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| Released | June 23, 1992 (1992-06-23) | |||
| Recorded | 1991–1992 | |||
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| Length | 63:15 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes | |||
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Brian McKnight is the debut studio album of R&B singer Brian McKnight, released in 1992 by Mercury Records. It features his then-highest charting single, "One Last Cry", which reached number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and sold 500,000 copies.[2] The album itself was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[3]
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| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[5] |
Brian McKnight received positive reviews from most music critics. Entertainment Weekly writer Havelock Nelson, gave the album an A-rating citing that "McKnight is the most comforting R&B singer-songwriter to emerge since Keith Washington early last year."[5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Yours" | Brian McKnight, Gerry Brown, Phase 5 | 4:42 |
| 2. | "The Way Love Goes" | Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Goodbye My Love" | Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Love Me, Hold Me" | Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes, Victor Brooks | 4:56 |
| 5. | "After the Love" | Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes | 5:27 |
| 6. | "One Last Cry" | Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes, Melanie Barnes | 4:55 |
| 7. | "Never Felt This Way" | Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes | 5:36 |
| 8. | "I Couldn't Say" | Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes | 5:45 |
| 9. | "Stay the Night" | Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes, Melanie Barnes | 5:34 |
| 10. | "Is the Feeling Gone" | Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes, Edward Martin | 4:02 |
| 11. | "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" | Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen | 5:05 |
| 12. | "Oh Lord" | Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes | 4:24 |
| 13. | "My Prayer" | Brian McKnight, Brandon Barnes | 3:18 |
All instruments performed by Brian McKnight except where noted.
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[3] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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