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Soul Flower

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Released
  
February 24, 2004

Genre
  
R&B

Recorded
  
2003-2004

Label
  
33rd Street Records

Producer
  
Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy, Terry Ellis and Cindy Herron

Soul Flower is the sixth studio album by the American R&B/Pop Girl Group En Vogue. Released in February 2004, the album was released on the independent label 33rd Street. The album was produced by Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, and features the singles "Ooh Boy" and "I Do Love You (Piece of My Love)".

Contents

Background

2004 marked the return of En Vogue with a new album and a new lineup. Original members Terry Ellis and Cindy Herron are joined by new member Rhona Bennett. The new line-up continued to showcase En Vogue's trademark harmonies, adding a mature attitude that's still sexy and strong. Bennett replaced Amanda Cole who recorded ten of the fifteen tracks with Herron and Ellis; these would later be re-recorded with Bennett who replaced all of Cole's leads on the album.

Five additional tracks were then added to complete the album. The song "Stop" as well as the lead single "Losin' My Mind" were brought in by Bennett, "Ez-a-Lee" was an additional track added by the group's new management, while "Ooh Boy" and "New Day Calling'" were brought to the project by the record company.

Commercial performance

Following its release, Soul Flower went on to sell 35,000 copies and failed to chart on the Billboard 200. The album reached #47 on the charts for Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #15 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart.

The album's lead single, "Losin' My Mind", failed to chart anywhere, while second single "Ooh Boy" only charted at #109 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #101 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. Since its release, the album has sold over 300,000 copies within the U.S. to date, according to Nielsen SoundScan and gold status by the US RIAA

Personnel

  • Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Cindy Herron, Terry Ellis, Rhona Bennett
  • Drum Programming – Denzil Foster, Dillion Gorman, Jara Harris, Phillip Scott, Sauce, Thomas McElroy, Troy Johnson
  • Guitar – Dwayne Wiggins, Earl Cooney, Kenya, Markus Henderson, Marlon McClain, Steve Counter
  • Electric Bass – Jaime Brewer
  • Violin – Dorian Cheah
  • Engineer – Phillip Scott, Steve Counter
  • Keyboards – Denzil Foster, Dillion Gorman, Jara Harris, Matt Theriault, Phillip Scott, Robbi Nevell, Rochad Holiday, Sauce, *Thomas McElroy, Troy Johnson
  • Percussion – Ricky Cambell
  • Executive-Producer – Cindy Herron, Denzil Foster, Terry Ellis, Thomas McElroy
  • Producer – Denzil Foster & Thomas McElroy (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 9, 14, 15), Troy Johnson (tracks: 1), Dwayne Morgan (tracks: 2)
    Dave Meyers, Mo Benjamin (tracks: 5), Marlon McClain & Matt Theriault, Jara Harris (tracks: 12, 13)

    • Manufactured and Distributed by: 33rd Street Records and Bayside Entertainment Distribution. Credits

    References

    Soul Flower Wikipedia
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