Bravebird

Infobox Album
Name = Bravebird
Type = studio
Artist = Amel Larrieux


Released = Start date|2004|1|20
(see release history)
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Soul, R&B, jazz, folk
Length =
Label = Blisslife
Producer = Amel Larrieux, Laru Larrieux, Threadhead, Basho Ink
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wm03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kbfixqraldde link]
*"Blender" Rating|4|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=1962 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/amellarrieux/albums/album/4974464/review/5944741/bravebird link]
*Stylus Magazine (C+) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/amel-larrieux/bravebird.htm link]
Last album = "Infinite Possibilities"
(2000)
This album = "Bravebird"
(2004)
Next album = "Morning"
(2006)
Misc = Singles
Name = Bravebird
Type = studio
Single 1 = For Real
Single 1 date = 2004
Single 2 = We Can Be New
Single 2 date = 2004

"Bravebird" is the second studio album by American soul/R&B singer Amel Larrieux, released in January 2004 (see 2004 in music) on her independent label Blisslife Records. The album features the single "For Real", which reached number forty-five on the "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, becoming Larrieux's second highest-charting solo single on the chart after 1999's "Get Up".

Album information

On the significance of the album title and song "Bravebird", Larrieux told Barnes & Noble: "I read a story in a magazine [about a survivor of female genital mutilation] and wrote about it. I guess it was a gift to her to extol her bravery. [The album title] became appropriate also because true supporters of my music found ways to hear the song before it got on the album. It had been floating around to DJs two years ago. And I do shows and perform the song, so everybody knew it. So I started referring to [my fans] as brave birds when I write messages to them on my web site." [cite web |url=http://music.barnesandnoble.com/features/interview.asp?NID=768182&z=y |title=Brave Bird Amel Larrieux Soars with Another Eclectic Set |accessdate=2006-12-06 |date=January 30 2004 |work=Barnes & Noble]

Track listing

All tracks written by Amel Larrieux and Laru Larrieux.

#"For Real" – 3:46
#"Bravebird" – 4:48
#"Dear to Me" – 4:12
#"All I Got" – 3:50
#"Beyond" – 3:05
#"We Can Be New" – 4:57
#"Giving Something Up" – 3:42
#"Your Eyes" – 3:30
#"Congo" – 4:40
#"Sacred" – 3:43
#"Say You Want It All" – 4:04
#"All I Got2" – 2:48

Japanese edition

#"For Real" – 3:46
#"Bravebird" – 4:48
#"Dear to Me" – 4:12
#"All I Got" – 3:50
#"Beyond" – 3:05
#"We Can Be New" – 4:57
#"Giving Something Up" – 3:42
#"Your Eyes" – 3:30
#"Congo" – 4:40
#"Sacred" – 3:43
#"All I Got2" – 2:48
#"Just Once"
#"Say You Want It All" – 4:04

Personnel

Musicians

*Amel Larrieux – vocals

Production

*Amel Larrieux – producer, art direction
*Laru Larrieux – producer, engineer, art direction, mixing
*Eric "Ebo" Butler – engineer, mixing
*Basho Ink – producer
*Herb Powers – mastering
*Andy Schlesinger – engineer, mixing
*Threadhead – producer

Charts

Release history

References