Music City Soul

Music City Soul
Studio album by Beverley Knight
Released	7 May 2007
Recorded	October 2006
Genre	Gospel, Soul
Length	53:43
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Mark Nevers Eg White Jimmy Hogarth Paul Reid
Beverley Knight chronology
Voice - The Best of Beverley Knight (2006) Music City Soul (2007) The Collection (2009) Singles from Music City Soul "No Man's Land" Released: 30 April 2007 "After You" Released: 2 July 2007 "The Queen of Starting Over" Released: 15 October 2007 (download only)

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The Sun	[1]
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The Independent	[3]
London Lite	[4]
The Times	[5]
The Guardian	[6]
Digital Spy	[7]
The Belfast Telegraph	[8]
Virgin Media	[9]
Mojo	[10]

Music City Soul is the fifth studio album recorded by British singer-songwriter Beverley Knight, and was released on Parlophone Records on 7 May 2007 (see 2007 in music). The album contains the singles "No Man's Land", "After You" and "The Queen of Starting Over", and features Ronnie Wood on a number of tracks. The album became Knight's second highest charting album in the UK, peaking at number eight.

Album information

History

The majority of Music City Soul was recorded and Produced by Mark Nevers at The Beech House studio in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States in just five days in late October 2006. All the songs on the album were written beforehand the previous summer and then recorded back to back in the studio with an array of different musicians. The intention was to create an organic sound reminiscent of classic 1960s soul albums that epitomised releases by artists such as Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke and Al Green, who had influenced Knight as a child .^[11]

The album was titled Music City Soul to reflect the fact that Knight has returned to her soul and gospel roots. It was also intended to pay homage to Nashville, the city it was recorded in, which is often referred to as 'The Music City' due to its rich musical heritage.^[12]

The album was preceded by the single "No Man's Land" on 30 April 2007.

Track listing

Vinyl Edition Released 7 May 2007

Notes:

• "*" indicates that the song features guitar played by Ronnie Wood.

Personnel

• All tracks engineered and produced by Mark Nevers – mastered by Bunt Stafford Clark

All tracks (except track 4 and 12)

• Jamal Carter – backing vocals
• Janice Coeder – backing vocals
• Ann McCrary – backing vocals
• Brian Kotzur – drums
• Duane Denison – electric guitar
• Paul Burch – percussion and acoustic guitar
• Pete Cummings – electric guitar
• James Long – electric guitar
• Derrick Lee – piano and keyboards
• Bobby Woods – piano and keyboards

Track 4

• Jimmy Hogarth – guitar
• Eg White – all instruments on "No Man's Land", except guitar

Track 12

• Paul Reide – guitar
• Carlos Hercules – drums
• Paul Bruce – bass
• Stewart Trotman – fender rhoades
• Luke Smith – Hammond B3
• Alex Garnett – saxophone
• Daniel Marsden – trumpet
• Nichol Thomsom – trombone
• Billy Godfrey – backing vocals
• Bryan Chambers – backing vocals
• Louise Marsden – backing vocals

Unreleased material

The following songs were recorded in the run up to the release of Music City Soul, but not included on the album:

1. "Ain't It Better"
2. "Bridge" (B. Knight, G. Chambers)
3. "Firetown" (B. Knight, D. M. Frank)
4. "Mellow" (B. Knight, J. Hogarth)
5. "My Motto" (B. Knight, G. Chambers, Lin XI)
6. "One Step Too Far" (B. Knight, J. Hogarth)
7. "Time is Now" (B. Knight, G. Chambers)

Chart performance

References

External links

• Official website