Anything Goes! (C+C Music Factory album)

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Anything Goes!
Studio album by
C+C Music Factory
ReleasedAugust 9, 1994
Recorded1994
GenreHouse, hip hop
Length77:30
LabelColumbia
ProducerDavid Cole, Robert Clivillés
C+C Music Factory chronology
Gonna Make You Sweat
(1990) 		Anything Goes!
(1994) 		C+C Music Factory
(1995)
Singles from Anything Goes!
  1. "Do You Wanna Get Funky"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Take a Toke"
    Released: 1994
  3. "I Found Love"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Cash Box(favorable)[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]
Music & Media(favorable)[4]
People Magazine(favorable)[5]
Spin(favorable)[6]

Anything Goes! is the second album by the US dance group C+C Music Factory. The album's lead single "Do You Wanna Get Funky"; which featured Martha Wash, Zelma Davis, and Trilogy, reached number 1 on the Dance/Club Play charts, number 40 on the Hot 100, and number 11 on the R&B Singles chart. The follow-up single, "Take a Toke" reached number 23 on the Dance/Club Play and 48 on the R&B Singles chart. "Take a Toke" was included in the soundtrack of Brazilian novela Quatro Por Quatro and was a hit single in the country.

The album's third single, "I Found Love", features a sample of Kool & The Gang's "Ladies' Night". "Just Wanna Chill" samples R. Kelly's "Honey Love".

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Let's Get Started" (Interlude I)
  2. "Bounce to the Beat (Can You Dig It?)"
  3. "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (featuring Martha Wash, Zelma Davis, and Trilogy)
  4. "I Found Love" (featuring Zelma Davis)
  5. "A Song Is Just a Song" (Interlude II)
  6. "Takin' Over" (featuring Martha Wash)
  7. "Gonna Love U Over"
  8. "The Mood" (Interlude III)
  9. "Take A Toke"
  10. "Just Wanna Chill"
  11. "All Damn Night"
  12. "Share That Beat of Love"
  13. "Hip Hop Express"
  14. "Robi-Rob's Boriqua Anthem"
  15. "C+C Has Left the Building" (Interlude IV)
  16. "The West" (Interlude V)
  17. "Good or Bad" (Interlude VI)
  18. "A Moment of Silence for Larry Levan"
  19. "A Moment of Silence for Chep Nunez"
  20. "Papermaker" feat Mc Charlie Brown (AKA C Brown from L.o.n.s)

Personnel[edit]

  • April Allen – background vocals
  • Karen Anderson – background vocals
  • Rodney Ascue – engineer
  • Katreese Barnes – background vocals
  • C+C Music Factory – primary artist
  • Brian Chin – liner notes
  • Clivillés & Cole – primary artist
  • Robert Clivillés – arranger, backing vocals, composer, editing, mixing, producer, sequencing, vocals
  • David Cole – arranger, backing vocals, composer, mixing, producer, vocals
  • Deborah Cooper – vocals, backing vocals
  • Jorge Corante – composer
  • Ricky Crespo – composer, producer
  • Stephen Cullo – producer
  • Stephan Danelian – photography
  • Zelma Davis – backing vocals, vocals
  • Angel DeLeón – composer, vocals
  • Craig Derry – backing vocals
  • Will Downing – backing vocals
  • Funkmaster Flex – producer
  • El General – guest artist
  • Andrea Hicks – backing vocals
  • Kenny Hicks – vocal producer
  • Chris Joannou – producer, programming
  • Acar S. Key – engineer, mixing, producer
  • Hal Belknap – assistant engineer
  • Joey Kid – vocals
  • Nicky Lindeman – art direction
  • Paul Logus, Jr. – engineer
  • Danny Madden – backing vocals
  • Bruce Miller – engineer
  • Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
  • Julian Peploe – design
  • Herb Powers – mastering
  • Duran Ramos – composer, producer, vocals
  • Bob Rosa – engineer, mixing, producer
  • John Seymour – assistant engineer
  • Rod Temperton – composer
  • Tony Terry – backing vocals
  • Trilogy – vocals
  • Danny Vargas – composer
  • Martha Wash – vocals
  • Albert Watson – photography
  • Audrey Wheeler – vocals, backing vocals
  • Larry Yasgar – executive producer

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for Anything Goes!
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 36
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 63
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] 25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 46
US Billboard 200[11] 106
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12] 39

References[edit]

  1. ^ Anything Goes! at AllMusic
  2. ^ Baltin, Steve (August 27, 1994). "Pop Albums — Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  3. ^ Hunt, Dennis (August 7, 1994). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. August 27, 1994. p. 10. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Anything Goes". People Magazine. August 22, 1994.
  6. ^ Bernstein, Jonathan (October 1994). "Spins". Spin. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "Australiancharts.com – C & C Music Factory – Anything Goes!". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – C & C Music Factory – Anything Goes!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  9. ^ "Charts.nz – C & C Music Factory – Anything Goes!". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  10. ^ "Swisscharts.com – C & C Music Factory – Anything Goes!". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  11. ^ "The Billboard 200 Chart: Week of September 3, 1994". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  12. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart: Week of September 10, 1994". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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