Live (Erykah Badu album)

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Live is a live concert album by American singer Erykah Badu, released in 1997. Released in the fall of 1997, with her debut album Baduizm released earlier that year, Live quickly went double platinum with the radio hit "Tyrone".

Live includes cover versions of songs by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ("Stay"), Roy Ayers ("Searchin'") and a medley of Heatwave's "Boogie Nights", The Mary Jane Girls' "All Night Long", and "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" by Tom Browne. The album opens with an interpolation of the jazz song So What by Miles Davis.

The album was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 1999 Grammy Awards, while the track "Tyrone" was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

Background

After she signed to Universal Records, Badu released her debut studio album Baduizm, in early 1997. The album was met with critical and commercial success, debuting at number two on the Billboard charts and number one on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.<ref>Template:BillboardURLbyName</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> BaduizmTemplate:'s commercial and critical success helped establish Badu as one of the emerging neo soul genre's leading artists.<ref name="O'Donnell">O'Donnell, David. Review: Baduizm. BBC Music. Retrieved 3 August 2009.</ref> Her particular style of singing drew many comparisons to Billie Holiday.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Baduizm was certified three times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, Gold by the British Phonographic Industry and the Canadian Recording Industry Association. <ref name="RIAA">RIAA Template:Webarchive</ref> <ref name="BPI">[1] Template:Webarchive</ref> <ref name="CRIA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Badu recorded the live album while pregnant with son Seven, and the release of the recording coincided with his birth.<ref>[2] Template:Webarchive</ref>

Reception

Upon release Live was met with acclaim from music critics. Leo Stanley of Allmusic praised Badu's decision to release a live album so shortly after releasing her debut. "Not only does it illustrate the depths of Badu's talents, but Live is as strong and captivating as Baduizm, Stanley wrote.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A reviewer of Entertainment Weekly praised the album's jazz influenced sounds, calling the album "sassy" and "relaxed".<ref name="EntW"/>

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Track listing

1. "Rimshot (Intro)" (Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Miles Davis) – 3:48
2. "Otherside of the Game" (Badu, Bro.Questlove, Richard Nichols, James Poyser, The Roots) – 8:21
3. "On & On" (Badu, Jaborn Jamal) – 5:25
4. "Reprise" – 2:13
5. "Appletree" (Badu, Robert Bradford) – 2:54
6. "Ye Yo" (Badu) – 6:07
7. "Searching" (Roy Ayers) – 4:26
8. "Boogie Nights/All Night" (James A. Johnson, Rodney L. Temperton) – 6:03
9. "Certainly" (Badu, Chinwah) – 7:06
10. "Stay" (Rufus, Richard Calhoun, Chaka Khan) – 4:58
11. "Next Lifetime (Interlude)" (Badu, Tone The Backbone [Anthony Scott]) – 1:30
12. "Tyrone" (Badu, Norman "Keys" Hurt) – 3:56
13. "Next Lifetime" (Badu, Tone the Backbone [Anthony Scott]) – 12:05
14. "Tyrone" [Extended Version] (Badu, Hurt) – 5:40

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (1997–98)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref name="ARIA Chart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>	171
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	195

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	27
US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	48
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	9

Personnel

• Erykah Badu – vocals
• Charles "Poogie" Bell Jr. – drums
• Karen Bernod – background vocals
• Hubert Eaves IV – bass
• Norman "Keys" Hurt – keyboard
• N'dambi – background vocals
• Joyce M. Strong – background vocals

Production

• Producers: Erykah Badu, Norman "Keys" Hurt
• Executive producers: Erykah Badu, Kedar Massenburg
• Engineers: Erykah Badu, Norman "Keys" Hurt, Gorden Mack, Kenny Ortíz
• Mixing: Erykah Badu, Norman "Keys" Hurt, Gorden Mack, Kenny Ortíz
• Mastering: Tom Coyne
• Art direction: D. Simmons, M. Warlow
• Cover art concept: Erykah Badu, Clymenza Hawkins
• Design: P. Geczik, Lance Ong
• Layout design: P. Geczik
• Photography: Imari Dusauzay, Imari Dusauzay
• Artwork: P. Geczik, Lance Ong

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1997 (U.S.)