Do You Know
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Do You Know is the second album by American
singer Michelle Williams
, released on January 26, 2004 via Sanctuary/Columbia Records
. Do You Know "straddles between contemporary gospel and inspirational R&B" and is described as portraying "a more intimate side of Michelle". It contains a greater percentage of mid and up-tempo songs, along with a much heavier and grander use of live instrumentation. Williams contributed lyrically to the album as she did with her debut album, co-writing a total of six songs. However, Do You Know is much more diverse, lyrically, than its predecessor Heart to Yours
, covering the themes of "spiritual" and "carnal" love and contains retrospective
songs about Williams' career thus far, whilst still retaining the inspirational and encouraging lyrics that characterised Heart to Yours.
In the US, Do You Know found fair success on Billboard's
component charts; peaking at number two on the Gospel Albums chart, number three on the Christian Albums chart and number twenty-eight on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart. However, the album only managed to peak at a poor one-hundred-and-twenty on the Billboard 200
, making it Williams' poorest-charting album. Though the album was well received by critics, it only sold 10,000 copies in its first week of release. Despite this, the album was later re-released, including two new tracks and has now sold over 78,000 copies in the US alone as of 2008. The album gained Williams a nomination for "Best Gospel Act" at the 2004 MOBO Awards
.
After becoming the first member of Destiny's Child
to release a solo album in 2002 (Heart to Yours
), Williams did not wait long to start work on its follow-up in 2003. Due to the success of Heart to Yours, which topped the US gospel albums chart and became the best-selling gospel album of 2002, anticipation was high for Williams' second album. Before taking over the lead role in the Broadway musical Aida
on November 18, 2003, Williams began working on the album.
Williams told MTV
that she couldn't "wait for the world to hear [her] new solo album", describing it as "fresher", "more inspirational" and "more on the secular side". Furthermore, she stated "whether it's gospel or not, I wrote about it", therefore expecting "some of her gospel fans to be a little upset" but wanted to "keep it real". She also discussed one of the album's "primary themes" - "what it's like to be in love" - explaining "[I talk about] mistakes you make when you're in love and how they affect your life" after saying "I was able to experience some things this year and I wrote about them." In describing the album during another interview, this time for GospelCity, Williams said "these songs are just about the real me" and that she "just wrote from [her] heart" before acknowledging that "it didn't turn out to be as 'gospel-ly' as some would have liked", but "the stuff" that's on the album "is stuff [she] went through". Williams then said "this whole album is about God's love and me". After being asked "Michelle, as people listen to the album, Do You Know, as they get acquainted with the songs, what are you hoping to bring to their lives?", Williams responded "That everybody live in peace and not settle for anything less than what the Lord wants to bring your way. I know what I went through, I know God is taking me to another level. I had people around me that were not going where I was going - I had to release them from my life."
On Do You Know, Williams worked with an even greater variety of producers than she did for her debut album. Producers include; PAJAM
, Dawkins & Dawkins, Tommy Sims, Solange Knowles
, bandmate Beyoncé Knowles
and Williams' brother Erron Williams. As with her debut, Williams contributed greatly to the songwriting of the album, co-writing a total of six tracks on the album.
, making Williams the only member of the group to release more than one solo album in the group's hiatus. Williams promoted the album during various TV appearances and live performances, some of the most notable include; live performances of "Do You Know" (the album's first single) and "Purpose In Your Storm" on various TBN
programs and a live performance of a newly-arranged version of "The Way of Love" on Regis & Kelly. Notably, Williams also performed "Do You Know" live on the 2004 Soul Train Music Awards
and throughout the Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It
world concert tour - which visited 16 countries throughout Australia
, Asia
, Europe
, and North America
with 67 dates in total. A video and audio recording of one such performance of "Do You Know", recorded in Atlanta, Georgia
was included on the Destiny's Child: Live in Atlanta 2006 DVD release, which has since been re-issued on blue-ray. "Do You Know" was also promoted with the filming and release of a music video for the song.
wrote that "Michelle seems happy to produce music which straddles between contemporary gospel and inspirational R&B" and thus "she certainly isn’t going to have problems facing the congregation when she attends church". Kwaku also wrote that "Purpose In Your Storm" has the potential to cross over like Mary Mary
’s “Shackles (Praise You)
”" before commenting that the album ends gloriously with Destiny’s Child’s impressive, inspirational, mid-tempo socio-conscious song “I Know”". Sony of GospelCity.com described the album as a "beautifully written", "very wonderfully produced gospel album that in some places is a throwback to a Duke Ellington jazz minuet, in others it's a fast paced hip-hop laced gospel after-party, and in others it's a beautiful testimony of a woman at the well". Sony praised Williams' "inimitable sopralto stylings" on "Purpose In Your Storm", with its "whirlwind of percussive tools" and "jolting acoustics", also noting the "aptly penned" "15 Minutes", the "gospel slow jam" "Love Thang", the "stomping" "Movement" and "The Way of Love" as "other highlights" on the album. Sony then went on to comment that "the true highlight of this album is Michelle's unique, yet beautiful, timbre and her magnificent song writing", writing that "songs like The Incident and Never be the Same are very heavily written and at some point require some thought to actually understand".
Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian
however gave a more mixed review, writing that Williams has been left "languishing on the starting block" by bandmates Beyoncé Knowles
and Kelly Rowland
, before commenting that "Do You Know? doesn't provide the running start" that Williams "needs". Sullivan then noted that "the long arm of the Knowles family extends into every cranny - dad Mathew produces, sister Solange co-writes, Beyoncé bellows - but their efforts produce surprisingly diluted secular R&B". On the contrary though, Sullivan wrote that "Williams's strength is a shimmery jazz lilt, put to beguiling use on the sunny Purpose in Your Storm and Never Be the Same". Emily Sogn of Pop Matters also praised "Never Be The Same", for its "bouncy synth bass" and "Williams’s sweetly plaintive vocals", likening Williams' "pleasingly slow paced" "singing style" on the song "to her pop contemporaries like Ashanti and Janet Jackson
". Sogn also described the "radio-friendly head shaker" "The Incident" as a "high point" on the album, praising it for "showcasing Williams’s syrupy warble to good effect". Sogn praised "15 Minutes" for its "compelling" "subject matter", commenting that "the song showcases what sounds like a sincere ambivalence to her success, musing about what might have been, perhaps in an attempt to empathize with former Destiny’s Child members LeToya and LaTavia
, who were dumped off the roller coaster before the band hit its peak just before she joined in 2000". Sogn also described "No One Like You" as "similarly successful", due to its "gospel feel", "start-stop harmonized vocals and clap-worthy rhythm". Sogn concluded her review by describing the album as "a decent, yet not spectacular sophomore effort", noting that "while it might not enough to ensure her a successful career outside of her contributions to Destiny’s Child, it isn’t without its particular merits and shining moments".
component charts. Almost topping the Gospel Albums chart, the album peaked at number two, where it had its longest chart run, staying on the chart for 20 weeks, resulting in its placement at number twenty-five on Billboards Year-End
Gospel Albums chart. Meanwhile, the album peaked at number three on Billboards Christian Albums chart, remaining on the chart for six weeks and peaked at number twenty-eight on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart, where it spent a total of five weeks. However, Do You Know only managed to hold one week on the main US albums chart - the Billboard 200
- where it peaked at a disappointing one-hundred-and-twenty. According to Billboard.com, as of 2008, the album has sold 78,000 copies.
Managerial
Performance credits
Visuals and Imagery
Instruments
Technical and Production
Re-release edition
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams (singer)
Tenitra Michelle Williams , commonly known as Michelle Williams, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress...
, released on January 26, 2004 via Sanctuary/Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
. Do You Know "straddles between contemporary gospel and inspirational R&B" and is described as portraying "a more intimate side of Michelle". It contains a greater percentage of mid and up-tempo songs, along with a much heavier and grander use of live instrumentation. Williams contributed lyrically to the album as she did with her debut album, co-writing a total of six songs. However, Do You Know is much more diverse, lyrically, than its predecessor Heart to Yours
Heart to Yours
Heart to Yours is the first solo album by American singer Michelle Williams. Released on April 16, 2002, by Sanctuary and Columbia Records it became the first solo release of any Destiny's Child member...
, covering the themes of "spiritual" and "carnal" love and contains retrospective
Retrospective
Retrospective generally means to take a look back at events that already have taken place. For example, the term is used in medicine, describing a look back at a patient's medical history or lifestyle.-Music:...
songs about Williams' career thus far, whilst still retaining the inspirational and encouraging lyrics that characterised Heart to Yours.
In the US, Do You Know found fair success on Billboard's
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
component charts; peaking at number two on the Gospel Albums chart, number three on the Christian Albums chart and number twenty-eight on the 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...
chart. However, the album only managed to peak at a poor one-hundred-and-twenty on the 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...
, making it Williams' poorest-charting album. Though the album was well received by critics, it only sold 10,000 copies in its first week of release. Despite this, the album was later re-released, including two new tracks and has now sold over 78,000 copies in the US alone as of 2008. The album gained Williams a nomination for "Best Gospel Act" at the 2004 MOBO Awards
MOBO Awards
The Music of Black Origin Awards, established in 1995 by Kanya King MBE and Andy Ruffell, are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognise artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music....
.
Background and composition
Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final line-up comprised lead singer Beyoncé Knowles alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors in their pre-teens under the name Girl's Tyme...
to release a solo album in 2002 (Heart to Yours
Heart to Yours
Heart to Yours is the first solo album by American singer Michelle Williams. Released on April 16, 2002, by Sanctuary and Columbia Records it became the first solo release of any Destiny's Child member...
), Williams did not wait long to start work on its follow-up in 2003. Due to the success of Heart to Yours, which topped the US gospel albums chart and became the best-selling gospel album of 2002, anticipation was high for Williams' second album. Before taking over the lead role in the Broadway musical Aida
Aida (musical)
Aida is a musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical....
on November 18, 2003, Williams began working on the album.
Williams told MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
that she couldn't "wait for the world to hear [her] new solo album", describing it as "fresher", "more inspirational" and "more on the secular side". Furthermore, she stated "whether it's gospel or not, I wrote about it", therefore expecting "some of her gospel fans to be a little upset" but wanted to "keep it real". She also discussed one of the album's "primary themes" - "what it's like to be in love" - explaining "[I talk about] mistakes you make when you're in love and how they affect your life" after saying "I was able to experience some things this year and I wrote about them." In describing the album during another interview, this time for GospelCity, Williams said "these songs are just about the real me" and that she "just wrote from [her] heart" before acknowledging that "it didn't turn out to be as 'gospel-ly' as some would have liked", but "the stuff" that's on the album "is stuff [she] went through". Williams then said "this whole album is about God's love and me". After being asked "Michelle, as people listen to the album, Do You Know, as they get acquainted with the songs, what are you hoping to bring to their lives?", Williams responded "That everybody live in peace and not settle for anything less than what the Lord wants to bring your way. I know what I went through, I know God is taking me to another level. I had people around me that were not going where I was going - I had to release them from my life."
On Do You Know, Williams worked with an even greater variety of producers than she did for her debut album. Producers include; PAJAM
PAJAM
PAJAM is an American songwriting and production team, made up of Paul Allen, J Moss and Walter Kearney, all of Detroit, Michigan. The team works with gospel, soul and R&B artists....
, Dawkins & Dawkins, Tommy Sims, Solange Knowles
Solange Knowles
Solange Piaget Knowles , who performs under the mononym Solange, is an American singer-songwriter, actress, model, dancer, and DJ. Knowles was born and raised in Houston, Texas along with her older sister singer Beyoncé, a former member of R&B group Destiny's Child...
, bandmate Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...
and Williams' brother Erron Williams. As with her debut, Williams contributed greatly to the songwriting of the album, co-writing a total of six tracks on the album.
Release and promotion
First released on January 26, 2004, Do You Know precded the release of Destiny's Child's fourth and final regular studio album Destiny FulfilledDestiny Fulfilled
Destiny Fulfilled is the fourth and final studio album by American R&B trio Destiny's Child, first released in North America on November 16, 2004. It marked the return of Destiny's Child after it went into hiatus, which allowed each member to release solo albums...
, making Williams the only member of the group to release more than one solo album in the group's hiatus. Williams promoted the album during various TV appearances and live performances, some of the most notable include; live performances of "Do You Know" (the album's first single) and "Purpose In Your Storm" on various TBN
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...
programs and a live performance of a newly-arranged version of "The Way of Love" on Regis & Kelly. Notably, Williams also performed "Do You Know" live on the 2004 Soul Train Music Awards
2004 Soul Train Music Awards
The 2004 Soul Train Music Awards were held on March 20, 2004 at the International Cultural Center Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA. The show was co-hosted by Alicia Keys and Babyface.-Best Album of the Year:*Dangerously in Love - Beyoncé...
and throughout the Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It
Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It
Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It Tour was a massive worldwide 2005 concert tour by the reunited American female R&B trio Destiny's Child, that visited 16 countries throughout Australia, Japan, Middle East, Europe, and North America with 67 dates in total. The U.S...
world concert tour - which visited 16 countries throughout Australia
Australia (continent)
Australia is the world's smallest continent, comprising the mainland of Australia and proximate islands including Tasmania, New Guinea, the Aru Islands and Raja Ampat Islands...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
with 67 dates in total. A video and audio recording of one such performance of "Do You Know", recorded in Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
was included on the Destiny's Child: Live in Atlanta 2006 DVD release, which has since been re-issued on blue-ray. "Do You Know" was also promoted with the filming and release of a music video for the song.
Critical
Critical reviews of the album were generally favorable. Kwaku of Cross RhythmsCross Rhythms
Cross Rhythms is a Christian media organisation based in Stoke-on-Trent, England.-History:The roots of what was to become Cross Rhythms go back to two separate sources which merged in 1991. In 1983, broadcaster Chris Cole started a 30-minute weekly Christian music radio show on Plymouth Sound FM, a...
wrote that "Michelle seems happy to produce music which straddles between contemporary gospel and inspirational R&B" and thus "she certainly isn’t going to have problems facing the congregation when she attends church". Kwaku also wrote that "Purpose In Your Storm" has the potential to cross over like Mary Mary
Mary Mary
Mary Mary is an American gospel music duo, consisting of sisters Erica Atkins-Campbell and Tina Atkins-Campbell . The duo are often credited along with Kirk Franklin for broadening the fan base of urban contemporary gospel in the 2000s by introducing elements of soul music, hip hop, funk and jazz...
’s “Shackles (Praise You)
Shackles (Praise You)
"Shackles " is the debut single by singer-songwriter duo Mary Mary. It was first released in 2000 and has since been dubbed the signature Mary Mary song as it ultimately raised the profile of the duo in the gospel music industry...
”" before commenting that the album ends gloriously with Destiny’s Child’s impressive, inspirational, mid-tempo socio-conscious song “I Know”". Sony of GospelCity.com described the album as a "beautifully written", "very wonderfully produced gospel album that in some places is a throwback to a Duke Ellington jazz minuet, in others it's a fast paced hip-hop laced gospel after-party, and in others it's a beautiful testimony of a woman at the well". Sony praised Williams' "inimitable sopralto stylings" on "Purpose In Your Storm", with its "whirlwind of percussive tools" and "jolting acoustics", also noting the "aptly penned" "15 Minutes", the "gospel slow jam" "Love Thang", the "stomping" "Movement" and "The Way of Love" as "other highlights" on the album. Sony then went on to comment that "the true highlight of this album is Michelle's unique, yet beautiful, timbre and her magnificent song writing", writing that "songs like The Incident and Never be the Same are very heavily written and at some point require some thought to actually understand".
Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
however gave a more mixed review, writing that Williams has been left "languishing on the starting block" by bandmates Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...
and Kelly Rowland
Kelly Rowland
Kelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and television personality. She rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child...
, before commenting that "Do You Know? doesn't provide the running start" that Williams "needs". Sullivan then noted that "the long arm of the Knowles family extends into every cranny - dad Mathew produces, sister Solange co-writes, Beyoncé bellows - but their efforts produce surprisingly diluted secular R&B". On the contrary though, Sullivan wrote that "Williams's strength is a shimmery jazz lilt, put to beguiling use on the sunny Purpose in Your Storm and Never Be the Same". Emily Sogn of Pop Matters also praised "Never Be The Same", for its "bouncy synth bass" and "Williams’s sweetly plaintive vocals", likening Williams' "pleasingly slow paced" "singing style" on the song "to her pop contemporaries like Ashanti and Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
". Sogn also described the "radio-friendly head shaker" "The Incident" as a "high point" on the album, praising it for "showcasing Williams’s syrupy warble to good effect". Sogn praised "15 Minutes" for its "compelling" "subject matter", commenting that "the song showcases what sounds like a sincere ambivalence to her success, musing about what might have been, perhaps in an attempt to empathize with former Destiny’s Child members LeToya and LaTavia
LaTavia Roberson
LaTavia Marie Roberson is a two-time Grammy Award–winning American contralto singer-songwriter, as well as an original member of Girl's Tyme which later became Destiny's Child. She was eventually replaced by Farrah Franklin in 2000. She was an original founder of the group with Beyoncé as they...
, who were dumped off the roller coaster before the band hit its peak just before she joined in 2000". Sogn also described "No One Like You" as "similarly successful", due to its "gospel feel", "start-stop harmonized vocals and clap-worthy rhythm". Sogn concluded her review by describing the album as "a decent, yet not spectacular sophomore effort", noting that "while it might not enough to ensure her a successful career outside of her contributions to Destiny’s Child, it isn’t without its particular merits and shining moments".
Commercial
Like its predecessor, Do You Know achieved its greatest commercial success on Billboard'sBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
component charts. Almost topping the Gospel Albums chart, the album peaked at number two, where it had its longest chart run, staying on the chart for 20 weeks, resulting in its placement at number twenty-five on Billboards Year-End
Billboard Year-End
Billboard Year-End charts are a cumulative measure of a single or album's performance in the United States, based upon the Billboard magazine charts during any given chart year. Billboard's "chart year" runs from the first week of December to the final week in November...
Gospel Albums chart. Meanwhile, the album peaked at number three on Billboards Christian Albums chart, remaining on the chart for six weeks and peaked at number twenty-eight on the 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...
chart, where it spent a total of five weeks. However, Do You Know only managed to hold one week on the main US albums chart - the 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...
- where it peaked at a disappointing one-hundred-and-twenty. According to Billboard.com, as of 2008, the album has sold 78,000 copies.
Track listing
Re-release edition
This version includes "It's Good to Be Here" and "Amazing Love" which replace "Rescue My Heart" and "I Know".Personnel
Credits are taken from the album's linear notes.Managerial
- A&RA&RArtists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
– Kim Burse, Huy Nguyen, Teresa LaBarbera Whites
- Executive producerExecutive producerAn executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
– Mathew KnowlesMathew KnowlesMathew Knowles is an American music executive and manager. He is the father and former manager of R&B singer Beyoncé , Knowles also managed Kelly Rowland as well as girl group Destiny's Child . He was also the manager of Solange Knowles.-Manager and producer:Knowles is an alumnus of Fisk...
Performance credits
- Lead Vocals – Michelle WilliamsMichelle Williams (singer)Tenitra Michelle Williams , commonly known as Michelle Williams, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress...
- Background VocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
– Michelle Williams, Margaret Bell-Byars, Angie Winans, Carvin Winans, Juan Winans, Karees Brown, Jesse Campbell, DeBette Draper, Felicia East, Erika Jerry, J. Moss, Tommy SimsTommy SimsTommy Sims is a renowned bassist, songwriter, record producer and bandleader.-Music career:From 1987 to 1989 he was the bassist of the popular Christian rock band White Heart which he left to become a studio musician and producer. During 1992-1993, he played bass on the Bruce Springsteen and the...
, Jerard Woods
Visuals and Imagery
- Art Direction – Ian Cuttler, Ellen To
- PhotographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
– Christopher Kolk
- StylistWardrobe stylistA wardrobe stylist is the job title of someone who selects the clothing for published editorial features, print or television advertising campaigns, music videos, concert performances, and any public appearances made by celebrities, models or other public figures...
– Tina KnowlesTina KnowlesCélestine Ann "Tina" Knowles is an American fashion designer known for her House of Deréon brand. She is perhaps best known as the mother of singers Beyoncé Knowles and Solange Knowles, and was the wife of Mathew Knowles, who managed Destiny's Child and then Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland until...
Instruments
- ConductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
– Tim Akers - BassBass (instrument)Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
– Derrick Ray, Tony Russell - CelloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
– Lynn Piethman - DrumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s – Andy Selby, Curtis Zachary, Michael Weatherspoon - FlugelhornFlugelhornThe flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus...
– Mike Haynes - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
– Al Willis, Michael Ripoll, Paul Jackson Jr.
- HornHorn (instrument)The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
– Mike Haynes, Steve Patrick - KeyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
– Andy Selby, Rodney East - TromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
– Barry Green - OrganOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
– Rodney East - Percussion – Ken Lewis
- SaxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
– Jim Horn - Strings - The Positive Movement Orchestra
- TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
– Lloyd Barry
Technical and Production
- ConcertmasterConcertmasterThe concertmaster/mistress is the spalla or leader, of the first violin section of an orchestra. In the UK, the term commonly used is leader...
– Karl Gorodestky - ConductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
– Tim Akers - EngineersAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
– Ernie Allen, Ced C, Jim Caruana, Steve Goldsmith, Danny Leake, Joey Fernandez, Rommel Villanueava - Engineering assistants – Ternae Jordan Jr., Dwight Levens
- Mastering – Tom Coyne
- MixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
– Danny Leake, Ced C, Joey Fernandez, Dabling Harward, Todd Kozey, Bryan Lenox, Dave Pensado, Tony Shepperd, Larry Sturm - Music Producers – Paul "PDA" Allen, Cedric Caldwell, Victor Caldwell, Anson Dawkins, Eric Dawkins, Troy Johnson, Beyoncé KnowlesBeyoncé KnowlesBeyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...
, Solange KnowlesSolange KnowlesSolange Piaget Knowles , who performs under the mononym Solange, is an American singer-songwriter, actress, model, dancer, and DJ. Knowles was born and raised in Houston, Texas along with her older sister singer Beyoncé, a former member of R&B group Destiny's Child...
, Loren McGee, PAJAM, Eric Pullins, Tommy Sims, Tim Weatherspoon, Erron Williams - Vocal Producers – Angie Winans, Michelle Williams, Karees Brown, Jesse Campbell, Anson Dawkins, Eric Dawkins, Steve Goldsmith, Tommy Sims
Charts
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| US 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... |
120 |
| US Billboard 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 |
| US Billboard Gospel Albums Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine... |
2 |
| US Billboard Christian Albums Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine... |
3 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Gospel Albums | 25 |
Release history
Standard edition| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| Germany | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation.... |
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| United Kingdom | CD, Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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| United States | Columbia Records Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... |
Re-release edition
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| Germany | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
Sanctuary Records Sanctuary Records Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world... |
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| United States | CD | Music World |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Category | Recording | Result | |
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| MOBO Awards MOBO Awards The Music of Black Origin Awards, established in 1995 by Kanya King MBE and Andy Ruffell, are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognise artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music.... |
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| 2004 | Best Gospel Act | Do You Know | ||