Tender Lover
by Babyface
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Babyface bestography
Tender Lover is ranked as the best album by Babyface.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Tender Lover track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tender Lover rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 91/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 58/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1989 | 59/90 | - |
| 2026 | paladisiac | top albums, #1001-1100* | 67/77 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1989 | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 69 Music Albums of 1989 | 68/69 | 0 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 4/50 | 5 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1980s, #101-200 | 60/100 | - |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2024 | uDiscoverMusic | The Best Albums Of 1989 | 42/57 | 1 |
| 2022 | paladisiac | my fav R and B / funk / urban / soul | 62/100 | - |
| 2021 | WayneMC | Top 78 Music Albums of 1989 | 63/78 | 1 |
| 2020 | paladisiac | !You've Been Caught Sleeping! (p02) | 39/100 | - |
| 2017 | paladisiac | my first albums | 35/54 | - |
| 2017 |  covecove | Soul, Funk, R&B... | 77/100 | - |
| 2014 | DigitalDreamDoor | Albums of the year 1989 | 21/99 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 27 | |||
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Tender Lover ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 05/11/2026 16:51 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/08/2025 22:04 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,636 | 74/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2023 17:00 | fabm0 | 7,010 | 58/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2023 06:52 | Tamthebam | 23,189 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2021 22:18 |  Boltzmann | 1,732 | 68/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.2.
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paladisiac 04/29/2015 20:56 | #140540
One of the men primarily responsible for the early 90s "new jack swing" sound, this was babyface's best album with 4 finely-crafted r&b tunes. After the hits, the album falls apart a bit after "whip appeal" (which is one of the top tracks along with "it's no crime").
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