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For the album by Marianas Trench, see Masterpiece Theatre (Marianas Trench album).
Masterpiece Theatre 
Studio album by En Vogue Released May 23, 2000 Recorded September 1999—March 2000 Genre R&B Label Elektra Producer Denzil Foster & Thomas McElroy Professional reviews 
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En Vogue chronology EV3
(1997)Masterpiece Theatre
(2000)The Gift of Christmas
(2002)Masterpiece Theatre is a studio album by American R&B group En Vogue, released in 2000 by Elektra Records. They took famous classical music ("masterpieces") and put their own R&B flavor on it. It was originally set to be titled "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Cool".
The first single was "Riddle", remixed for radio by Stargate. "Riddle" was set to be followed by a mini-film containing the En Vogue Love Suite ("Love U Crazay" "Sad But True" "Love Won't Take Me Out" "Que Sera, Sera") but plans fell through. Plans for the second single "Love U Crazay" were scrapped after weak commercial performance of the album in the US.
The album was originally set to include a track called "I Love You More" (also in a remixed form), which were leaked on the initial advance version of the album. However, due to uncleared sample of "The Godfather" theme, the two versions of the songs were replaced by the addition of "Love U Crazay". Another song "It's On" was also on the album sampler, but was removed from the final album for unknown reasons.
Track listing
- "Riddle"
- "No No No (Can't Come Back)"
- "Falling in Love"
- "Suite Intro"
- "Love U Crazay"
- "Sad But True"
- "Love Won't Take Me Out"
- "Whatever Will Be Will Be"
- "Suite Outro"
- "Beat of Love"
- "Latin Soul"
- "Work It Out"
- "Those Dogs"
- "Number One Man"
Charts
Country Chart Peak
positionUS Billboard 200 67 US R&B Billboard R&B 33 UK UK Album Chart 139 Germany Media Contorl Charts 22 Netherlands MegaCharts 56 Austria Austria Top 40 28 Ireland Irish Album Chart 150 External links
En Vogue Terry Ellis • Cindy Herron • Dawn Robinson• Maxine Jones
Amanda Cole • Rhona BennettAlbums Born to Sing (1990) • Funky Divas (1992) • EV3 (1997) • Masterpiece Theatre (2000) • The Gift of Christmas (2002) • Soul Flower (2004) • TBA (2011)Other releases Remix to Sing (1991) • Runaway Love (1993)Compilations Best of En Vogue (1999) • Very Best of En Vogue (2001) • Hold On and Other Hits (2005) • The Essentials (2005) • The Platinum Collection (2007) • Don't Let Go: The Very Best of En Vogue (2010)Singles "Hold On" • " Lies" • " You Don't Have to Worry" • " Don't Go" • " Strange" • "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" • "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" • "Yesterday" • "Free Your Mind" • "Give It Up, Turn It Loose" • "Love Don't Love You" • "Runaway Love" • "What Is Love" • "Whatta Man" • "Don't Let Go (Love)" • " Whatever" • "Too Gone, Too Long" • "No Fool No More" • "Hold On" (Remix) • "Riddle" • "Losin' My Mind" • "Ooh Boy" • "I'll Cry Later"Featured singles "Freedom (Theme from Panther)" (w/ Various Artists) • "Free Your Mind" (w/ Sub7even) • "So What the Fuss" (w/ Stevie Wonder & Prince) • " Glamorous" (w/ Natalia)Related topics Discography • Awards and nominations • Foster & McElroy
Book:En VogueCategories:- 2000 albums
- 33rd Street Records albums
- En Vogue albums
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