"It's About Time" (1992): SWV - Track by Track Review | Diva Discography {Part 1}

We’re going back to the 90s and talking about one of Angie’s favorite girl groups of all time, the Sisters With Voices: SWV. 

In this episode of Diva Dailies, Angie and Steffi review SWV’s debut album entitled, “It’s About Time” (1992). But before we talk about the album, we read listener feedback (which, THANK YOU FOR THAT) and briefly talk about our anticipation (or lack thereof) for Beyoncé’s imminent Renaissance. 

Also fair warning: a very cringe/corny/unexpected edit happens in this episode. That one goes out to the Killing Eve fans, lol.

As we do in all of our Diva Discography episodes, part 1 is an in-depth review and discussion on EVERY SINGLE TRACK of the album. We then end our conversation sharing our Top 3 favorite songs from the album, 1 song we’d cut, and the underrated gem. 

Make sure you tune in next week for part 2 when we talk about SWV’s It’s About Time era.

Album Info: It's About Time is the debut studio album by American female R&B trio SWV. It was released by RCA Records on October 27, 1992, in the United States. It earned 11 Billboard Music Award nominations and became the 16th best-selling album of 1993 in the United States, with 2,100,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. It also earned SWV a nomination for Best New Artist at the 36th Grammy Awards. In 1996, It's About Time was certified 3× platinum, for shipping over 3,000,000 albums in the US alone. The album spawned five hit singles with "I'm So into You", "Downtown", "Weak", a remixed version of "Right Here/Human Nature" (the latter two reached number one on the R&B singles chart, with "Weak" being their biggest and only number-one pop hit), and "You're Always on My Mind" (shortened to "Always on My Mind" for single release). A remixed version of "Anything" appeared on the soundtrack of the film Above the Rim in 1994 and was released as the final single from It's About Time.

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TIME STAMPS:

- Housekeeping (01:03)

- Friendly Reminder to Review the Pod! (01:24)

- Listener Feedback (02:59)

- Diva Headlines (17:27)

- Oscar & Razzie Moment of the Week (20:47)

- Opening Discussions: Album Intro (28:53)

- Opening Discussions: Our First Listening Experience & Initial Impressions (30:29)

Track by Track Review

- Anything (42:09)

- I’m So Into You (45:28)

- Right Here (49:18)

- Weak (52:22)

- You’re Always On My Mind (58:28)

- Downtown (60:53)

- Coming Home (65:22)

- Give It To Me (67:42)

- Blak Pudd’n (69:04)

- It’s About Time (73:25)

- Think You’re Gonna LIke It (75:48)

- That’s What I Need (79:58)

- SWV [In the House] (81:37)

- Weak [A Cappella] (83:42)

- Right Here [Human Nature Radio Mix] (86:15)

Rapid Fire Round

- Top 3 Fave Songs (91:53)

- 1 Song to Cut (93:03)

- Underrated Gem (93:16)

- Closing Thoughts (93:38)