The album reached number three on the US
Billboard 200, spending 77 weeks on the chart,[7] and shipped one million copies within its first two months of release in the United States.[8] It also charted at number three in the United Kingdom,[9] and it was certified gold by the
British Phonographic Industry on September 1, 1991, having shipped 100,000 copies in the UK.[10] It produced five US hit singles, "I Wanna Sex You Up" (US #2), "I Adore Mi Amor" (US #1), "All 4 Love" (US #1), "Thinkin' Back" (US #16), and "
Slow Motion" (US #18). On July 15, 1992, C.M.B was certified
triple platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of three million copies in the US.[8]
Critical reception
Arion Berger of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a "C+" and criticized its content: "However decent C.M.B.'s intentions of turning street-corner harmonies into dance-floor grooves, nothing on their debut — not their four fine voices, glossy production, or titillating youthful smut — sounds honest".[4] In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, critic
Robert Christgau gave it a one-star honorable mention (),[6] indicating "a worthy effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well like".[11] In a retrospective review of the album,
AllMusic editor Alex Henderson gave C.M.B. four out of five stars and said that "most of the songs are pedestrian and generic", but wrote that it "does have its moments, including the hit
slow jams 'I Adore Mi Amor' and 'I Wanna Sex You Up' (which samples rapper
Slick Rick in a rather clever fashion)".[12]
^Inc, Nielsen Business Media (12 October 1991).
"Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved February 26, 2018 – via Internet Archive. {{
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The album reached number three on the US
Billboard 200, spending 77 weeks on the chart,[7] and shipped one million copies within its first two months of release in the United States.[8] It also charted at number three in the United Kingdom,[9] and it was certified gold by the
British Phonographic Industry on September 1, 1991, having shipped 100,000 copies in the UK.[10] It produced five US hit singles, "I Wanna Sex You Up" (US #2), "I Adore Mi Amor" (US #1), "All 4 Love" (US #1), "Thinkin' Back" (US #16), and "
Slow Motion" (US #18). On July 15, 1992, C.M.B was certified
triple platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of three million copies in the US.[8]
Critical reception
Arion Berger of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a "C+" and criticized its content: "However decent C.M.B.'s intentions of turning street-corner harmonies into dance-floor grooves, nothing on their debut — not their four fine voices, glossy production, or titillating youthful smut — sounds honest".[4] In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, critic
Robert Christgau gave it a one-star honorable mention (),[6] indicating "a worthy effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well like".[11] In a retrospective review of the album,
AllMusic editor Alex Henderson gave C.M.B. four out of five stars and said that "most of the songs are pedestrian and generic", but wrote that it "does have its moments, including the hit
slow jams 'I Adore Mi Amor' and 'I Wanna Sex You Up' (which samples rapper
Slick Rick in a rather clever fashion)".[12]
^Inc, Nielsen Business Media (12 October 1991).
"Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved February 26, 2018 – via Internet Archive. {{
cite magazine}}: |last= has generic name (
help); Cite magazine requires |magazine= (
help)