It features his then-highest charting single, "One Last Cry", which reached number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and sold 500,000 copies.

[2] The album itself was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

[3] Brian McKnight received positive reviews from most music critics.

Entertainment Weekly writer Havelock Nelson, gave the album an A-rating citing that "McKnight is the most comforting R&B singer-songwriter to emerge since Keith Washington early last year.

"[5] All instruments performed by Brian McKnight except where noted.