Bravebird is the second studio album

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 by American R&B

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-soul

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 singer-songwriter Amel Larrieux

Amel Larrieux

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, released in the United States on January 20, 2004 by her independent label Blisslife Records. The album features the single "For Real", which reached number forty-five on Billboard

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s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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 chart, becoming Larrieux's second highest-charting solo single on the chart after 1999's "Get Up".

Album information

On the significance of the album title and song "Bravebird", Larrieux told Barnes & Noble

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"I read a story in a magazine [about a survivor of female genital mutilation

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] and wrote about it. I guess it was a gift to her to extol her bravery. [The album title] became appropriate also because true supporters of my music found ways to hear the song before it got on the album. It had been floating around to DJs two years ago. And I do shows and perform the song, so everybody knew it. So I started referring to [my fans] as brave birds when I write messages to them on my web site."

Track listing

All songs written by Amel Larrieux and Laru Larrieux.

1. "For Real" – 3:46
2. "Bravebird" – 4:48
3. "Dear to Me" – 4:12
4. "All I Got" – 3:50
5. "Beyond" – 3:05
6. "We Can Be New" – 4:57
7. "Giving Something Up" – 3:42
8. "Your Eyes" – 3:30
9. "Congo" – 4:40
10. "Sacred" – 3:43
11. "Say You Want It All" – 4:04
12. "All I Got2" – 2:48

Japanese edition

1. "For Real" – 3:46
2. "Bravebird" – 4:48
3. "Dear to Me" – 4:12
4. "All I Got" – 3:50
5. "Beyond" – 3:05
6. "We Can Be New" – 4:57
7. "Giving Something Up" – 3:42
8. "Your Eyes" – 3:30
9. "Congo" – 4:40
10. "Sacred" – 3:43
11. "All I Got2" – 2:48
12. "Just Once"
13. "Say You Want It All" – 4:04

Production

• Amel Larrieux – producer
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  , art direction
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• Laru Larrieux – producer, engineer
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  , art direction, mixing
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• Eric "Ebo" Butler – engineer, mixing
• Basho Ink – producer

• Herb Powers – mastering
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• Andy Schlesinger – engineer, mixing
• Threadhead – producer

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	166
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	28
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	5

Release history

Country	Date	Label
United States	January 20, 2004	Blisslife
Canada
Japan	January 21, 2004	Eclectika
United Kingdom	January 26, 2004	Blisslife
Australia	January 27, 2004
Germany	October 19, 2004