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On How Life Is, Macy Gray, Excellent

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Item number:300356850803
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Item specifics - Music: CDs
Artist: Macy GrayRelease Date: Jul 27, 1999
Format: CDRecord Label: Epic Records (USA)
UPC: 074646949023Genre: R&B & Soul
Duration: Album or EPSub-Genre: --
Condition: Like NewSpecial Attributes: --
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Track listing
1. Why Didn't You Call Me
2. Do Something
3. Caligula
4. I Try
5. Sex-O-Matic Venus Freak
6. I Can't Wait to Meetchu
7. Still
8. I've Committed Murder
9. Moment to Myself, A
10. Letter, The

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Producer:Andrew Slater
Distributor:Sony Music Distribution (
Recording type:Studio
Recording mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album notes
Personnel includes: Macy Gray (vocals); Jon Brion (guitar, piano, Chamberlain, synthesizer, vibraphone, bells); Darryl Swann (guitar, programming, background vocals); Jinsoo Lim, Arrik Marshall, Bendrix Williams, Blackbird McKnight, Gabriel Moses, Miles Tackett (guitar); Ngozi "Guz" Inyama (saxophone); Jeremy Ruzumna (piano, organ, Clavinet, Farfisa organ, Moog synthesizer, background vocals); Patrick Warren (Chamberlain, synthesizer, vibraphone); David Wilder (bass, background vocals); Dion Derek Murdock (bass); Matt Chamberlain (drums, percussion); Lenny Castro (percussion); Kiilu Beckwith (programming); DJ Kiilu (turntable); Dawn Beckman, Musiic Galloway, Sye Smith (background vocals).
Recorded at Paramount Studios, Sunset Sound and A&M Studios, Hollywood California.
"Do Something" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
"I Try" won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
The song was nominated for Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year.
It was no mean feat for an R&B singer debuting in 1999 to embody the aesthetics of vintage soul without resorting to retro '70s stylings. On her first album, Macy Gray manages to bring old-school values to a very contemporary sound. One is immediately struck by Gray's unique, sandpapery voice-something of a cross between Erykah Badu and Eartha Kitt. A powerhouse rhythm section ensures that the all-important groove remains the focal point of the arrangements, while production techniques borrowed from '90s DJ culture pop up throughout. Lyrically, Gray moves from the lustiness of the unambiguously titled "Sex-O-Matic Venus Freak" to the film noir scenario of "I've Committed Murder," all the while singing with enough verve and soul to ensure that her unique voice insinuates itself into the listener's heart.

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3 stars out of 5 - ...shadowy, classic and shimmering with contemporary nostalgia....Gray glides through the aural cinema like a destined star...
Rolling Stone  (08/19/1999)

4 stars (out of 5) - ...her influences [are] Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye....[MACY GRAY] bears the marks of all three, but with a decidedly modern feel....all 10 tracks are viable, both musically and lyrically...
Q  (08/01/1999)

4 stars (out of 5) - ...accessible modern ...soul ....free-spirited productions with warmth and timeless appeal in abundance.
Muzik  (08/01/1999)

...bounding from gritty urban funk to polished R&B and tumescent Princely come-ons...[MACY] shows how to use her versatile voice to project the albums ever-changing moods... - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly  (08/06/1999)

Included in Q Magazine's Best Soul Albums Of All Time
Q  (05/01/2000)

Included in Q Magazine's 50 Best Albums of 1999.
Q  (01/01/2000)

Ranked #4 in Mojo Magazine's Best of 1999
Mojo  (01/01/2000)

Ranked #11 in Muzik's Albums Of The Year '99
Muzik  (01/01/2000)

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On How Life Is

Product Category : Music
UPC : 074646949023
Title : On How Life Is
EAN : 0074646949023
Artist : Macy Gray
Label : Sony
Release Date : 1999-07-27
Discs : 1
Binding : Audio CD
List Price (MSRP) : 7.99
Height : 0.4000 inches
Width : 4.9000 inches
Length : 5.6000 inches
Weight : 0.2000 pounds
Keywords : Contemporary Blues, General, Contemporary R&B, General AAS, Sony Music Store, All Bargain Titles, CDs $7 - $10, All Music Deals, 3 CDs for $25, Plus FREE Super Saver Shipping, CD Album, Music Deals, Main Albums (Discography Pages), Main Albums
Condition : Like New

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