Ginuwine... the Bachelor

Ginuwine... the Bachelor is the debut studio album by American R&B artist Ginuwine. The second major Swing Mob album, it was chiefly produced by Timbaland and released October 8, 1996, on 550 Music. The distribution was handled through Epic Records. The album peaked at number 26 on the US Billboard 200 and reached number 14 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart. A steady seller, it was certified gold by January 1997. In March 1999, the album was certified double platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), after sales exceeding two million copies in the United States. Ginuwine... the Bachelor featured the singles "Pony", "When Doves Cry" and "Holler".

Track listing
All music by Timbaland.


 * Samples
 * "Intro" contains portions of dialogue from the motion picture The Usual Suspects and a sample of "The Greatest Trick" written by John Ottman for The Usual Suspects soundtrack.
 * "Lonely Daze" contains a sample of You Are Everything, written by Thom Bell, Linda Creed, as performed by The Stylistics
 * "I'll Do Anything/I'm Sorry" contains a sample from "Visions" as recorded by Stevie Wonder.
 * "G. Thang" contains samples from "Numb" by Portishead, "The Boomin' System" by LL Cool J, Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

Personnel

 * Art direction – Cozbi Sanchez-Cabrera
 * Assembling – Alex Perialas, Jerry Conaway Jr
 * Assistant engineering – Jason Arnold
 * Coordination – Nadine Hemy
 * Engineering – Jimmy Douglass, Alex Perialas
 * Executive production – Ginuwine, Robert Reives
 * Grooming – Isabel le Page
 * Mastering – Vlad


 * Mixing – Jimmy Douglass
 * Photography – Carl Lessard
 * Production – Ginuwine, Robert Reives, Timbaland
 * Rapping – (Ex) Cat Heads, Magoo, Missy Elliott, Nikki/Virginia Slim, Timbaland
 * Stylist – Estée Ochoa
 * Vocals – Ginuwine
 * Vocals (background) – Ginuwine, Missy Elliott, Timbaland Static Major Digital Black  Smoke E. Digglera