So Happy

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Release

So Happy was released by Columbia Records in August 1989[1] and failed to significantly impact the pop record charts.[3] It reached number 70 on Billboard magazine's Top Pop Albums[4] and number 22 on the Top Black Albums chart.[5] The pop-funk song "Put Your Mouth on Me" was released as the album's lead single, performing well on both BillboardTemplate:'s pop and black singles charts.[1]

Critical reception

Template:Album reviews Reviewing So Happy in August 1989, Chicago Tribune journalist Chris Heim viewed it as an improvement over Murphy's first album, saying that the comedian "seems more comfortable in the role of vocalist this time".[1] Similarly, The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau observed a greater seriousness in Murphy's "wheedling croon" that is ideal for the album's cartoonish style of funk and "wicked Prince rip". While questioning the depth behind the sexual desires in Murphy's lyrics, Christgau highlighted the singer's humor on songs such as "Love Moans": "He's big on locations, spends an entire song convincing her to do it in a chair. Inspirational Dialogue: She: 'Are you close?' He: 'If I get any closer I be behind you.'"[3]

Don Waller was more critical in his review for the Los Angeles Times. He applauded the sexual conceit of "Put Your Mouth on Me" and the compelling musical qualities in "Bubble Hill" and the title track, but found rest of the album derivative and Murphy merely "better than your average shower singer".[6] In Mark Coleman and J. D. Considine's entry on Murphy in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992), the comedian is criticized for not only lacking "the equipment to carry off his soul-star ambitions", but seeming "genuinely uncomfortable trying to deliver any but the most basic emotions" and resorting to an emphasis on "musical jokes" that "wears thin throughout So Happy".[7]

Track listing

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Personnel

Information is taken from AllMusic.[2]

Musicians

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Production and design

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  • Cecil Holmes – executive producer
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  • Tony Sellari – art direction
  • Bonnie Schiffman – photography
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Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
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U.S. Top Pop Albums (Billboard)[4] 70
U.S. Top Black Albums (Billboard)[5] 22

References

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External links

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