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| Label = [[Columbia Records]] |
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| Producer = [[Musze]], [[Stuart Matthewman]], Darrell Smith |
| Producer = [[Musze]], [[Stuart Matthewman]], Darrell Smith |
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| Reviews = *''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/maxwell/albums/album/228137/review/5944347/embrya link] |
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| Last album = ''[[Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite]]'' <br />(1996) |
| Last album = ''[[Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite]]'' <br />(1996) |
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| This album = ''Embrya'' <br />(1998) |
| This album = ''Embrya'' <br />(1998) |
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Embyra is the second studio album by rhythm and blues and neo-soul artist Maxwell, released by Columbia Records on June 30, 1998. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best R&B Album category, losing to Erykah Badu's Baduizm.[1] In 1999, it won the Soul Train Music Award for Best Male Soul/R&B Album.[2]
Like his previous album Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, Maxwell collaborated heavily with Stuart Matthewman long-time cohort of Sade. The album lacks the extended saxophone solos of its precedessor, it continues the trend of powerful basslines and intricate string arrangements. Two of the album's tracks are instrumental, with the remaining songs focusing on a theme of the rebirth of love and spirituality. Maxwell has described this as a nod to the soul music of the 1970s, which he is known for emulating.
Track listing
- Gestation:Mythos
- Everwanting: To Want You To Want
- I'm You: You Are Me And We Are You (Pt. Me & You)
- Luxury: Cococure
- Drowndeep: Hula
- Matrimony: Maybe You
- Arroz Con Pollo
- Know These Things: Shouldn't You
- Submerge: Til We Become The Sun
- Gravity: Pushing To Pull
- Eachhoureachsecondeachminuteeachday: Of My Life
- Embrya
Album
| Chart (1998) | Peak Position |
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| The Billboard 200 (U.S.) | 3 |
References
- ^ Erykah Badu sweeps Soul Train Awards rollingstone.com March 3, 1998
- ^ 14th Annual Soul Train Award Winners allyourtv.com/awards/ March 6, 2000