- The Id (album)
Infobox Album
Name = The Id
Type = studio
Artist =Macy Gray
Released = Start date|2001|9|17
(see release history)
Recorded = Aragon Ballroom
(Chicago ,Illinois )
Paramount Studios
(Hollywood, Los Angeles,California ) Remote Recording Services
(Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania )
The Record Plant
(Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
The Studio
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre = R&B, soul,neo soul
Length = 56:26
Label = Epic
Producer = Macy Gray (also executive), Darryl Swann
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6t0qoaqaqijm link]
*PopMatters [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/g/graymacy-id.shtml link]
*"Rolling Stone " rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/macygray/albums/album/218709/review/5945173/the_id link]
Last album = "On How Life Is "
(1999)
This album = "The Id"
(2001)
Next album = "The Trouble with Being Myself "
(2003)
Misc = Singles
Name = The Id
Type = studio
Single 1 = Sweet Baby
Single 2 = Sexual Revolution"The Id" is the second
studio album by American R&B/soul singerMacy Gray , released in September 2001 (see2001 in music ) byEpic Records , just after theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks , perhaps the main reason for its underperformance in the U.S.; it debuted and peaked at number eleven on the "Billboard" 200, but fell to number twenty-five the following week. Nevertheless, "The Id" (frequently mistyped as "The ID") charted higher than Gray's debut album "On How Life Is " in severalEurope an countries, reaching the top position in theUnited Kingdom andDenmark . It also managed to produce the critically-acclaimed single "Sweet Baby", which features fellow R&B/soul singerErykah Badu .Track listing
#"Relating to a Psychopath" (Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna, David Wilder, Darryl Swann) – 4:48
#"Boo" (Gray, Ruzumna, Wilder, Swann,Victor Indrizzo , Zac Rae) – 4:25
#"Sexual Revolution" (Gray, Ruzumna, Wilder, Swann) – 4:45
#"Hey Young World Part 2" (featuringSlick Rick ) (Gray, Ricky Walters, Dante Beze, Lamont Dorrell, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) – 4:03
#"Sweet Baby" (featuringErykah Badu ) (Gray, Joe Solo) – 3:49
#"Harry" (Gray) – 3:10
#"Gimme All Your Lovin' or I Will Kill You" (Gray, Ruzumna, Swann,Arik Marshall ,Rita Marley ) – 4:45
#"Don't Come Around" (featuringSunshine Anderson ) (Gray, Ruzumna) – 4:37
#"My Nutmeg Phantasy" (featuringAngie Stone andMos Def ) (Gray, Swann, Keith Ciancia, Finn Hammer,Lonnie Marshall , Tom Ralls) – 4:55
#"Freak Like Me" (Gray, Swann,Gary Zekley , Eric Hord) – 3:38
#"Oblivion" (Gray) – 2:49
#"Forgiveness" (Gray, Swann,Hoyt Axton ) – 5:17
#"Blowin' Up Your Speakers" (Gray, Swann) – 1:08
#"Shed" (hidden track) – 4:17Personnel
Musicians
*Macy Gray – lead vocals, backing vocals
*Stephanie Alexander – backing vocals
*Sunshine Anderson – vocals
*Issiah J. Avila –drum s
*Erykah Badu – vocals
*Marina Bambino – percussion, backing vocals
*Steve Baxter –trombone
*Dawn Beckman – backing vocals, skit
*Printz Board – horn,trumpet , backing vocals
*Dustin Boyer –guitar
*Tim Carmon – organ
*Davey Chedwiggen – percussion
*Keith Ciancia –Moog synthesizer , Kurzweil,Farfisa organ, Whirly organ
*Marc Cross – backing vocals
*Brian J. Durack – organ
*DJ Kiilu – scratches
*Mike Elizondo – bass
*Fannie Franklin – backing vocals
*Herb Graham, Jr. – drums
*Victor Indrizzo – drums
*Tim Izo –saxophone ,clarinet ,flute , backing vocals
*Darren Johnson – Fender Rhodes
*Gabby Lang –sitar
*Jinsoo Lim – guitar
*Jane Lopez – backing vocals
*Arik Marshall – guitar
*Lonnie "Meganut" Marshall – bass
*Mos Def – vocals
*Dion Murdock – drums
*Audra Nishita – backing vocals
*Billy Preston – organ,clavichord
*Zac Rae – organ,synthesizer , clarinet,piano , guitar,Chamberlin , Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes,Wurlitzer , Stylophone,Casio , Whirly organ
*Tom Ralls – trombone
*Thom Russo – backing vocals
*Jeremy Ruzumna – organ, synthesizer, piano, clavichord, Moog synthesizer, skit, Whirly organ
*Raphael Saadiq – guitar
*Jim Sitterly –violin
*Slick Rick – vocals
*Sy Smith – backing vocals
*Angie Stone – vocals
*Darryl Swann – guitar, percussion, backing vocals, skit
*Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson – drums, percussion
*Frank Walker – percussion
*Lejon Walker – backing vocals
*Tracy Wannamoe – clarinet
*Latina Webb – backing vocals
*David Wilder – bass
*Pamela Williams – backing vocals
*James Wooten – organ
*Ericka Yancey – backing vocalsProduction
*Macy Gray – producer,
executive producer , vocal arrangement
*Ricky Chao – engineer
*Jeff Chestek – engineer
*DJ Kiilu – co-producer
*Phil Gitomer – engineer
*Jay Goin – engineer, mixing assistant
*Lili Haydn – string arrangements
*Steven Kadison – mastering assistant
*Anthony Kilhoffer – mixing assistant
*Tim LeBlanc – engineer
*Sean McClintock – engineer
*Vlado Meller – mastering
*Mike Melnick – engineer
*John Myers – engineer
*Alissa Myhowich – mixing assistant
*Adam Olmsted – engineer
*Robert Read – mixing assistant
*Rick Rubin – executive producer
*Thom Russo – mixing
*Raphael Saadiq – co-producer, string arrangements
*Darryl Swann – producer, programming, engineer, vocal arrangement, string arrangements
*Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson – co-producer, mixer
*Charles Veal, Jr. – string arrangements
*Rich Veltrop – mixing assistant
*Dave Way – mixing
*Krystof Zizka – engineerCharts
References
succession box
before = "Love and Theft " byBob Dylan
title = Danish Albums Chart number-one album
years = September 28, 2001
after = "Girls Night Out" by Cowgirlssuccession box
before = "A Funk Odyssey " byJamiroquai
title =UK Albums Chart number-one album
years = September 29, 2001
after = "No Angel " by Dido
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