[情報] Welcome Babyface Back
在九○年代叱吒美國樂壇的天王級製作人Babyface
雖然面對樂壇的風格轉換,近年來顯得氣勢不再,
但仍持續在擅長的 Acoustic R&B 風格中融入新元素尋求自我突破。
在2005年發行延遲已久的專輯「Grown & Sexy」,歷經離婚衝擊、訴訟官司糾紛,
Babyface 結束了與 Arista 唱片五年的合作關係,
再度追隨製作搭檔兼好友 Antonio "L.A." Reid 的腳步,
投身環球音樂 Island Def Jam Group 旗下、Island 唱片的 Mercury 廠牌,
成為美國 Mercury 廠牌重新啟用的旗下第一號藝人。
第11張專輯「Playlist」新作翻唱兼具,
除了新作品之外,也選擇了些 Babyface 個人喜愛的歌曲翻唱,
藉此向這些民謠/搖滾/藍調界的大師級前輩們致敬,
像是 James Taylor 的「Fire & Rain」、
Bob Dylan 的「Knockin' On Heaven's Door」、
Dan Fogelberg 的「Longer」、
Jim Croce 的「Time In A Bottle」、
以及曾合作過「Change The World」的 Eric Clapton 名曲「Wonderful Tonight」。
這張專輯將於9/18於美國發行。
New Babyface Album On The Way!
KENNY "BABYFACE" EDMONDS RETURNS WITH 11th ALBUM, PLAYLIST, TO RE-LAUNCH NEW
MERCURY RECORDS LABEL, IN STORES SEPTEMBER 18th
COLLECTION OF (MOSTLY) COVER VERSIONS INCLUDING "FIRE & RAIN," "KNOCKIN' ON
HEAVEN’S DOOR," "LONGER," "TIME IN A BOTTLE," "WONDERFUL TONIGHT," PLUS
NEW ORIGINALS
Best-selling hitmaking performer, songwriter, producer, and multi-
instrumentalist is back with his first new album in two years
10-time Grammy award-winning megastar Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, an icon
figure of live performance, songwriting, and production whose work on his own
music and others' has resulted in more than 100 million career sales, has
completed his 11th album, PLAYLIST, which will arrive in stores September
18th as the first album on the newly re-launched Mercury Records label, it
was announced today by Antonio "L.A." Reid, Chairman Island Def Jam Music
Group and David Massey, President, Mercury Records.
PLAYLIST will be Babyface's first album devoted (mostly) to cover versions of
some of his favorite songs, among them James Taylor's "Fire & Rain," Bob
Dylan's "Knockin' On Heaven's Door," Dan Fogelberg's "Longer," Jim Croce's
"Time In A Bottle," Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight," and many others.
The album will also include original material.
Over the course of the '90s, Babyface not only distinguished himself as the
decade's single greatest hitmaker, but as one of the greatest hitmakers in
the history of popular music. His imprint (to date) extends to over 125 top
10 pop and R&B hits which include 47 #1 R&B hits, 51 top 10 pop hits, and 16
#1 pop hits. For one span of time on Billboard's pop and R&B charts,
Babyface was listed as the writer, producer and/or performer on twelve
separate songs in the Top 20.
His countless Grammy awards (which include Producer Of the Year in 1995, '96
and '97 – the only person in history to win three consecutive years), NAACP
Image Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and American Music Awards are just one
indication of Babyface's penetration into pop culture. In addition to
co-founding LaFace Records with Antonio "L.A." Reid in 1989 (home of Toni
Braxton, OutKast, TLC, Pink and Usher), Babyface's name is linked to the
world's biggest-selling and most universally popular recording artists –
including Mary J. Blige, Boyz II Men, Brandy, Toni Braxton, Tevin Campbell,
Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, Dru Hill, Whitney
Houston, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Lionel Richie, TLC, and Vanessa Williams –
to name a few.
Babyface is also responsible for such phenomena as the 7 million-selling
Waiting To Exhale movie soundtrack album, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games
anthem "Power Of the Dream" (which he co-wrote, and which was sung by Celine
Dion). As a movie producer, Babyface's company debuted in 1997 with Soul
Food (which grossed over $43 million, and spun off a double-platinum
soundtrack album), followed by Hav Plenty in 1998, Light It Up in 1999 and
Josie & The Pussycats (2001).
Babyface's albums and singles include: Lovers By Babyface (1987); Tender
Lover (1989, double-platinum), a #1 R&B album in Billboard for 11 weeks,
including the #1 R&B singles "It's No Crime" and "Tender Love," "Whip Appeal"
(#2), and "My Kinda Girl" (#3); For the Cool In You (1993, triple-platinum),
on the R&B album chart for 87 weeks, with the top 10 R&B singles "For the
Cool In You," "Never Keeping Secrets," "And Our Feelings," and "When Can I
See You"; The Day (1996, double-platinum), with the top 5 R&B/pop crossover
hits "This Is For the Lover In You" (platinum) and "Every Time I Close My
Eyes" (gold); MTV Unplugged NYC 1997 (gold); Christmas With Babyface (1998);
Face2Face (2001); and Grown & Sexy (2005).
Recipient of the NAACP Lifetime achievement Award, the Essence Award For
Excellence, GQ magazine's Man Of the Year honor, and named One Of the Most
Influential People In America by TIME magazine, Babyface's caring and
generosity are well-known. He is national spokesman for the Boarder Baby
Project in Washington, DC, which provides transitional housing for babies
abandoned at birth, awaiting adoption.
In July 1999, Babyface became the largest single personal donor to VH1's
"Save the Music" campaign when he donated $60,000 to the campaign in his home
state of Indiana, to help improve the quality of music education in public
schools by restoring and supporting music programs and raising public
awareness. That same month in Indianapolis, the Governor of Indiana renamed
a 23-mile stretch of Interstate 65 "Kenneth "Babyface' Edmonds Highway," the
first time that a living African-American has been bestowed an honor of such
magnitude.
http://www6.islandrecords.com/site/artist_newsinfo.php?artist_id=637
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