Keep the Faith is the second album by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 singer Faith Evans

Faith Evans

Faith Renée Evans is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, record producer, actress and author. Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles during 1993 for a career with the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B...

. It was released on Bad Boy Records

Bad Boy Records

Bad Boy Records is a record label founded in 1993 by producer/rapper/entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs. Today it operates as a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, and is distributed by Atlantic Records.-Beginnings:...

 and peaked at number 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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. The album has been certified Platinum

RIAA certification

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 by the RIAA.

Entertainment Weekly (10/30/98, p.114) - "...KEEP THE FAITH remains commercial R&B, all bedroom strings and Babyface-style acoustic accents. what sets Evans apart is that she, like her soul sista Mary J. Blige, investigates her pain in a way that contradicts the lush sonics..." - Rating: A-

Q (12/00, p.143) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Proves that in voice and soul, she's every inch Mary J. Blige's equal..."

Urban Latino (2/99, p.80) - 4 out of 4 - "...bonafide, homegrown R&B sounds....steeped in the Blues and Gospel traditions....Evans [is] a true Soul singer....a great pick for you lovers..."

Track listing

1. "Faith (Intro)"
2. "Love Like This
   Love Like This (Faith Evans song)
   "Love Like This" is a song by American singer Faith Evans, released as the first single from her second studio album Keep the Faith. The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and is one of her most successful singles....
   
   "
3. "All Night Long" (featuring Puff Daddy
   Sean Combs
   Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
   
   )
4. "Sunny Days"
5. "Tears Away (Interlude)"
6. "My First Love"
7. "Anything You Need"
8. "No Way"
9. "Life Will Pass You By"
10. "Keep the Faith"
11. "Special Place (Interlude)"
12. "Never Gonna Let You Go
    Never Gonna Let You Go (Faith Evans song)
    "Never Gonna Let You Go" is a number-one R&B single by singer Faith Evans from her 1998 album Keep the Faith, written by Babyface and Damon Thomas. The song spent one week at number one on the U.S. R&B chart. The music video was filmed back-to-back along with Eve's Love Is Blind....
    
    "
13. "Stay (Interlude)"
14. "Caramel Kisses" (featuring 112
    112 (band)
    112 is an American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly artists on Diddy's Bad Boy Records, the group signed to the Def Soul roster in 2002. They had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s with hits such as "Only You", "Anywhere" and "Peaches & Cream"...
    
    )
15. "Lately I"

Samples

Keep the Faith sampled "Never Alone" by Yolanda Adams

Yolanda Adams

Yolanda Adams is an American Grammy- and Dove-award-winning Yolanda Adams is an American [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]]- and [[Dove Awards|Dove]]-award-winning...

Life Will Pass You By sampled "Gotta Make It Up to You" by Angela Bofill

Angela Bofill

Angela Bofill is an American R&B vocalist and songwriter.Bofill was born to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother; one of the first Latina singers to find success in the R&B market.She performed with Ricardo Marrero & the Group and Dance Theater of Harlem chorus prior to her 1978 debut album,...

Love Like This sampled "Chic Cheer" by Chic

Chic (band)

Chic was an African American disco and R&B band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It is known best for its commercially successful disco songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance " , "Everybody Dance" , "Le Freak" , "I Want Your Love" , "Good Times"...

Sunny Days sampled "I'm Back for More" by Al Johnson and Jean Carne

All Night Long sampled "I Hear Music in the Streets" by Unlimited Touch

Unlimited Touch

Unlimited Touch was a New York based post disco group who had some regional fame in the early eighties. The group consisted of Audrey Wheeler, Phil Hamilton, Tony Cintron, Sandy Anderson, Stephanie James and Lenny Underwood. Raymond Reid and William Anderson from New York-based band Crown Heights...

Charts

Chart (1998)	Provider	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...	6
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...		3

Credits

Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander Engineer, Mixing

Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie- Associate Executive Producer

Babyface

Babyface

Babyface or Baby Face can refer to:Nicknames:* Baby Face Nelson, an infamous 1930s bank robber* Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette , an American hard bop and soul-jazz musician...

- Drum Programming, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals (Background)

Tony Black Engineer, Mixing

Paul Boutin, Engineer

Tom Cassel, Engineer

Sean "Puffy" Combs- Executive Producer, Producer

Diddy

Diddy

Diddy may refer to:*Sean Combs, an American rap mogul also known as Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Puff, Puffy and Sean John*Diddy-Dirty Money, an American hip hop group featuring Diddy...

, Performer

DJ Rodgers, Arranger

E'lyk ,Assistant Engineer, Mixing

Nathan East, Bass

Faith Evans

Faith Evans

Faith Renée Evans is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, record producer, actress and author. Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles during 1993 for a career with the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B...

- Arranger, Executive Producer, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals, Vocals (Background)

David Foster, Producer, Vocal Producer

Richard "Younglord" Frierson, Producer

Jon Gass, Mixing

Kenya Ivey, Vocals (Background)

Tavia Ivey, Vocals (Background)

Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Producer

Ron Lawrence, Producer

Ricky Lawson, Drums

Tony Maserati, Mixing

Mike Mason, Piano, Producer, Strings

Gwynnis Mosby, Make-Up

Axel Niehaus, Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Vocal Arrangement

Gwendolyn Niles, Project Manager

Michael Patterson, Editing

Rob Paustian ,Engineer

Joe "Smilin' Joe" Perrera, Engineer

Greg Phillinganes, Piano

Harve Pierre

Harve Pierre

Harve Pierre, also known by the stage-name Joe Hooker, is a writer, singer and producer. Pierre is also the President of Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy record company. As a singer, he uses almost "out-of-tune", loud, rap-style singing vocals...

- A&R

Herb Powers, Mastering

Kelly Price, Arranger, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background)

Lorne Rawls, Arranger

Jesse Rivera ,Project Coordinator

Todd Russaw ,Associate Executive Producer

Thom Russo ,Engineer

Carl Thomas, Vocal Arrangement

Damon Thomas ,Drum Programming, Keyboards

Carl Thompson, Producer

Michael Thompson, Guitar

Michael Hart Thompson, Guitar

Albert Watson, Photography

Doug Wilson, Engineer

Mario Winans

Mario Winans

Mario Winans is an American R&B singer, songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born Mario Brown, he is the son of gospel recording artist Vickie Winans and her first husband, Bishop Ronald Brown. He is also the stepson of his mother's second husband, gospel singer, Pastor Marvin...

, Overdubs

Klya Wright, Hair Stylist

112

112

Year 112 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Cornelius...

, Arranger, Performer, Vocal Arrangement