Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (CD/DVD Deluxe Edition)
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Artist: MaxwellEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-07-07
Music Label: Columbia
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Bad Habits
- Cold
- Pretty Wings (uncut)
- Help Somebody
- Stop The World
- Love You
- Fistful Of Tears
- Playing Possum
- Phoenix Rise
- Intro
- Pretty Wings
- Help Somebody
- Cold
- Stop The World
- Love You
- Pretty Wings
Music reviews of BLACKsummers'night (CD/DVD Deluxe Edition)
Music Review: 8 Is Enough? (Rating: 7 out of 10- -3.5 stars)
Rating: 4 Stars
Maxwell Rivera, the R&B veteran 1st studio album in over 8 years, and 4th studio album (not counting Maxwell Unplugged) of his career, comes with the highly anticipated BLACKsummmers'night, an album I've been waiting for over some time myself. Maxwell has always had good voice. Even times when the lyrics aren't that good to a song he used his voice to carry a listener through a song over some nice production (a very popular formula in music). I really was never a big fan of him when I first heard him on the video "Luxury:Cococure" (I don't know about you but seeing a video of a grown man half naked in a bathtub seems to traumatize me even 11 years later). Overall he has created some classics like his previous album Now. BLACKsummers'night really has a cool laidback vibe whereas the type of atmosphere you can listen to with someone you love, or on a laid back evening, as he's always created those smooth tunes to play in your mind. The big problem that I have that this album is short, with nine tracks, just under 38 minutes total.
Some of the songs here on BLACKsummers' night are really hit or miss, mostly on the side of the better. "Bad Habits" really is a nice starter for the album, followed by the lead single "Cold" with a little upbeat. "Prettywings" and "Stoptheworld" both slows things down, for a laid back atmosphere, a style I love, and I'm sure you will too. "Helpsomebody" is cool, but it really fails to stand out, both lyrically and musically. "Loveyou" maybe has the potential to be a great song, but I'm just not seeing it here. "Fistfuloftears" has great lyrics, but personally I'm not feeling the production here. "Playingpossum" is another slow song with a nice acoustic guitar playing by Hood David in the background. The album ends with a groovy instrumental "Phoenixrise". Maxwell usually ends his albums with nice tracks like this, but the only problem I have is that it is only 2 minutes and 38 seconds.
With all the hype over the summer for Maxwell, BLACKsummmers'night had the potential to be a superior album, but falls short. Some may think this album seems kind of rushed, but I find it hard to believe with someone who has taken 8 years off, could have came up with something a little better, (and longer too). The music and the voice is there, and has always been there, but fans know that he can do better. On a scale of 1-10, this album is somewhere between a 7 and an 8. Older fans will see enjoyment, while other fans may be disappointed. For all you younger fans (such as myself), you might wanna get up on Now ("I gotta get to know ya..."), and let a grown man show how a great album is supposed to be made.
The DVD is really nothing special. It's just Maxwell narrating while showing him in the studio for the making of this album. Fans of Maxwell should maybe considering paying the extra 2 dollars for the CD/DVD edition (you're not missing a whole lot if you don't). If you're a casual/new fan, just stick with the CD only. Peace.
Lyrics: B+
Production: A-
Guest Appearances: N/A
Musical Vibes: B
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Badhabits
2. Stoptheworld
3. Cold
4. Playingpossum
5. Phoenixrise
Description of BLACKsummers'night (CD/DVD Deluxe Edition)
Limited Edition CD & DVD Set Special Packaging DVD Includes: 5DAYSofBLACK Inspired by BLACKsummers'night and "Pretty Wings" Music VideoBLACKsummers'night is the heavily anticipated new studio album from groundbreaking modern soul artist Maxwell. BLACKsummers'night is the first full-length Maxwell release since Now, his critically-acclaimed third studio album, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in August 2001. This album is the sensuous opening installment of the artist's monumental BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT trilogy. Striving for an emotional authenticity and real world sound for the album, the entire album was recorded live in the studio with an a-list ensemble of elegantly sympathetic musicians.
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