Detailed item info | Track listing | 1. He Is
2. Nature of a Man
3. Fallin For You
4. I Wish I Wasn't
5. Fulltime
6. Liek Ya Use To
7. Always Been Your Girl
8. Sunday
9. Four Words From a Heartbreak
10. Sista Girl
11. Why Should I Cry
12. If It Wasn't For Your Love
13. Sunday (Monday Mix) (Bonus Track)
14. Just One Dream (Bonus Track)
| | Details | | Contributing artists: | D'Influence, D-Influence, Deborah Cox, Jimmy Jam, Shanice, Terry Lewis | | Distributor: | MSI Music Distribution | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | Personnel includes: Heather Headley (vocals); Chukki Starr (rap vocals); Joshua Nile, V. Jeffrey Smith (various instruments, programming); Gary Haase, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis (various instruments); Ed Baden-Powell (guitar, keyboards, bass, programming); Jeff Mironov, Frankie Romano, Professa Funk, Dallas Austin, Tomi Martin, Mike Scott, Terence Elliot, Tim Stewart (guitar); Richard Locker (cello); Shelley Woodworth (oboe); Rob Mounsey (piano); Jeremy Ruzumna (Hammond B-3 organ); James "Big Jim" Wright, Michael Norfleet, Slyvia Bennett Smith, Reed Vertelney, Kwame Kwaten (keyboards); Steve Mostyn (bass); Steve Marston (percussion); Deborah Cox, Sara Devine, Renee Neufville, Shanice, Vanessa A. Jones, Audrey Martells, Gabrielle Lauder (background vocals).
Producers include: D-Influence, Joshua Nile, The Phantom, Reed Vertelney, Sylvia Bennett.
Heather Headley was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. "I Wish I Wasn't" was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Japanese version featuring two bonus tracks.
The first solo album from Heather Headley, who won a 1998 Tony for her performance in Tim Rice and Elton John's AIDA, is slick, contemporary urban R&B with just a hint of her native Trinidadian background. Songs such as the sizzling album-opener "He Is" and the sultry "Always Been Your Girl" demonstrate her range, while the after-hours appeal of "Nature of a Man" is undeniable.
There's little trace of Headley's theatrical roots save in the variety of moods she's able to conjure, and she makes the crossover from stage to recording studio seem almost effortless. While she's obviously more at home with the balladry of songs such as "Fulltime," the lighthearted pop swing of "Sunday" is a charming hint of what she may be capable of on future outings.
| | Editorial reviews | 3 stars out of 5 - ...[A] smooth debut....She's just herself, and that's more than enough...
Rolling Stone (11/28/2002)
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