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'''''...If I Ever Fall in Love''''' is the [[studio album|debut album]] of American [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] group [[Shai (band)|Shai]], released December 22, 1992, on [[MCA Records]]. It was produced by group members Carl "Groove" Martin and Darnell Van Rensalier.

The album produced three hit [[single (music)|single]]s, "[[If I Ever Fall in Love]]", "[[Comforter (song)|Comforter]]", and "Baby I'm Yours". On January 13, 1994, ''...If I Ever Fall in Love'' was certified [[RIAA certification|double platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), for shipments of two million copies in the United States.<ref name="RIAA"/> Although it performed well commercially, the album received generally mixed reviews from [[music criticism|music critic]]s.

== Reception ==

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'''''...If I Ever Fall in Love''''' is the [[studio album|debut album]] of American [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] group [[Shai (band)|Shai]], released December 22, 1992, on [[MCA Records]]. It was produced by group members Carl "Groove" Martin and Darnell Van Rensalier.

The album produced three hit [[single (music)|single]]s, "[[If I Ever Fall in Love]]", "[[Comforter (song)|Comforter]]", and "Baby I'm Yours". On January 13, 1994, ''...If I Ever Fall in Love'' was certified [[RIAA certification|double platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), for shipments of two million copies in the United States.<ref name="RIAA"/> Although it performed well commercially, the album received generally mixed reviews from [[music criticism|music critic]]s.

== Reception ==

''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the album three-and-a-half out of five stars and complimented its "crisp, precise harmonies that imply explosive vocal power but display few pyrotechnics", adding that "Shai joins the spiritual yearnings of [[Take Six]] with the secular pull of [[Boyz II Men]]".<ref name="Muze">[http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1103600/a/...If+I+Ever+Fall+In+Love.htm Shai - ...If I Ever Fall In Love CD Album]. [[Muze]]. [[CD Universe]]. Retrieved on 2011-07-15.</ref> [[David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' found its [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[new jack swing]]-oriented songs "fussy [and] unconvincing", but praised the group's [[crooning]] and stated, "They wrap their voices like a thick shag carpet around the choruses of the album's languorous, starry-eyed ballads".<ref name="Browne">[[David Browne (journalist)|Browne, David]] (January 29, 1993). [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305397,00.html ...If I Ever Fall in Love Review | Music Reviews and News]. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. Retrieved on 2011-07-15.</ref>