"Don't Know What to Do"	S. Hurley Tonia Hurley	S. Hurley	4:49
13.	"Interlude II"	Martin Corante Harris Thomas Ford	Corante	1:03
Total length:				71:56

US and Canadian edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Movin' On" (G. Man Slammin' Remix without Rap)	Hall Peniston Chambers	Hall Corante^[a]	4:25

Australian, European and Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Don't Know What to Do" (Silk House Mix)	S. Hurley Tonia Hurley	S. Hurley	5:31
16.	"Looking for a Love That's Real" (David Morales House Mix)	Clowers Malco	Clowers Malco David Morales^[a]	4:05

Notes

^{^a} denotes additional producer

"Sprung on You (Groove Me)"

"Don't Know What to Do"

"The Last to Know"

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Credits and personnel

Scott Ahaus – Engineer, Mixing
Anas Allaf – Guitar
Keith Andes – Keyboards
Ryan Arnold – Engineer, Mixing Assistant
Craig Bauer – Mixing
Bradley – Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Programming
Bob Brockman – Mixing
Annette Brown – Composer
Jocelyn Brown – Composer
Sue Ann Carwell – Vocals (Background)
Gordon Chambers – Composer, Vocal Arrangement
Rob Chiarelli – Mixing
Darren "Nitro" Clowers – Composer, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Producer
Jorge Corante – Bass, Composer, Keyboards, Piano, Producer, Remixing
Robert Daniels – Composer
M. Doc – Vocal Arrangement
Gerard Dure – Hair Stylist
Daniela Federici – Photography
Neil Gustafson – Mixing Assistant
Stephanie Gylden – Assistant Engineer
Joel "JoJo" Hailey – Composer, Guest Artist, Producer, Vocals (Background)
Dave "Jam" Hall – Composer, Producer
Leroy Harris – Composer
Steve "Silk" Hurley – Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Producer
Brion James – Guitar
Booker T. Jones – Mixing
Damon Jones – Executive Producer
Adam Kagan – Engineer, Mixing
Leslie King – Bass
Manny Lehman – Executive Producer
Gene Lo – Assistant Engineer
Paul Logus – Engineer, Mixing
Romny Malco – Composer, Drum Programming, Producer
Stephen Marcussen – Mastering
Andrea Martin – Composer
Victor McCoy – Assistant Engineer
Glenn McKinney – Guitar
Derek Nakamoto – Sampling, String Arrangements
Nzingha – Make-Up
Emanuel Officer – Composer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background)
John Pace – Mixing
Darryl Pearson – Composer, Producer, Programming
CeCe Peniston – Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals (Background)
Oji Pierce – Composer, Engineer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming
Greg Ross – Art Direction, Design
Danny Sembello – Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Producer, Vocal Arrangement
Michael Sembello – Guitar
Randy Smith – Stylist
Bradley Spalter – Composer
The Storm – Producer, Vocals (Background)
Louis Taylor, Jr. – Saxophone
D. Thomas – Composer
Vachik – Engineer, Mixing
Curtis "Fitz" Williams – Flute, Saxophone
Albert Willis – Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Horn Arrangements, Producer, Vocal Arrangement
Jimmy Wright – Keyboards
John Wydrycs – Engineer

Charts

Chart performance for *I'm Movin' On*
Chart (1996)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[6]	48

Release history

Release history for *I'm Movin' On*
Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
United States	September 9, 1996	CD cassette	A&M Records
Japan	September 11, 1996	CD cassette	A&M Records	^[7]

References

General

"CeCe Peniston – Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
"CeCe Peniston – Discography – Charts & Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-03-19.

Specific

^ ^a ^b Promis, Jose F. "I'm Movin' On Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
^ ^a ^b Stevenson, William (1996-09-13). "I'm Movin' On Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
^ Meyer, Rudi (September 1996). "I'm Movin' On Review". Vibe. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
^ "CeCe Peniston - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
^ "CeCe Peniston Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
^ "シー・シー・ペニストン" (in Japanese). Oricon. oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-03-21. ムービン・オン ▪ 発売日 1996年09月11日 ▪ 品番 POCM-1180

External links

CeCe Peniston at AllMusic

v t e CeCe Peniston
Discography Awards
Studio albums	Finally Thought 'Ya Knew Good News in Hard Times (with The Sisters of Glory) I'm Movin' On
Remix albums	Finally / We Got a Love Thang: Remix Collection Remix Collection
Compilations	The Best Of Essential
EPs	CeCe Peniston
Singles	"Finally" "I Like It" "We Got a Love Thang" "Keep On Walkin'" "Crazy Love" "Inside That I Cried" "I'm in the Mood" "Keep Givin' Me Your Love" "I'm Not Over You" "Hit by Love" "Movin' On" "Before I Lay (You Drive Me Crazy)" "Somebody Else's Guy" "I Know You Want Me" "Nobody Else" "He Loves Me 2" "Lifetime to Love" "My Boo" "Reminiscin" "For My Baby" "Deeper Love" "You Are the Universe" "I'm Feelin' U" "Shame Shame Shame" "Above Horizons" "Nothing Can Stop Me" "Believe" "Purple Funk"
Download	"Still I" "In Love with a DJ" "Stoopid!" "Celebrate" "You've Never Seen" "All My Love" "Get to Steppin" "Let's Go All Night" "Without You" "Love Don't Take Over" "Oh Happy Day" (live)
Promotional singles	"Hitmix" "Searchin'" "I Can't Go for That"
Other songs	"How I Got Over" "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" "Precious Memories" "Oh Happy Day" "Christmas Song" "What a Wonderful World" "Runnin' Away" "Last Dance"
Related	Divas of Disco
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