Today marks the 35th anniversary of 2 groundbreaking albums: New Edition: Heart Break and Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel. Come post your memories, pics and vids and most of all........NO BASHING ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Edition: Heart Break

Introduction

That's The Way We're Livin'

Where It All Started

If It Isn't Love

Skit 1

N.E. Heart Break

Crucial

Skit 2

You're Not My Kind Of Girl

Superlady

Can You Stand The Rain?

Competition

Skit 3

I'm Comin Home

Boys To Men

Bonus Mixes

If It Isn't Love (Low-Key Mix)

You're Not My Kind Of Girl (Remix)

Can You Stand The Rain (E...ed Version

Crucial (Remix Live with Rob Base)

N.E. Heart Break (Remix)

Bobby Brown: Don't Be Cruel

Cruel Prelude

Don't Be Cruel

My Prerogative

Roni

Rock Wit'cha

Every Little Step

I'll Be Good To You

Take It Slow

All Day, All Night

I Really Love You, Girl

Cruel Reprise

Bonus Songs & Mixes

On Our Own

We're Back

Every Little Step (Remix w/Rap)

Rock Wit'cha (Nu Remix)

Every Little Hit

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I've always really liked the song "Competition" from the Heartbreak album

Two watershed moments in New Jack Swing.

If I picked one track from each,
"You're Not My Kind of Girl"

and

"Roni"

And I know Jam/Lewis are org favs, but, I dunno, even though it can be a little samey at time, just something about them Babyface songs.

Bobby Brown should be a 2X HOF-er by now...

Heartbreak Tour Live In Philadelphia 1988

Part 1: Bobby

Part 2: NE

JabarR74 said:

Classics! I have never updated these to CD so new expanded edition are more than welcome

Shame pretty much none of New Editions catlogue has been properly revisited. They shoulda done one more album when that biopic on Vh1 came out.

Anyway, both good albums of their era. Bobby has the stronger album though IMO

fun fact: the song "Every Little Step" almost made it onto Babyface's Tender Lover album.But he let Bobby hear it and Bobby begged him for it.

I wore these cd's out back in the day. If I recall correctly they were some of the first I ever bought (had tapes before that). Babyface, Teddy and Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis were on fire .

SoulAlive said:

fun fact: the song "Every Little Step" almost made it onto Babyface's Tender Lover album.But he let Bobby hear it and Bobby begged him for it.

Wise move. Babyface is a decent singer, but the song needed that extra swagger to not drown it in sentiment and give it more edge. Bobby sounds great on "Every little step"!

Didn't the liner notes or some kind of press for Tender Lover say it was all songs nobody else wanted or that were rejected or something? Doubt Face fought Bobby hard on that one. He knew what really paid the bills.

What I Remember most about these are the LIVE SHOWS!! Both were EXCELLENT! And, being a Buffalo Kid, I could not help but Notice that Both Acts benefitted from the Services of Rick James' Stone City Band!!

thesexofit said:

Both albums are amazing. So much talent from New Edition!