sentences:  Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron, and Maxine Jones worked exclusively with regular collaborators Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy on the album who made heavy use of samples from classical music and traditional pop music to construct songs for "Masterpiece Theatre", with its title alluding to the same-titled American drama anthology television series, best known for presenting adaptations of a mix of contemporary and classic novels and biographies.Upon its release, "Masterpiece Theatre" received mixed reviews from critics, who acclaimed the group for their vocal performances on the songs but were divided by the overall sound of the album.A commercial disappointment, it reached number 33 on "Billboard"s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 67 on the "Billboard" 200, becoming En Vogue's first album not to enter the top ten on either chart in the United States.