Hi-Five – Keep It Goin’ On
(Jive Records 1992 HIP131)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light dust crackles)
Sleeve & Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Hi-Five is an American R&B quintet from Waco, Texas. Hi-Five had a No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1991 with “I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)”.
The band was formed in 1989 and originally consisted of a trio; with childhood friends Tony Thompson, Russell Neal, and Oklahoma native, Toriano Easley. Jive Records, later suggested that the trio’s other childhood friends, Roderick “Pooh” Clark, and Marcus Sanders, be added to the group, with them being signed as an official ensemble, making the five of them together, the founding original members of Hi-Five.
Keep It Goin’ On is the second studio album by the American band Hi-Five. Released on August 11, 1992 by Jive Records, The lead single “She’s Playing Hard to Get” peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the R&B singles chart. It is the second studio album featuring the teen frontman lead singer Tony Thompson who propelled this album into platinum status. It also features the first appearance of Bronx, New York native, Treston Irby. These singles from their previous album, featuring Irby include: “I Can’t Wait Another Minute”, “I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)”, and the remix version of “Just Another Girlfriend”. Also, Keep It Goin’ On is the final album to include the original members Roderick “Pooh” Clark (who was paralyzed from the chest down due to an accidental highway car crash shortly after the second album’s release) and Russell Neal (who shortly left the group due to financial conflicts).
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “She’s Playing Hard to Get” | Timmy Allen, William Walton | 4:35 |
| 2. | “Quality Time” | R. Kelly | 4:42 |
| 3. | “She Said” | Daymin Miley, Sonia Allen, Timmy Allen | 4:58 |
| 4. | “Fly Away” | Vincent Herbert, Kiyamma Griffin | 5:39 |
| 5. | “A Little Bit Older Now” | R. Kelly | 4:45 |
| 6. | “Mary, Mary” | Eric Foster White | 4:17 |
| 7. | “Let’s Get It Started (Keep It Goin’ On)” | R. Kelly | 4:32 |
| 8. | “Video Girl” | R. Kelly | 4:12 |
| 9. | “Whenever You Say” | Carl Bourelly, William Walton | 5:01 |
Personnel
Hi-Five
- Tony Thompson – lead vocals, harmony, and backing vocals
- Roderick Clark – harmony and backing vocals
- Marcus Sanders – harmony and backing vocals
- Treston Irby – harmony and backing vocals
- Russell Neal – harmony and backing vocals
Additional singers
- R. Kelly – programming, background vocals, producer
- Jose Fernandez – programming
- Ike Lee – programming
- Timmy Allen – instruments, producer
- Joshua Grau – guitar
- Eric Foster White – drum programming, bass, keyboards, recording engineer
- Kevin Johnson – drums
- D-Nice – additional drum programming
- Carl Bourelly – keyboards, producer
- Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitar
- Faith Evans – background vocals
- Roz Davis – background vocals
- Schon-Jomel Crawford – background vocals
- Ed Calle – trumpet
- Brett Murphey – saxophone
- Lee Levin – drums
- Little Anthony Carr – background vocals
- Tony Thompson – background vocals
- Thoudia Bickham – background vocals
- Dawn Green – background vocals
- Daymin Miley – background vocals, songwriter
- Peter Mokran – mixing
- Chris Trevett – mixing
- Anthony Saunders – recording engineer
- Pete Christensen – recording engineer
- Ben Garrison – recording engineer, mixing
- Jim Munn – recording engineer
- Kerry Craston – recording engineer
- Tim Latham – recording engineer
- Will Tartak – recording engineer
- Tom Vercillo – recording engineer
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- June Ambrose – styling
- Hula – additional production, remix
- K. Fingers – additional production, remix
- Gary Spector – photography
- ZombArt JK – design
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