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Don't Talk, Just Listen
Studio album by
B5
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2007 (2007-09-10)
Length54:23
Label
Producer
B5 chronology
B5
(2005) 		Don't Talk, Just Listen
(2007)

Don't Talk, Just Listen is the second studio album by American R&B group B5. It was released by Bad Boy Records on September 10, 2007 in the United Kingdom and on September 11 in the United States. The lone single was "Hydrolics" featuring Bow Wow.

Critical reception[edit]

Billboard editor Chuck Eddy wrote: "On the second album by Bad Boy's clean-cut teen pop R&B boy band, syrupy high-register harmonies channel makeout music signposts from doo-wop to DeBarge, vocal acrobatics moonwalk into Michael Jackson territory and bubbly raps emerge from the lush mush. Though their vocal rhythms can get convoluted, the five adolescent Breeding brothers know how to skid over drum-line beats and '80s electronics."[1] Vibe critic Julianne Shepherd wrote: "Gone are the gossamer voices of tweendom; young-adult life now comes with groupies, hoopties, and heartbreak. For their second album, the Diddy-discovered Breeding brothers snag more mature tracks [...] The writing is often super, cannily masking the boys' sometimes (too) thin voices."[2]

Chart performance[edit]

The album debuted at number 27 on the US Billboard 200, selling about 19,000 copies in its first week.[3] It also reached the top five of Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[3]

Track listing[edit]

Don't Talk, Just Listen track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Hydrolics" (featuring Bow Wow)
Soul Diggaz3:56
2."How You Not Gonna"
Mario Winans4:02
3."Right to Left"
Cox3:47
4."Erika Kane"
  • Cox
  • Dean
  • Shropshire
  • Stephen Bishop
Cox3:51
5."She Got It Like That"
  • Crawford
  • Wales
4:42
6."Tear Drops"
Danja3:26
7."In My Bedroom"
Taylor3:34
8."All Over Again"
4:05
9."What It Do"
  • Dixon
  • Thomas
  • Dawkins
  • Mason
  • Russell
The Underdogs3:43
10."No One Else"
  • Gary B. Baker
  • Joel Thomas
  • William Darrell Perry
Harve Pierre3:04
11."I Must Love Drama"
Hudson4:15
12."So Incredible"
Pierre4:08
13."Things I Would Do"
  • The Underdogs
  • Wales
3:15
14."Rockstar" (hidden track)
  • Ghantous
  • Mr. Pyro
  • Nelson
4:19
Total length:54:23
Circuit City bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Boom Boom Boom"Butler
  • The Co-Stars
  • Butler
3:11

Personnel[edit]

Credits for Don't Talk Just Listen adapted from Allmusic.[4]

  • Adonis – Audio Production
  • Andre 'Hotbox' Brissett – Audio Production
  • Chris Athens – Mastering
  • Chapman Bachler – Photography
  • Gary Baker – Composer
  • Carnell Breeding – Composer
  • Kelly Breeding – Composer
  • Patrick Breeding – Composer
  • Tank – Composer, Writer, Producer, Background
  • Blaze – Engineer, Various
  • Adrian Breeding – Stylist
  • Briss – Various
  • Andre Brissett – Composer, Producer
  • Mike Butler – Engineer
  • Tiffany Bynum – Production Assistant
  • Candice Childress – Production Coordination
  • Sean "Puffy" Combs – Executive Producer
  • Bryan-Michael Cox – Audio Production, Bass, Composer, Drums, Guitar (Bass), Keyboards, Producer, Programming
  • Fred Crawford – Arranger, Instrumentation, Producer, Vocal Producer
  • Nathaniel "Danja" Hills – Audio Production, Composer
  • Eric Dawkins – Composer
  • Kendrick "WyldCard" Dean – Composer, Audio Production, Producer, Strings
  • Steve "Rock Star" Dickey – Engineer
  • Antonio Dixon – Composer
  • Corte Ellis – Composer
  • Fred "Blaze" Crawford – Audio Production
  • John Frye – Mixing
  • Rob Gold – Art Manager, Producer
  • Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell – Engineer
  • Carlos Hassan – Composer
  • Nate Hertweck – Assistant
  • John Holmes – Engineer
  • Eric Hudson – Audio Production, Composer, Instrumentation, Producer, Various
  • Jun Ishizeki – Engineer
  • Rob Knox – Audio Production, Composer, Producer, Various
  • Mack Woodward – Audio Engineer
  • Riley Mackin – Assistant
  • Harvey Mason, Jr. – Composer
  • Lidia McKinney – Stylist
  • Justin "Just One" Miller – Engineer
  • Justin Milner – Engineer
  • Mischke – Audio Production
  • Gwendolyn Niles – A&R
  • Michael Patterson – Mixing
  • Phantom Boyz – Audio Production
  • Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre – Executive Producer
  • Michelle Piza – Packaging Manager
  • John Regan – Art Direction, Design
  • Aaron Renner – Engineer
  • Ruben Rivera – Assistant
  • Steve Russell – Composer
  • Alexis Seton – Engineer
  • Soul Diggaz – Producer, Audio Production
  • Adonis Shropshire – Vocal Producer, Vocals
  • Shea Taylor – Audio Production
  • Damon Thomas – Composer
  • Sam Thomas – Mixing
  • Sharon Tucker – A&R
  • The Underdogs – Audio Production, Mixing, Producer, Various
  • Kevin Wales – Audio Production, Composer, Engineer, Executive Producer, Producer
  • Roxy Wales – Stylist
  • Mario Winans – Audio Production, Composer, Producer
  • Mike Winans – Composer
  • Wyldcard – Strings

Charts[edit]

Weekly chart performance for Don't Talk, Just Listen
Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 27
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] 5

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chuck, Eddy (September 15, 2007). "The Billboard Reviews: Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  2. ^ Shepherd, Julianne (October 2007). "B5 'Don't Talk, Just Listen'". Vibe. 15 (10). Vibe Media: 94. ISSN 1070-4701. Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Hasty, Katie (September 19, 2007). "Album Sales Down 9% Despite Huge Kanye, 50 Tallies". Billboard.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  4. ^ Credits: Don't Talk just Listen. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2011-01-22.
  5. ^ "B5 Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "B5 Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrolics

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