Album II
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Album II
- Artist: Kem
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- Release Date: May 10, 2005
- Total Time: 50:44
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rhythm & Blues
Review
Kem is as out of place with 2005's Album II as he was with his debut, 2003's Kemistry. Via word of mouth and some radio play, he has managed to find his way in with the adult crowd, who helped put Kemistry into the Top 20 of the R&B chart. His kind of R&B is kicked-back with sparse arrangements made elegantly rich with starlit keyboards, subtle guitar flicks, and feminine vocals. Understated but assured, his vocals exhibit a lot of range despite almost always remaining at the volume of a bedroom whisper. So he's really out place in the early 2000s, not stylistically disparate from what you'd hear late at night on a soul station in the late '70s or early '80s. On Album II, there's no stab taken at finding a younger or different audience. You could slip any of these songs between Heatwave's "Star of a Story" and George Benson's "Give Me the Night" without fear of disrupting the tone or mood. Stevie Wonder's guest harmonica on "You Might Win" keeps the connections to Motown and grown folks' music, but Rod Temperton -- the songwriter behind the two older songs mentioned above, not to mention heaps of other classics -- would be the ultimate dream collaborator for Kem. The two would suit each other perfectly. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi| Album II (1971 Album by Loudon Wainwright III) | |
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| Studio album by Kem | ||||
| Released | May 17, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004-2005 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Jazz, Neo Soul | |||
| Length | 51:06 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | Kem, Carlos Gunn | |||
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Album II is the second studio album by R&B/Soul singer Kem, released May 17, 2005. This will be the final release for the Kem album for Motown records before the label ceased operations. The song "I Can't Stop Loving You" was released as a single and was a hit on R&B and adult contemporary radio stations as it reached #84 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #20 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 with 140,000 copies sold in the first week released.[2] Two months later the album was certified gold by the RIAA with an excess of 500,000 copies sold.[3]
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Track listing
All songs written by Kem except where noted.
- "Find Your Way (Back in My Life)" – 4:34
- "Heaven" – 6:23
- "Into You" – 5:04
- "I Can't Stop Loving You" – 5:25
- "Without You" – 4:10
- "Set You Free" – 4:28
- "I'm in Love" – 4:34
- "True Love" – 4:27
- "Each Other" – 3:46
- "You Might Win" – 3:48
- "I Get Lifted" (Richard Finch, Harry Wayne Casey) – 4:05
Production
- Produced By Kem & Carlos Gunn (co-produced vocals)
- Engineers: Carlos Gunn, Eric Morgeson
- Assistant Engineers: Isaiah Abolin, Brian Russell
- Mixing: Ray Bardani
- Mastering: Chris Gehringer
Personnel
- Kem: Keyboards, Lead & Backing Vocals
- Brian O'Neal: Keyboards, Synthesizers
- Quentin Baxter, Reggie McTaw: Guitars
- David McMurray: Saxophone
- Stevie Wonder: Harmonica
- Fred Robinson, Al Turner: Bass
- Ron Otis: Drums
- Marlon Curry: Percussion
References
- ^ "allmusic ((( Album II > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r731652. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ "System Of A Down 'Mezmerizes' Album Chart". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/news/system-of-a-down-mezmerizes-album-chart-1000935908.story#/news/system-of-a-down-mezmerizes-album-chart-1000935908.story. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Kem. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
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