Time and Chance (Color Me Badd album)

Time and Chance is platinum selling R&B quartet Color Me Badd's second full-length studio album. Released in 1993, it was an extremely versatile album. Combining elements of jazz, Latin, adult contemporary and Hip-Hop while still staying true to their R&B roots. The album peaked at #56, a far cry from their debut C.M.B., which peaked at #3. It was released after high-profile appearances on the Beverly Hills 90210 and Mo' Money soundtracks. The latter producing the top 20 single "Forever Love." While eventually reaching platinum status, this album was initially considered a disappointment due to the enormous success of their first album. The album received high praise from critics and contains two major hits in both the lead single "Time and Chance" and the Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis-produced "Choose". The former's music video was directed by rapper Ice Cube.

Track listing

 * 1) Intro (Ecclesiastes 9:11) [read by Ossie Davis] - 0:21
 * 2) Time and Chance (Color Me Badd/ DJ Pooh/ Mark Denard) - 4:22
 * 3) Groovy Now (Color Me Badd/ DJ Pooh) - 4:09
 * 4) Let Me Have It All (Sylvester Stewart) - 4:21
 * 5) Rosanna's Little Sister (Geoffrey Williams/ Chuck Norman) - 3:53
 * 6) How Deep (Color Me Badd/ Prince/ Hamza Lee / Mark Murray) - 4:58
 * 7) La Tremenda (Intro) - 0:27
 * 8) In the Sunshine (Color Me Badd/ Hamza Lee/ Howie Tee/ Bootsy Collins) - 4:50
 * 9) Choose (Color Me Badd/ Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis) - 4:23
 * 10) The Bells (Marvin Gaye/ Anna Gordy Gaye/ Iris Gordy/ Elgie Stover) - 3:31
 * 11) Wildflower (David Richardson/ Douglas Edwards) - 4:35
 * 12) Livin' Without Her (Color Me Badd/ Hamza Lee) - 4:56
 * 13) Close to Heaven (Color Me Badd) - 4:17
 * 14) Trust Me (Color Me Badd/ Hamza Lee) - 3:57
 * 15) Let's Start With Forever (Diane Warren) - 4:26
 * 16) God Is Love (Color Me Badd/ Ernie Calderon) - 5:12
 * 17) Let Love Rule (God Is Love Outro) - 1:38

"Let Me Have It All" is a remake of the Sly & the Family Stone song featured on the 1973 album Fresh.

"The Bells" is a remake of The Originals' song featured on the 1970 album The Portrait of the Originals, written, in part, by Marvin Gaye and his wife Anna Gordy Gaye.

"Wildflower" is a remake of the Skylark song originally released in 1973.

Singles

 * 1) Time And Chance - December 9, 1993
 * 2) Choose - February 3, 1994
 * 3) The Bells - April 7, 1994
 * 4) Let's Start with Forever - April 14, 1994

First single "Time and Chance" spent 19 weeks on the US Billboard chart with a peak position of 23. Second single "Choose" spent 17 weeks on the US Billboard chart with a peak position of 23 as well. Despite a third and fourth single being released, neither charted within the US Billboard Top 40.