Inner Child is Shanice's second studio album which was released on November 19, 1991 by Motown Records.
Tracklisting
- Keep Your Inner Child Alive (Interlude) 1:25
- I Love Your Smile 4:19
- Forever In Your Love 4:46
- I'm Cryin' 5:07
- I Hate To Be Lonely 6:46
- Stop Cheatin' On Me 4:50
- Silent Prayer (duet with Johnny Gill) 5:03
- Peace In The World 4:26
- You Ain't All That 4:36
- Shanice & Mookie Meet Homey (Interlude) 0:23
- You Didn't Think I'd Come Back This Hard 3:39
- You Were The One 5:21
- Goodnight (Interlude) 0:23
Chart Performance
"Inner Child" peaked at #83 on the Billboard 200 and #13 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Critical Reception
Tim Griggs from AllMusic wrote: "Shanice sure has an impressive voice, including the ability to sing falsetto a la Mariah Carey and Minnie Riperton. In fact, Shanice performs a version of Riperton's "Lovin You," which is somewhat faithful to the original. Fortunately, even though Shanice was just a teenager when she recorded this album, she doesn't overindulge in the falsetto like Carey did on her early releases. Unfortunately, she does overindulge in rapping, which is not her particular strength."