second studio album singer released august recording heavily influenced 1960s 1970s album conception prompting work vintage style producers songwriters holland holland composer exploring lyrical theme independence incorporates elements electronic music previous trips europe dance pop debut album featured promotion aimed intellectual coffee shop digital kid audience album debuted number billboard chart selling copies week spawned singles attained chart success number hits release received generally positive reviews music critics april sold copies united_states background working second studio album following return home houston texas divorce lived following birth son october follow critical commercial disappointment preceded columbia late heavily influenced girl groups mother tina time member 1960s harmony group play music likes dusty springfield decided distance teen pop dance pop oriented sound mainly associated previous effort create concept album revolving growth musical artist instead eventually got idea sweet soulful record based telling stories couple years borrowing elements electronic music discovered recent trips europe vision album eventually resulted mixture described 60s 70s vintage soul record hints electronica interview billboard magazine chairman said album prior release record totally people expect music electric international lane recording previously worked wide range high profile producers songwriters earlier projects struggled convince musicians contribute production wise producer signing project hearing material album don think offensive admitted understand people want credible passionate projects work schedule meeting play record convinced willing board green consulted late production album having persuaded 50th grammy awards ceremony party work record listen music signed immediately collaborated studio personalities including familiar production teams singers rappers tip respectively addition lent vocals unreleased recording wanna british singer track song different man didn final track listing interview later said experience inspired aspirations father album titled street plot land downtown houston father took day told going build studio said interview daily_mail title tribute vision plan saw real eye opener inspired dig old albums start writing songs commercial performance promoting album aimed intellectual coffee shop digital kid audience leading release featured promotional photography array costumes evoke late 1960s early 1970s fashion styles album debuted number chart number official moderately successful week sales copies making album internationally commercial disappointment reaching peak position albums_chart april album sold copies album lead single decided debuted chart number billboard july issue song debuted number charts debuted number hot singles sales chart single sold copies album track remix entitled decided produced released album single europe song entered singles chart track reached number spot billboard hot dance singles sales hot dance club play peaking number chart songs hits peaked number number told number number critical reception received generally positive reviews music critics metacritic assigns normalized rating reviews mainstream critics album received average score based reviews village_voice called album felt material unconventional lyrics invite highly favorable comparisons ethereal powerful total command boston_globe referred album executed set songs miles away pop turned young female vocalists days times declared album modern classic compared work sister stating combines retro warmth current cool ways commercially successful sibling probably yahoo music called fine rich extremely record singing sassy assured andy_kellman allmusic cited year entertaining easily enjoyable releases found fun silly slightly eccentric importantly fearless mixed review rolling_stone cited attempts inspired psychedelic soul tracks cosmic journey vocal abilities embarrassing comparing album sound lava lamp glow guardian called music check reflection ultimately observed lack memorable tunes makes beyoncé compelling sal_cinquemani slant_magazine ambivalent use sampling certain songs praised mix organic old school instrumentation electronic elements felt loose fun record writing robert_christgau gave album star honorable mention indicating likable effort consumers aesthetic individual vision enjoy cited decided highlights privilege child runs options vibe cited best albums year track listing sample credits god given contains sample gentle dissolve dancing dark contains sample feeling young decided contains sample love clock blues contains sample kings summer sound ode contains sample percussion going bird contains sample slow bird personnel musicians guitar keyboards bass instrument guitar bass instrument track saxophone trumpet drums production engineers track mastering direction charts release history
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