All‐4‐One by All-4-One

All-4-One's self-titled debut arrived on Atlantic on April 12, 1994, and the whole thing started as a one-off. Jamie Jones, Tony Borowiak and Alfred Nevarez had been singing jingles for KAVS-FM, a station in California's Antelope Valley, when producer Gary St. Clair asked them to cut "So Much in Love" for Blitzz, an Atlantic affiliate. Delious Kennedy made them a quartet, the single took off, and a full album followed, originals included.

It's contemporary R&B at its silkiest, four voices stacking harmonies until they gleam, slow-dance tempos and soft-focus devotion with not a hair out of place. "I Swear" is the earnest, slow-burning centerpiece that won the group a Grammy in 1995, and "Breathless", "Something About You", "(She's Got) Skillz" and "A Better Man" kept the singles coming.

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