Back on the Block

Back on the Block
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 21, 1989 (1989-11-21)
Recorded1988–1989
Studios
  • Record One (Los Angeles)
  • Lighthouse (Los Angeles)
  • Westlake Audio (Los Angeles)
  • Digital Recorders (Nashville)
  • Tarpan (San Rafael, California)
Genres
Length57:54
Labels
ProducerQuincy Jones
Quincy Jones chronology
The Dude
(1981)
Back on the Block
(1989)
Q's Jook Joint
(1995)
Singles from Back on the Block
  1. "I'll Be Good To You"
    Released: December 7, 1989
  2. "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)"
    Released: 1990
  3. "Tomorrow (A Better You, A Better Me)"
    Released: April 26, 1990
  4. "I Don't Go For That"
    Released: August 8, 1990
  5. "The Places You'll Find Love"
    Released: October 3, 1990
  6. "Wee B. Doinit"
    Released: May 17, 1991
  7. "Back on the Block"
    Released: 1991 (UK ONLY)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Robert ChristgauB+
Los Angeles TimesStarStarStarHalf star
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStar

Back on the Block is a 1989 studio album by Quincy Jones. The album features musicians and singers from across three generations, including Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Luther Vandross, Dionne Warwick, Barry White, Chaka Khan, Take 6, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, Ray Charles and a 13-year-old Tevin Campbell.