Music City Soul

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Released 7 May 2007 Length 53:43 Artist Beverley Knight Label Parlophone Producers Eg White, Jimmy Hogarth		Recorded October 2006 Music City Soul(2007) The Collection(2009) Release date 7 May 2007 Genres Soul music, Gospel music

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Music City Soul is the fifth studio album recorded by British singer-songwriter Beverley Knight, and was released on Parlophone Records on 7 May 2007 (see 2007 in music). The album contains the singles "No Man's Land", "After You" and "The Queen of Starting Over", and features Ronnie Wood on a number of tracks. The album became Knight's second highest charting album in the UK, peaking at number eight.

History

The majority of Music City Soul was recorded and Produced by Mark Nevers at The Beech House studio in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States in just five days in late October 2006. All the songs on the album were written beforehand the previous summer and then recorded back to back in the studio with an array of different musicians. The intention was to create an organic sound reminiscent of classic 1960s soul albums that epitomised releases by artists such as Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke and Al Green, who had influenced Knight as a child .

The album was titled Music City Soul to reflect the fact that Knight has returned to her soul and gospel roots. It was also intended to pay homage to Nashville, the city it was recorded in, which is often referred to as 'The Music City' due to its rich musical heritage.

The album was preceded by the single "No Man's Land" on 30 April 2007.

Track listing

Vinyl Edition Released 7 May 2007

Notes:

"*" indicates that the song features guitar played by Ronnie Wood.

Personnel

All tracks engineered and produced by Mark Nevers – mastered by Bunt Stafford Clark

All tracks (except track 4 and 12)

Jamal Carter – backing vocals

Janice Coeder – backing vocals

Ann McCrary – backing vocals

Brian Kotzur – drums

Duane Denison – electric guitar

Paul Burch – percussion and acoustic guitar

Pete Cummings – electric guitar

James Long – electric guitar

Derrick Lee – piano and keyboards

Bobby Woods – piano and keyboards

Track 4

Jimmy Hogarth – guitar

Eg White – all instruments on "No Man's Land", except guitar

Track 12

Paul Reide – guitar

Carlos Hercules – drums

Paul Bruce – bass

Stewart Trotman – fender rhoades

Luke Smith – Hammond B3

Alex Garnett – saxophone

Daniel Marsden – trumpet

Nichol Thomsom – trombone

Billy Godfrey – backing vocals

Bryan Chambers – backing vocals

Louise Marsden – backing vocals

Unreleased material

The following songs were recorded in the run up to the release of Music City Soul, but not included on the album:

"Ain't It Better"
"Bridge" (B. Knight, G. Chambers)
"Firetown" (B. Knight, D. M. Frank)
"Mellow" (B. Knight, J. Hogarth)
"My Motto" (B. Knight, G. Chambers, Lin XI)
"One Step Too Far" (B. Knight, J. Hogarth)
"Time is Now" (B. Knight, G. Chambers)

Songs

1Every Time You See Me Smile3:43
2Ain't That a Lot of Love2:41
3After You4:11

References

Music City Soul Wikipedia

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