Description
Michelle Williams – Unexpected / Sony BMG Music Entertainment Audio CD 2008 / 88697357022
UPC 886973570227
Unexpected is the third solo studio album by American singer Michelle Williams. It was released by Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment on October 7, 2008 in North America. Her first solo project following the disbandment of her group Destiny's Child in 2006, it marked Williams' first full-length dance-influenced commercial pop album, moving away from the gospel style of her previous efforts Heart to Yours (2002) and Do You Know (2004). Unexpected fuses dance-pop, R&B and electronic music to form a wide selection of up-tempo, beat-driven, club-oriented songs which gradually calm into slower material more R&B in sound and style.
Recording sessions for the album originally began in 2005, with the songs being mostly mid-tempo contemporary R&B and soul songs, however, after playing the "first sketch" of the album to her mother, Williams says she was "challenged" to go back and record songs that "people could dance to" and so in 2007 Williams began working extensively with producer, songwriter and arranger Rico Love to create an entirely new album – which Williams would later sum up simply as "unexpected". In addition, producers such as Jim Jonsin, Soulshock & Karlin, and Stargate, and Wayne Wilkins contributed to the track listing.
Upon its release, the album earned positive reviews from critics, with many complimenting Williams's decision to breakaway from her earlier projects, the album's production and the overall direction of the album. Unexpected debuted and peaked at number forty-two and number eleven on the US Billboard 200 and US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts respectively, selling 14,618 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The album spawned three singles – "We Break the Dawn", which preceded the release of the album, "The Greatest" and "Hello Heartbreak". Unexpected was Williams' last release through Columbia.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Unexpected Intro | ||
| 2 | Hello Heartbreak | ||
| 3 | We Break The Dawn | ||
| 4.1 | Lucky Girl Interlude | ||
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Lucky Girl | ||
| 5 | The Greatest | ||
| 6 | Till The End Of The World | ||
| 7 | Private Party | ||
| 8 | Hungover | ||
| 9 | We Break The Dawn (Part 2)
Featuring – Flo Rida
Featuring – Flo Rida
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| 10 | Stop This Car | ||
| 11 | Unexpected | ||
| 12 | Thank U | ||
| 13 | Too Young For Love | ||
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Bonus: |
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| 14 | We Break The Dawn (Karmatronic Remix Radio Edit)
Remix – Karmatronic
Remix – Karmatronic
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Managerial
- Executive producers – Mathew Knowles, Michelle Williams
Performers
- Lead vocals – Michelle Williams
- Guest vocals – Flo Rida (track 9 "We Break the Dawn (Part 2)")
- Backing vocals – Michelle Williams, Keli Nicole Price, LeChe D. Martin, Rico Love, Ravaughn Brown, Branden Burns, Treasure Dais
Visuals and Imagery
- Art direction – Denise Trorman
- Hair stylist – Ursula Stephen
- Photography – Roberto D'este
- Stylist – Pamela Watson
Musicians
- Bass guitar – Ethan Farmer, Frank Romano
- Guitar – Frank Romano
- Other instrumentation – Soulshock & Karlin, Jazz Nixon, Wayne Wilkins
Technical and production
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