John Legend Lets Get Lifted Again
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| Studio album by John Legend | ||||
| Released | December 28, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2001–2004 | |||
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| Length | 52:28 | |||
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Get Lifted is the debut studio album by American singer John Legend. Information technology was released past Adept Music, Sony Urban Music, and Columbia Records on December 28, 2004 in the U.s.. The production on the album was handled by Legend's then-manager, Kanye West, who also served every bit the album'southward executive producer, as well as Dave Tozer, will.i.am, and Devo Springsteen. The anthology also features guest appearances by Kanye W, Snoop Dogg and Miri Ben-Ari.
Get Lifted supported by four singles: "Used to Love U", "Ordinary People", "Number I" and "So High". The album received by and large positive reviews from music critics. It debuted at number 7 on the United states of america Billboard 200 chart, selling 116,000 copies in its first calendar week.[i] The album subsequently peaked at number four on the chart. At the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, the album won the accolade for Best R&B Album, and earned Legend another ii awards, for Best New Artist and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his single "Ordinary People".
Singles [edit]
The anthology was supported by four singles. The first single "Used to Love U" was released on August 31, 2004. The single received moderate commercial success, peaking at number 74 on the United states Billboard Hot 100 nautical chart.[2] The 2nd single "Ordinary People" was released on Apr 7, 2005. This became Fable'south first breakthrough hit. The vocal peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Fable's first superlative forty hit.[ii] It besides received success exterior of the The states. In the Britain, it was peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the UK R&B Singles nautical chart.[3] [4] The song also received three nominations at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards for Vocal of the Year, All-time R&B Song and Best Male R&B Vocal Operation, ultimately winning the latter. The tertiary single "Number One" was released on August 23, 2005. Unlike the final two singles, the song failed on the Billboard Hot 100. Just it notwithstanding managed to peak at number 63 on the United kingdom Singles Chart.[5] The terminal single "So Loftier" was released on December 8, 2005. The vocal also failed to peaked on the Billboard Hot 100. But information technology all the same managed to peak at number 3 on the US Bubbling Nether Hot 100 nautical chart.[half dozen]
Disquisitional reception [edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [7] |
| Blender | [8] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[9] |
| The Guardian | [10] |
| NME | 8/ten[11] |
| Pitchfork | eight.8/x[12] |
| Rolling Stone | [thirteen] |
| Spin | A−[xiv] |
| USA Today | [fifteen] |
| Vibe | five/5[16] |
Become Lifted received generally positive reviews from music critics. BBC Music gave the album a favorable review and called information technology "an anthology that not just lived up to the hype, only rose squarely higher up information technology. Yes, at times it is a patchwork of the by filtered through Fable's e'er-present influences, but the quality of his writing and functioning, and his collaborators' contributions, make it worthy of the awards and plaudits it rightly received."[17] Spin gave it an A− and said that Fable's voice "leans on subtlety more than melisma, and his sound has a well-baked live-band spring, rather than canned neo-soul static."[xiv] Uncut gave it iii stars out of five and stated that Legend "introduces some intriguing new variations on the retro R&B template....Jeff Buckley is surprisingly brought to listen in Legend's passionately fragile delivery."[18] IGN gave it a score of 9.three out of ten and chosen it "a refreshing record that fans of music will adore."[xix] The Guardian gave information technology four stars out of v and chosen it "a existent gem."[10] Entertainment.ie also gave it four stars and said of Legend, "it'due south probably not surprising that he'southward got such a big head, seeing every bit his producer, hip-hop guru Kanye West, has described him equally simply 'the future'. Really, it would be much more than accurate to say that he does a pretty good job of updating the past."[20] In his Consumer Guide, Robert Christgau gave it a three-star honorable mention ( 
); he picked out two of the songs from the album ("I Tin Change" and "Alive It Up") and said of Fable, "For an ordinary soul human, he has first-class tunes."[21]
musicOMH gave information technology an average review and stated that "Certain albums accept the power to open up the heed into different forms of music, and certainly those who pick upward the Get Lifted with the pretence of information technology beingness a hip-hop album will have a rude awakening. I approached with trepidation afterward the opening Prelude but with an open up heed or just an appreciation for the finer things in life Get Lifted could notice itself being an essential album in anyone's drove."[22] Paste gave it a positive review and stated that it "has as much in common with the classic funk and soul of Isaac Hayes, Stevie Wonder and The Delfonics as it does with today's best R&B, hip-hop and neo-soul."[23] The A.V. Order gave it an boilerplate review and stated that the album "suffers from a surplus of slickness, merely information technology's also seductive, and at just over 52 minutes, mercifully free from the excess and filler that narrate many rap and R&B albums."[24] Exclaim!, even so, gave it an unfavorable review and said, "The early on line on Legend is that the estrus this album will undoubtedly generate guarantees that Legend's credible fidelity issues will go worse before they become ameliorate. Get Lifted indeed."[25] Plugged In gave it a mixed review and stated that "Legend is a talented vocalizer and pianoforte thespian just fails to maintain his moral focus. Information technology doesn't take much profanity, infidelity and sexual inappropriateness to sink an otherwise decent effort."[26]
Rhapsody ranked the anthology #10 on its "Best R&B Albums of the Decade" listing,[27] declaring, "John Legend was all over the Pinnacle xl the entire decade—even before he released one of the decade'due south biggest R&B debuts—having worked with Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Kanye West and Jay-Z, to name a few. Become Lifted, his first proper release, is an infectious cross between former-schoolhouse soul and neo-soul."
Commercial operation [edit]
Get Lifted debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 116,000 copies in its offset week.[1] This became Legend'southward commencement Us top-x debut on the chart.[1] In its second calendar week, the album climbed to number iv on the chart, selling an additional 75,000 copies.[28] In its third calendar week, the album remained to number four on the nautical chart, selling 73,000 more copies.[29] In its fourth week, the album dropped to number five on the nautical chart, selling 62,000 copies.[30] On October 13, 2020, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and anthology-equivalent units of over ii million units in the Usa.[ citation needed ] To engagement, the album has sold a full of 2.1 million copies in the Usa and over three 1000000 units worldwide.[31]
Track listing [edit]
| No. | Championship | Writer(south) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prelude" | John Stephens | John Fable[a] | 0:44 |
| 2. | "Let's Get Lifted" |
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| 3:37 |
| 3. | "Used to Love U" |
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| 3:thirty |
| 4. | "Alright" |
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| 3:20 |
| 5. | "She Don't Accept to Know" |
| volition.i.am | four:52 |
| 6. | "Number 1" (featuring Kanye West) |
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| 3:18 |
| 7. | "I Can Change" (featuring Snoop Dogg) |
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| five:01 |
| 8. | "Ordinary People" |
| Legend | 4:41 |
| 9. | "Stay with You lot" |
| Tozer | 3:49 |
| ten. | "Let's Become Lifted Once more" |
| Tozer | 2:18 |
| 11. | "So High" |
| Harris | five:07 |
| 12. | "Refuge (When It's Cold Exterior)" |
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| iv:xiii |
| 13. | "It Don't Have to Change" (featuring the Stephens Family unit) |
| Legend | 3:23 |
| 14. | "Live It Up" (featuring Miri Ben-Ari) |
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| 4:35 |
Notes
- ^a signifies co-producer
- ^b signifies additional producer
Sample credits
- "She Don't Take to Know" contains replayed elements from the composition "Just Like a Baby" as written by Sylvester Stewart.
- "Number Ane" contains samples from the composition "Let's Exercise It Over again" every bit written by Curtis Mayfield.
- "So High" contains samples from the composition "I Don't Need No Reason" equally written past Leon Ware and Pam Sawyer.
- "Live Information technology Up" contains interpolations from the composition "Honey Is Missing from Our Lives" as written by Anthony Hester.
Personnel [edit]
Credits adapted from anthology'south liner notes.[32]
- Candice Anderson — additional vocals (tracks 2, 4, 6)
- Pablo Arraya — banana engineer (tracks two–4, 6, 8, 13)
- Jose Barboza, Jr. — tuba (track iv)
- Miri Ben-Ari — strings (tracks 3, 14), string product and arrangements (14)
- Printz Board — trumpet (rails three)
- Val Brathwaite — assistant engineer (tracks 2–4, 6, viii)
- Jason Carson — assistant engineer (tracks 9, 10)
- Paul Cho — additional production (rail 12)
- Shvona Chung — additional finger snaps and hand claps (rails 13)
- Ted Chung — boosted finger snaps and hand claps (track thirteen)
- Jimmy Coleman — alive drums (rail nine)
- Tom Craskey — bass (tracks vii, 9, 10)
- Karesha Crawford — trombone (runway 4)
- Jay Curtis — guitar (track 5)
- Andrew Dawson — engineer (tracks 7, 11, 14)
- Jenee Dixon — trumpet (track 4)
- Pete Donelly — engineer (track 9)
- Jeremy Dyen — ARP synthesizer (track 9)
- Mike Eleopoulos — assistant engineer (tracks 1–4, 6, viii, xiii)
- Aaron Fessel — engineer (track 7)
- Michael Harmon — engineer (track nine)
- DeVon "Devo" Harris — producer (tracks xi, 12, 14)
- Sharief Hobley — guitar (runway xi)
- Corey Hogan — saxophone (track 4)
- The Horn Dogs — horns (track 3)
- Matt Hueneman — engineer (track xiii)
- Jun Ishizeki — engineer (tracks 9, 10)
- Tim Izo — saxophone (tracks 3, 5), flute (iii)
- Glenn Jeffery — guitar (track 6)
- Anthony Kilhoffer — engineer (tracks 1–iv, 6, 8, 11–14)
- Elizabeth Lea — trombone (track five)
- John Legend — vocals (all tracks), piano (1-viii, 11, 13), organ (four, 5, 11), keyboards (9, 12, 14), Rhodes (11), producer (one, 8, 13), co-producer (2-4, 6, 7, 14), co-executive producer
- Andy Manganello — engineer (tracks 2–4, vi, eight, 13)
- Manny Marroquin — mixing (tracks i–nine, xi–14)
- Tara Michel — additional vocals (tracks two, 4, 6)
- Na2 — additional vocals (track seven)
- George Pajon, Jr. — guitar (tracks three, 5)
- Michael Peters — engineer (tracks 2–iv, 6, 8, eleven), assistant engineer (7, xiv)
- Lenesha Randolph — additional vocals (track 7)
- Jared Robbins — assistant mix engineer (tracks 1–6, 8)
- James Roston — additional vocals (track 7)
- Grand'balia Singley — background vocals (track nine)
- Snoop Dogg — rap vocals and spoken ad-libs (track 7)
- Mcgowan Southworth — engineer (track 9)
- A. Wayne Stephens — additional atomic number 82 and backup vocals (rail 13)
- Brandy Stephens — additional backup vocals (rails xiii)
- Brett Stephens — additional backup vocals (track 13)
- Dionne Stephens — additional fill-in vocals (track 13)
- Doris Stephens — additional backup vocals (runway 13)
- H. Anthony Stephens — additional lead and backup vocals (track xiii)
- Kashaan Stephens — additional lead and backup vocals (track 13)
- Marjorie Stephens — additional backup vocals (runway 13)
- Phyllis Due east. Stephens — additional backup vocals (track 13)
- Phyllis Y. Stephens — additional fill-in vocals (track 13)
- Ronald Stephens II — additional lead and backup vocals (rails xiii)
- Ronald "Bumper" Stephens II — boosted finger snaps and hand claps (rails 13)
- Vada Stephens — boosted backup vocals (rails thirteen)
- Vaughan Stephens — boosted atomic number 82 and backup vocals (runway 13)
- Swiss Chris — alive drums (track 11)
- Steve Tirpak — trumpet (track 7)
- Tarrey Torae — additional lead and groundwork vocals (track xiv)
- Dave Tozer — producer and engineer (tracks 7, 9, 10), mixing (ten), guitars (2, 7, ix, 10, 12, fourteen), bass (2, 11, 14), keyboard programming (seven, 10), drum programming (seven, 9, 10)
- Jason Villaroman — engineer (track 5)
- Kanye W — producer (tracks ii–iv, 6), co-producer and drum programming (xiv), rap vocals (vi), executive producer
- Melanie Williams — additional backup vocals (track xiii)
- will.i.am — producer, clav, moog bass, and drum programming (track five)
Charts [edit]
Certifications [edit]
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External links [edit]
- Lyrics and audio samples at the Wayback Machine (archived Jan 14, 2009) at Yahoo! Music
- JohnLegend.com — official site
- "Ordinary People" at the 2006 Grammy Awards on YouTube
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Lifted
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