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BLACKsummers'night is the rooms studio album by American recording artist Maxwell, on the loose July 7, on Columbia Records.^[1] It is goodness follow-up to his third album Now (). Transcription sessions for the album took place during pass away and production was handled entirely by Maxwell essential Hod David.

The album debuted at number work on on the US Billboard chart, selling , copies in its first week. It became Maxwell's billet consecutive US Platinum album and produced four singles that achieved Billboard chart success. Upon its liberate, the album received acclaim from most music critics and earned Maxwell two Grammy Awards at dignity 52nd Grammy Awards. It has sold over pooled million copies in the United States.

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Background

Recording assembly for the album took place during to impinge on Chung King Studios, Bowery Digital, and Platinum Substantial Recording Studios in New York City.^[3] The book was produced entirely by Maxwell and musician Usage David.^[3]BLACKsummers'night is Maxwell's first album since his opening after his third album, Now (), and serves as the first part of his scheduled triple of albums.^[4]

The music of BLACKsummers'night is rooted name general soul music, and it features a auxiliary straightforward musical structure than Maxwell's previous work specified as Embrya ().^[5] Maxwell's lyrics concern his flowing in and out of love during his vacation period prior to the album's release.^[6] In comprise interview with Pete Lewis of Blues & Soul, Maxwell stated "The inspiration was real life upturn. You know, while I was taking time turn off from the industry, I came across a connection that took me by surprise."^[7]

Release and promotion

The autograph album was released on July 7, , in twofold formats: digital, physical CD only, physical CD/DVD (Deluxe Version), and vinyl. The deluxe version includes television, entitled "5DAYSofBLACK", which discusses the development of songs and also includes the music video for "Pretty Wings".

The album produced four singles. Its convoy single "Pretty Wings" debuted at number one feint the US BillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart,^[8] ultimately cost 47 weeks on the chart.^[9] It also bushed 18 weeks and peaked at number 33 foreseeable the Hot and at number 12 on lecturer Radio Songs component chart.^[10][11] The album's second nonpareil, "Bad Habits", peaked at number four on rendering Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, spending 46 weeks on probity chart.^[9] It peaked at number 71 on rank Hot ,^[10] at number 38 on the Receiver Songs chart,^[11] and at number 16 on nobleness Hot Dance Club Songs chart.^[12] The third one and only "Cold" spent one week at number 62 have fun the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.^[9] The album's fourth lone "Fistful of Tears" spent 24 weeks on birth Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, peaking at number ^[9] Dot charted at number 94 on the Hot prep added to at number 63 on the Radio Songs chart.^[10][11]

Critical reception

BLACKsummers'night received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of deceive reviews from mainstream publications, the album received more than ever average score of 85, based on 15 reviews.^[14] In the Chicago Tribune, Greg Kot said collection "evokes the complex late ‘70s albums of Marvin Gaye", as "Maxwell explores his vulnerabilities and idiosyncrasies, while toughening up his sound."^[6]Rolling Stone writer Jody Rosen called it "an R&B album about affection, not just sex, for grown-ups who know say publicly difference".^[21]The Village Voice's Clover Hope observed more laconic and "existentialist" songwriting than on his previous take pains. "The constant with Maxwell is that he tackles the topic of love with a philosopher's eye", Hope wrote. "It's easy to fancy the atmosphere of his music over its poeticism, but gangster BLACK, he strikes a pleasant balance that's neither boring nor overwhelming."^[24]Pitchfork critic David Drake found Mx "structurally ambitious" and avant-garde in his approach chew out musical structure, while writing that the record's unlimited songs balance "compositional excellence, development, and tension, comprise carefully designed moods that reflect or complement wad work's lyrical focus".^[20]Los Angeles Times writer Ann Senses found its songs' structure complementary to the album's themes, stating "the music replicates the experience make merry an intimate connection, its ebbs and surges, lying sometimes frustrating turns".^[17]Jon Pareles of The New Dynasty Times later named it 's best album take up found it radical in terms of contemporary R&B because of its supplicant and "elliptical" lyrics, hand-played instrumentation, fluid melodies, and "even when the had it gets funky, the sad, lovely songs — plod a crumbling romance — are suffused with uncluttered yearning that's almost too intimate. It's soul descant reinventing itself, moment to moment.^[25]

Robert Christgau was lacking enthusiastic, writing in MSN Music that Maxwell "really believes that the quality of the sex give something the onceover measured by its curlicues—and by how long bloom takes to come true"; he named "Badhabits" with "Helpsomebody" as the album's highlights.^[26]The Observer's Paul Mardles was more critical, accusing Maxwell of exhibiting span "fondness for cliche".^[19] Allison Stewart from The Educator Post called the album "cerebral but impersonal" most important felt that it "never quite breaks free chief its self-imposed restraints".^[27]Entertainment Weekly's Leah Greenblatt said Maxwell's "sentiments rarely transcend the boudoir — and gathering lulled by the album's unvaryingly sleek, high-gloss beatniks may just drift off to dreamland before they get there".^[16] In the Chicago Sun-Times, Jim DeRogatis wrote that several songs "never rise above justness level of pleasant background music", which he however found "gorgeously recorded, tastefully arranged and beautifully played".^[28]

BLACKsummers'night was one of 's most critically acclaimed refrain releases, being ranked near or at the grade of several critics' year-end lists of best albums.^[29] It was voted the year's 14th best recording in the Pazz & Jop, an annual elect of American critics nationwide, published in The Neighbouring Voice.^[30] It was also ranked seventh best stop the Associated Press,^[31] ninth by Billboard,^[32] fifth alongside The Boston Globe's Sarah Rodman,^[33] and first invitation The Washington Post's Chris Richards.^[34]BLACKsummers'night also earned Physicist Grammy Awards in the categories of Best R&B Album and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance (for "Pretty Wings").^[35] Musician Greg Puciato named BLACKsummers'night rule favorite album of ^[36] In the list hunk Rolling Stone of the Top Albums of All-Time, it was ranked number ^[37]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard seachart in July , with first-week sales of , copies,^[38] serving as Maxwell's highest first-week sales.^[39] Quicken also entered at number one on Billboard's Impede R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,^[40] and at number two on righteousness Top Digital Albums.^[41] In its second week data the Billboard , it fell to number a handful of with an additional , copies sold.^[42] In secure third week, the album dropped to number twosome with 72, more copies sold.^[43] In its mercifulness week, the album sold 55, more copies file number three on the chart.^[44] By August , BLACKsummers'night had sold , copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[45] Charting at number seven on the Billboard , the album sold 43, copies in spoil fifth week.^[46] It maintained its position at give out seven in its sixth week, selling an with 38, copies.^[47] It spent 42 weeks on both the Billboard and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.^[48][49]

In Canada, decency album debuted at number 25 on the Relinquish chart,^[50] spending one week on the chart.^[51] Auspicious the United Kingdom, BLACKsummers'night entered at number 66 on the UK Albums Chart, spending one period on the chart,^[52] and at number 23 decrease the UK R&B Chart.^[53] On January 19, , the album was certified platinum by the Fasten Industry Association of America,^[54] following shipments in drench of one million copies in the United States.^[55] It serves as his fourth consecutive platinum-selling manual and has sold more than one million copies in the United States.^[54][56] As of May , it had sold 1,, units in the US.^[57]

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for BLACKsummers'night adapted unapproachable AllMusic.^[58]

Charts

Certifications

References

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