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  • Issued : 18 Sep 2007

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Genre : Dance & Soul Catalogue Number : B000949502
Format : CD Label : Mercury
Issued : 18 Sep 2007 Item sourced from : USA
Number of Discs : 1

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Covers albums tend to be dashed off as a way to fulfill an artist's last remaining contractual obligation to his or her label. However, Playlist is Babyface's first release for Mercury, following 2005's Grown & Sexy, and he put a lot of heart and soul into the material, all of which connected with him as a youngster listening to '70s AM radio. Most of the sources are anything but cool: James Taylor, Jim Croce, Dan Fogelberg, Dave Loggins, and Bread. (Then again, Bread were sort of like the Coldplay of their day.) Apart from Bob Dylan's Knockin' on Heaven's Door, everything is suited for Babyface, often to the point where the songs don't sound tremendously different from what he has written during the last several years. While you could go back as far as the first Deele songs for indications that he had more than soul and funk in his background, this album really conveys how much he owes to '70s singer/songwriters. In addition to the eight covers, there are two new songs, both of which fit into the album's scheme sonically while being far from lightweight subject-wise. In Not Going Nowhere, he talks to one of his sons in the wake of divorce (I've got a room with your name on the door/Your favorite things you could ever ask for), and The Soldier Song addresses those who have had their lives taken by war (Hope was all he had to cope/But he never made it home). ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Credits

Dean Parks(Guitar (Acoustic)),  Doug Livingston(Guitar (Steel)),  Ethan Farmer(Bass),  Greg Phillinganes(Piano),  Kenneth Edmonds(Bass),  Kenneth Edmonds(Guitar (Acoustic)),  Michael Ripoll(Guitar (Acoustic)),  Rafael Padilla(Percussion),  Rob Lewis(Piano),  Brandy(Vocals (Background)),  Keith Slettedahl(Vocals (Background)),  Rob Lewis(Fender Rhodes),  Sasha Allen(Vocals (Background)),  Rob Lewis(Wurlitzer),  Kenneth Edmonds(Producer),  Paul Boutin(Engineer),  Bob Dylan(Composer),  Dan Fogelberg(Composer),  Dave Loggins(Composer),  Eric Clapton(Composer),  Herb Powers(Mastering),  James Minchin(Photography),  Jim Croce(Composer),  Kenneth Edmonds(Composer),  Kenneth Edmonds(Drum Programming),  Paul Boutin(Mixing),  Kenneth Edmonds(Keyboard Programming),  A.J. Benson(A&R)

Songs

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    Shower The People
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    2
    Fire & Rain
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    3
    Not Going Nowhere
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    4
    Time In A Bottle
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    5
    Wonderful Tonight
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    6
    Knockin' On Heaven's Door
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    7
    Longer
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    8
    Soldier Song
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    9
    Please Come To Boston
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    10
    Diary

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    KAZU  |  東京  |  不明  |  21/September/2007

    これまでのスタイリッシュなアダルトの世界から、何かチェンジ ザ ワールドされてしまう。ポエムの世界の綴れ織の様な感覚。ギターとボイスの音質のバランシングが良く、アルバム全体の構成は、今日の夜長の月夜を思い出させてもくれる感じ。縁側で薄を観ながら、ちょっとしぶめのグリンティー飲みながら、お月様のウサギさんと会話できちゃうベビーの旋律に酔いしれて・・・秋の夜長にプロポーズ

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    freaky  |  jp  |  不明  |  19/August/2007

    前作G&Sも最高でした! 今回もbeby faceはやってくれると思ってます!! 早く歌声に浸りたいです。

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