ARTIST: John Legend
TITLE: Once Again (Special Edition)
LABEL: Sony Japan
GENRE: R&B
GRABBER: EAC (Secure Mode)
ENCODER: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
QUALITY: 172 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo
PLAYTIME: 1h 16min 57sec total
SIZE: 94.65MB
RELEASE DATE: 06-20-2007
RIP DATE: 07-04-2007
Track List
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01. John Legend - Save Room (Produced By 3:55
Will.I.Am & John Legend)
02. John Legend - Heaven (Produced By 3:34
Kanye West)
03. John Legend - Stereo (Produced By Devo 4:09
Springsteen)
04. John Legend - Show Me (Produced By 4:58
Raphael Saadiq)
05. John Legend - Each Day Gets Better 3:47
(Produced By Will.I.Am & John Legend)
06. John Legend - King & Queen (Feat. Mary 3:47
J. Blige) (Produced By by Avenue)
07. John Legend - P.D.A. (We Just Don't 4:38
Care) (Produced By Eric Hudson & Jack
Splash)
08. John Legend - Slow Dance (Produced By 4:43
Will.I.Am & John Legend)
09. John Legend - Again (Produced By Craig 5:01
Street & John Legend)
10. John Legend - Maxine (Produced By 4:27
Sa-Ra Creative Partners: Om'mas Keith,
Taz Arnold & Shafiq Husayn)
11. John Legend - Where Did My Baby Go? 5:03
(Produced By Craig Street & John
Legend)
12. John Legend - Maxine's Interlude 1:50
(Produced By Dave Tozer)
13. John Legend - Another Again (Produced 4:02
By Kanye West, Ken Lewis & No I.D.)
14. John Legend - Coming Home (Produced By 5:07
Will.I.Am & John Legend)
15. John Legend - Out Of Sight (Produced 4:13
By Tom Craskey & John Legend)
16. John Legend - Don't Let Me Be 5:13
Misunderstood (Produced By John
Legend)
17. Sergio Mendes - Please Baby Don't 4:13
(Feat. John Legend) (Produced By
Will.I.Am)
18. John Legend - Heaven (Remix) (Feat. 4:17
Pusha T Of Clipse) (Produced By Kanye
West)
Release Notes:
Get Lifted netted John Legend a major hit ("Ordinary People") that will be heard
on adult contemporary stations and throwback-oriented programs as long as they
exist, platinum status, and three Grammy titles -- including the potential kiss
of death that is Best New Artist. If Legend hadn't linked up with Kanye West or
any other connected industry figure, he'd probably be well into a string of
independent albums and would likely have a fanatical cult following through
persistent touring. It doesn't take much exposure to his songs to sense this
alternate scenario. No one can deny that Legend has had considerable help from
his collaborators, and he continues to get that support this time out -- there's
West, will.i.am, Sa-Ra, Raphael Saadiq, Plant Life's Jack Splash, and a massive
crew of session musicians -- but it's already evident that Legend only needs a
piano to get by. Even with its many producers, Once Again is much more focused
than Get Lifted, and the quality of its songs is equally high. Legend's
obviously doing everything in his power not to fall off. He pours so much of
himself into each one of these songs, whether they're about flings with groupies
or breakups with long-term girlfriends, that the album can begin to wear around
the eighth track. The songs flit back and forth between easygoing,
butterflies-of-love-type sentiments and deep drama, with both sides expressed
through similar levels of intensity. As much as anyone else, Legend would
benefit from the recent (and generally welcomed) return of the 40-minute R&B
album. If the album is missing something, it's a snappy, unapologetically
swaggering track in the vein of Get Lifted's "Used to Love U," or perhaps a song
or two that doesn't seem intent on displaying impressive musicality, but there
are enough undeniably bright spots to please those who have already been won
over. While Once Again might not get as much attention as its predecessor, it's
more assured and sounds nothing like an experiment to see what sticks. Legend
now knows exactly where he fits, and he's not holding back in the least.
Passes the 3 month exception rule. Happy 4th Of July!
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