''Guaranteed'' is the third solo album by the American R&B singer

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. It was released in 1992. The album adopted a different sound than Day's previous efforts. Focusing on

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, it had more input from outside producers and composers than Day's previous projects. It was commercially unsuccessful.

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raps on "Angel Don't".

Critical reception

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'' wrote: "Day has a new set of priorities on his third solo disc, trading his cartoonish, mirror-toting image for one closer to that of a hip, socially conscious adult." The ''

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'' concluded that, "minus his royal slyness, the material slumps by on a tepid serving of refried new-jack beats." The ''

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'' determined that the "wan funk and tepid R&B balladry only shows that the sun has set on this Day."

Track listing

# "Gimme Whatcha Got" – 5:28 ''composed by

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'' # "Circle of Love" – 4:17 ''composed by Sharon Barnes, Morris Day, Michael Stokes'' # "Deeper" – 4:05 ''composed by Patrick Adams, Stanley Brown, Morris Day'' # "My Special" – 3:42 ''composed by Patrick Adams, Skeff Anselm, Morris Day, Emmanuel Rahiem LeBlanc, James Mosley'' # "Everlasting" – 5:01 ''composed by Sharon Barnes, Morris Day, Michael Stokes'' # "Guaranteed" – 5:50 ''composed by Bernard Belle, Greg Curtis'' # "Angel Don't" – 4:15 ''composed by Benjamin Belfield, Bernard Belle, Morris Day, Michael Stokes, Clint Stokes III'' # "Changes" – 5:26 ''composed by Morris Day, Michael Stokes'' # "Meant to Be Together" – 4:05 ''composed by Stanley Brown'' # "Who's That Girl" – 4:33 ''composed by Sharon Barnes, John Bokowski, Morris Day, Michael Stokes''

Personnel

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– Charles Fearing, Emmanuel Rahiem LeBlanc, Kewko Vanderpuy *

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– Frank Byron, F. Byron Clark, Foley Folie, Dante Gioia, Rich July, Brian Kinkay, Dennis Mitchell, Bruce Moore, John Parthum, Paris Robinson, Clint Stokes III, Michael Stokes, Boon Tan * Keyboards – Houston Bowen, Josh Milan, Clint Stokes III, Michael Stokes, Gordon Williams * Mastering –

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* Mixing – Bernard Belle, Frank Byron, F. Byron Clark, Brian Kinkay, Dennis Mitchell, John Parthum, Thom Russo, Boon Tan,

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, Willie Will * Producer – Morris Day, Bernard Belle, Stanley Brown, Karen Jones,

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, Michael Stokes *

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– Skeff Anselm, John Bokowski, Gordon Williams *

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- Morris Day (lead), Patrick Adams, Judi Day, Alice Echols, Rick Nelson, Louis Price, Marsha Sapp, Linda Stokes, Spencer Washington

References

{{Authority control Morris Day albums 1992 albums Reprise Records albums