Jordan Knight (album)

1999 studio album by Jordan Knight

Jordan Knight is the debut album by New Kids on the Block frontman Jordan Knight, released in 1999. Knight co-produced eight of the eleven tracks on the album with help from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and a then unknown Robin Thicke. The album sold over 500,000 copies in the US alone and reached #29 on the Billboard 200.

Release

The album was released in 1999 at the height of MTV pop culture. The first single, "Give It to You" received heavy radio airplay and rotation on MTV, as well as BET and VH1. The album was certified Gold months after its release.

In Asia, Knight and boy-band 98 Degrees headlined a tour in support of their albums.

Track listing

Notes

• Credits adapted from liner notes and AllMusic.^[1][2]
• "A Different Party" contains a sample of "Green-Eyed Lady", as performed by Sugarloaf^[2]
• "Don't Run" contains a sample of "Shook Ones (Part II)", as performed by Mobb Deep^[1]
• "Close My Eyes" contains a sample of "Dust in the Wind", as performed by Kansas^[2]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes^[1]

• Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming
• Robin Thicke - keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming
• Pro-Jay – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming
• Claudio Cueni – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming
• Alex Richbourg – drum programming
• Stokley Williams – percussion
• Armand Sabalecco – bass
• Scott Kennedy – bass
• Big Jim Wright – piano
• Mike Scott – guitar
• Bobby B. Keyes – guitar
• Brion James – guitar
• Tyrone Chase – guitar
• Steve Hodge – engineer, mixing
• Bill Malina – engineer
• Miguel Pessoa – engineer
• Lior Goldenberg – engineer
• Claudio Cueni – engineer
• Will Pyon – engineer
• Mike Tucker – engineer
• Bray Merritt – engineer
• Evan Py – engineer
• Xavier Smith – mixing
• Claudio Cueni – mixing
• Joe Smith – mixing
• Jordan Knight – executive producer
• Miguel Melendez – executive producer
• Facet NY/LA – art direction

Charts

Certifications

References

1. Jordan Knight – Jordan Knight. (CD liner notes). Interscope Records INTD-90322
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jordan Knight – Jordan Knight". studio album. allmusic.com.
3. "Jordan Knight Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
4. "American album certifications – Jordan Knight – Jordan Knight". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 26, 2023.