Candy Rain is the debut studio album from American R&B group Soul for Real, released on March 28, 1995 by Uptown Records and distributed through MCA Records.

The album peaked at number twenty-three on the Billboard 200 chart. By August 1995 it was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA after sales exceeding one million copies in the United States.

Candy Rain peaked at twenty-three on the United States Billboard 200 and number five on the R&B Albums chart.^[1] The album was certified platinum by August 1995.^[2]

While Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic did call the group "undoubtedly fine singers," he didn't feel they were strong enough to make some of the weaker material on the album very convincing.^[3]

Information taken from Allmusic.^[9]

• arranging – Heavy D, Terri Robinson
• art direction – Brett Wright
• assistant engineering – Ben Arindell, Chris Curran, Steve Sisco, Matt Tuffli
• assistant mixing – Steve Sisco, Matt Tuffli
• bass – Terri Robinson
• composing – Pete Belasco
• drum programming – Poke
• engineering – Bill Esses, Mikael Ifuersen, Richard Travali
• executive production – Andre Harrell, Heavy D
• guitar – James E. Rohlehr
• keyboards – Dave Cintron, Alexander Richbourg
• loops – Poke
• make-up – Melanie Harris
• mastering – Michael Sarsfield
• mixing – Bill Esses, Tony Maserati, Richard Travali
• photography – Mark Contratto
• production – Heavy D, Poke, Red Hot Lover Tone
• production coordination – Debra Young
• saxophone – Sylvester Scott
• vocal arrangement – Kenny Greene
• vocals – Andre Dalyrimple, Brian Dalyrimple, Christopher Dalyrimple, Jason Dalyrimple, Terri Robinson
• vocals (background) – Desiree Dalyrimple, Nicole Dalyrimple, Kenny Greene, Red Hot Lover Tone, Terri Robinson
• vocoder – Dave Cintron, Darin Whittington