blackSUMMERS'night Maxwell

• 1 All the Ways Love Can Feel 05:21
• 2 The Fall 04:11
• 3 III 04:47
• 4 Lake By the Ocean 03:57
• 5 Fingers Crossed 04:40
• 6 Hostage 03:55
• 7 1990x 04:40
• 8 Gods 03:36
• 9 Lost 03:52
• 10 Of All Kind 03:42
• 11 Listen Hear 03:38
• 12 Night 00:23
• Total Runtime 46:42

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Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Maxwell releases his first album in seven years, “blackSUMMERS’night.” His previous album, which came out in 2009 after an eight-year hiatus, was called “BLACKsummers’night.”

The titles—identical except for the capital letters—might confuse new listeners and pose a marketing challenge. A third album, “blacksummers’NIGHT, is still to come. For Maxwell, at his career’s 20-year mark, the trilogy is a way to lay out a musical story and keep fans engaged. It also lets him explore different musical styles at a time when other acts of the ‘90s have already settled into nostalgia mode.

Along with peers such as D’Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell defined the neo soul movement of the mid-1990s with live instrumentation and earthy artistry evocative of the ’60s and ’70s. Albums such as his 1996 debut, “Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite,” served as a sexy counterpoint to the bohemian strain of hip-hop that produced albums such as the Fugees’ “The Score,” released earlier that year.

Now in their 40s, the stars of neo soul have evolved differently. Erykah Badu injects funky mysticism into her music and experiments with young collaborators, as she did on “But You Caint Use My Phone,” a free mixtape released last year. D’Angelo went 14 years between albums, re-emerging in 2014 with the Grammy-winning “Black Messiah.” Despite its long gestation, the album captured the restive period that also spawned the Black Lives Matter movement.

"The Brooklyn-born singer croons a heartbreaking ode to letting go of a relationship. It's a gorgeous ballad that ushers in a long-overdue welcome return to one of R&B's most talented and original artists." (Billboard) "The neo-soul star returns with "Pretty Wings", a lovely ballad that showcases his fluttery falsetto." (People)

If leadoff single'Pretty Wings', is any indication [of what is to come] we'll be waiting impatiently for each and every update." (Time Out New York)

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