No, No, No
Studio album by
Dawn Penn
Released1994
GenreReggae
LabelBig Beat/Atlantic
Producer
Dawn Penn chronology
No, No, No
(1994)		 Come Again
(1996)
Singles from No, No, No
  1. "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)"
    Released: 17 February 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(choice cut)[2]
Melody Maker(favorable)[3]
NME3/10[4]

No, No, No is the debut album by Jamaican reggae singer Dawn Penn, released in 1994. The album was released nearly 30 years after Penn embarked on a recording career, following up the worldwide success of her single "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" in 1994. The album, however, was met with a modest chart success.

Critical reception

Alex Henderson from AllMusic complimented No, No, No as "a respectable, decent effort", remarking that songs like "I'll Do It Again" and "Samfi Boy" "has a strong urban contemporary flavor".[5] Everett True from Melody Maker viewed it as "[an] undemanding yet supremely satisfying album", praising the lead single, "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)", as well as "a gorgeous reading" of "I Want a Love I Can See" and "an uptempo" "The First Cut Is the Deepest".[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Want a Love I Can See"Smokey Robinson3:54
2."I'm Sorry"
4:10
3."You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" (Extended Mix)Penn4:37
4."Night and Day"Horace Swaby4:55
5."My Love Takes Over"
  • Penn
  • Powe
  • Hunt
3:57
6."The First Cut Is the Deepest"Cat Stevens4:27
7."I'll Do It Again"Dwight Pinkney4:05
8."Hurt"Penn3:57
9."Samfi Boy"
5:09
10."Keep in Touch"
  • Chin/Fook
  • Chung
  • Rupert Cunningham
4:30
11."My Man"
3:58
12."Blue Yes Blue"Penn4:52
13."You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" (Remix)Penn5:13

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[6] 25
German Albums Chart[7] 53
UK Albums Chart[8] 51
US R&B Albums[5] 83
US Top Reggae Albums[5] 5

References

  1. ↑ Alex Henderson. "No No No - Dawn Penn". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Dawn Penn". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  3. 1 2 True, Everett (1994-07-02). "Albums". Melody Maker. p. 34. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  4. ↑ Lewis, Angela (1994-07-16). "Long Play". NME. p. 38. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  5. 1 2 3 "Dawn Penn Awards". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  6. ↑ "Discographie Dawn Penn" (in German). www.austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  7. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  8. ↑ "DAWN PENN full Official Chart History Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
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