Description
Faith Evans – The First Lady / EMI CD Audio 2005
UPC 724386078629
| Country: | Mexico |
|---|---|
| Released: | 6 Jun 2005 |
| Genre: | Hip Hop |
| Style: | RnB/Swing |
The First Lady is the fourth studio album by American singer Faith Evans. Released by Capitol Records, it marked Evans' debut (and her only release) on the EMI subsidiary, following her departure from Bad Boy Records in 2003. Despite this, the singer reunited with much of her frequent contributors to work on the album, including The Neptunes, Chucky Thompson, and Mario Winans. Duo Carvin & Ivan of Karma Productions wrote and produced the predominant part of all songs that were included in the final track listing.
Generally well received by critics, The First Lady debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number one on the U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums with opening week sales of 157,000 units. It remains Evans' highest ranking album on either chart, and the best first week sales of her career. By the end of 2005, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting shipments exceeding 500,000 in the United States alone. In support of the album, Evans embarked on a concert tour, The First Lady Tour, in the United States and Europe in mid-2005. In 2006, The First Lady was nominated for Best Female R&B/Soul Album at the 20th Soul Train Music Awards.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Goin' Out
Featuring – Pharrell, Pusha T
Mixed By – Supa Engineer DURO
Producer – The Neptunes
Recorded By – Andrew Coleman (3)
Written-By – P. Williams, T. Thornton
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4:06 | |
| 2 | Again
Instrumentation By [All] – Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
Written-By – J. Harris, V. Dodson
|
3:18 | |
| 3 | I Don't Need It
Instrumentation By [All Other] – Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
Written-By – C. Biggs, D. Wansel
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3:48 | |
| 4 | Stop N Go
Backing Vocals – Faith Evans, Jay Sawn Smith
Engineer – Brad Todd
Flugelhorn, Horns, Trumpet – Matt Cappy
Instrumentation By [All Other], Producer – Johnnie "Smurf" Smith
Written-By – J. Smith*, J. Smith
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4:15 | |
| 5 | Mesmerized
Producer – Andre "AJ" Johnson, Chucky Thompson, Todd Russaw
Written-By – "AJ" Johnson, B. Crutcher, C. Thompson, D. Davis, D. Sebesky, G. Benson, H. Banks, K. Williams, R. Jackson, S. Johnso, T. Russaw
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4:10 | |
| 6 | Tru Love
Mixed By – Jermaine Dupri, Phil Tan
Producer – Bryan Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri
Written-By – B. Cox, J. Dupri, J. Austin
|
3:41 | |
| 7 | Jealous
Engineer [Additional Protools] – John Hanes
Engineer [Assisted By] – Tim Roberts
Instrumentation By [All] – Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
Mixed By – Serban Ghenea
Written-By – B. Briggs, L. Barraza, T. Russaw
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3:28 | |
| 8 | Ever Wonder
Bass, Producer, Featuring – Mario Winans
Guitar – Tony Alperti
Recorded By – Eric Hunter
Recorded By [Vocals] – Brad Todd
Written-By – M. Winans*, T. Russaw*
|
3:38 | |
| 9 | Catching Feelings
Co-producer – Faith Evans
Engineer [Assistant] – Brian Ellis (3)
Instrumentation By [All], Producer – Bryan-Michael Cox
Mixed By – Brad Todd
Written-By – B. Briggs, B. Cox, P. Stewart, T. Russaw
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4:39 | |
| 10 | Get Over You
Instrumentation By [All Other] – Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
Keyboards [Additional], Producer – Johnnie "Smurf" Smith
Written-By – J. Smith
|
3:58 | |
| 11 | Until You Came
Engineer – Brad Todd, Carvin Haggins, Frank "Mumbles" Sutton
Engineer [Additional Protools] – John Hanes
Engineer [Assisted By] – Tim Roberts
Instrumentation By [All] – Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
Keyboards – Johnnie "Smurf" Smith
Mixed By – Serban Ghenea
Written-By – J. Smith*, J. Smith
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4:45 | |
| 12 | Lucky Day
Bass – Harley White Jr.
Guitar – Russ Brown (2)
Keyboards – Rod Morgan
Percussion – William Prince
Producer – Faith Evans, The Original Head
Written-By – B. Briggs*, D. Antoine, H. White Jr., M. Jamison, R. Morgan, W. Prince
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4:07 | |
| 13 | Hope
Engineer – Howard Willing, Manny Marroquin
Featuring – Faith, Twista
Producer – Toxic (4)
Producer [Additional Production For Twista], Recorded By [Additional] – Mike Caren
Producer [Faith Evans' Vocal] – Andrew Slater
Written-By – C. Mitchell, F. Taylor, T. Calloway
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4:16 |
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Capitol Records, Inc.
- Copyright © – Capitol Records, Inc.
- Distributed By – EMI Music Mexico, S.A. De C.V.
- Manufactured By – EMI Music Mexico, S.A. De C.V.
- A&R – Andrew Shack, Todd Russaw, Wendy Goldstein
- A&R [Administrator] – Jonna Terrasi
- A&R [Coordinator] – Candyce Handley, Marsha Burnett
- Art Direction, Design – Eric Roinestad
- Creative Director – Mary Fagot
- Executive-Producer – Andrew Shack, Todd Russaw
- Guitar – Frankie "Vegas" Romano* (tracks: 2, 4, 10)
- Management – Todd Russaw
- Mastered By – Tom Coyne
- Mixed By – Manny Marroquin (tracks: 2 to 5, 8, 10, 12, 13)
- Photography By – Rankin (3)
- Photography By [Page 10 - Inlay] – Sheryl Nields
- Producer – Carvin "Ransum" Higgins* (tracks: 2 to 4, 7, 10, 11), Ivan "Orthodox" Barias (tracks: 2 to 4, 7, 10, 11)
- Recorded By – Ben Briggs (tracks: 5, 9, 12), Brad Todd (tracks: 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10, 12)
- Written-By – C. Haggins* (tracks: 2 to 4, 7, 10, 11), F. Evans* (tracks: 2 to 12), I. Barias* (tracks: 2 to 4, 7, 10, 11)
- Barcode (Text): 7 2438 6 07862 9
- Barcode (String): 724386078629
