Show Me (The Cover Girls album)


Show Me is the debut album by the R&B–dance trio the Cover Girls released on independent label Fever Records. The album would produce the group's biggest hit to date, "Show Me", as well as other moderately successful singles "Because of You" and the ballad "Promise Me". This would be the only album to feature original member Sunshine Wright, who would depart the group after the unsuccessful release of second single "Spring Love" and would be replaced by Margo Urban for the remainder of the album's singles. The other two members of the original lineup for this album were Angel Mercado and Caroline Jackson. The album peaked at No. 64 on the Billboard Hot 200 on 26 February 1988 and No. 74 on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart on 4 March 1988.

Critical reception

Alex Henderson of AllMusic wrote in his review that "the Cover Girls made some memorable contributions to Latin freestyle -- in fact, their debut album, Show Me, is among freestyle's most important releases."
Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews said: "In the main it's upbeat dance music, relying on programmed drums, high-pitched syncopated keyboards, equally high-pitched female vocals, and almost nothing else - at its best, it's pure fun."
Robert Christgau remarked: "Set on pulling a marketable girl group out of a Latin hip hop concept, their svengalis channel the mix toward wall-of-sound, fuzzing beats and harmonies with a nostalgic soupcon of Spectorian grandeur."

Track listing

Charts

Album - Billboard
YearChartPosition
1988Billboard Hot 20064
1988Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums74

Singles - Billboard
YearSingleChartPosition
1987"Show Me"Hot 10044
1987"Show Me"Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs34
1987"Because of You"Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs47
1987"Because of You"Dance Club Songs16
1988"Inside Outside"Hot 10055
1988"Inside Outside"Dance Club Songs12
1988"Promise Me"Hot 10040
1988"Because of You"Hot 10027

Personnel