Embrya

Infobox Album
Name = Embrya
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Maxwell


Released = June 30, 1998
Recorded =
Genre = Contemporary R&B, Neo-soul
Length =
Label = Columbia
CK 68968
Producer = Musze, Stuart Matthewman, Darrell Smith
Reviews =
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/maxwell/albums/album/228137/review/5944347/embrya link]
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:3cfwxqrjld0e link]
Last album = "MTV Unplugged"
(1996)
This album = "Embrya"
(1998)
Next album = "Now"
(2001)

"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". [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/erykahbadu/articles/story/5919702/badu_sweeps_soul_train_awards Erykah Badu sweeps Soul Train Awards] "rollingstone.com" March 3, 1998] In 1999, it won the Soul Train Music Award for Best Male Soul/R&B Album. [ [http://www.allyourtv.com/awards/awardssoultrain14th.html 14th Annual Soul Train Award Winners] "allyourtv.com/awards/" March 6, 2000]

As with his previous album, "Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite", Maxwell collaborated heavily with Stuart Matthewman, a long-time cohort of Sade. The album lacks the extended saxophone solos of its predecessor, but continues the trend towards heavy basslines and 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

"All songs written by Musze (Maxwell) unless otherwise noted."
#"Gestation:Mythos" (although this is the first title on the disc, the album actually starts with the second track.)
#"Everwanting: To Want You To Want"
#"I'm You: You Are Me And We Are You (Pt. Me & You)"
#"Luxury: Cococure"
#"Drowndeep: Hula" (Stuart Matthewman, Musze)
#"Matrimony: Maybe You"
#"Arroz Con Pollo"
#"Know These Things: Shouldn't You" (Matthewman, Musze)
#"Submerge: Til We Become The Sun"
#"Gravity: Pushing To Pull" (Matthewman, Musze)
#"Eachhoureachsecondeachminuteeachday: Of My Life"
#"Embrya"

Album

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