For the Cool in You

For the Cool in You is the third studio album by American R&B musician and songwriter Babyface. The album was released on August 24, 1993. The album reached number sixteen on the US Billboard 200 and at number two on the Top R&B Albums chart. The album spawned five singles, the lead single (and title track) "For the Cool in You" (US No. 81, R&B No. 10), "Never Keeping Secrets" (US No. 15, R&B No. 3), "And Our Feelings" (US No. 21, R&B No. 7), "Rock Bottom", and "When Can I See You" which became his biggest (and third) top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number four, and reaching number six on the Hot R&B Singles chart.

The album received a nomination in the category of Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 37th Grammy Awards. On January 29, 1997, the album was certified 3× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Track listing

 * "Well Alright" was originally released on the Poetic Justice soundtrack album, June 1993.

Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.


 * Lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, bass guitar, executive producer – Babyface
 * Background vocals – Anthony Kemp, Daryl Simmons, After 7
 * Skins (Drum programming) – L.A. Reid
 * Bottom (bass) – Kayo
 * Saxophone – Larry Jackson
 * MIDI programming – Donald Parks, Randy Walker
 * Recording engineers – Jim Zumpano, Brad Gilderman
 * Assistant engineers – John Frye, Lori Fumar, Steve Warner, Kevin Becks, Milton Chan, Eduardo Correa, Kimm James, Jason Shablik, Ray Silva, Thom Russo
 * Mixing – Dave Way, Barney Perkins
 * Mastering – Herb Powers, Jr.
 * Production coordinator – Ivy Skoff
 * Art direction – Marc Bennett Studio
 * Photography – Rick Day
 * Stylists – Bernard Jacobs, Anthony Mitchell