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Better Days
(CD, 2001)
Primary Artist: Joe
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Format: CD
Dec 2001
Record Label: Jive Records (USA)
Recording Type: Studio
UPC: 012414178626 |
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Details
Track Listing
1. Let's Stay Home Tonight
2. Better Days
3. What If a Woman
4. Alone
5. Isn't This the World
6. Ghetto Child - (featuring Shaggy/The Boys Choir Of Harlem)
7. I Like Sexy Girls
8. Here She Comes
9. Lover's Prayer
10. Changed Man
11. I Understand
12. She Used 2 Luv Me
13. World of Girls, A
14. Let's Stay Home Tonight - (remix, featuring Petey Pablo)
Album Notes
Personnel includes: JOE, Shaggy, The Boys Choir Of Harlem.
Producers: JOE, Allstar, The Neptunes.
BETTER DAYS was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album.
"Let's Stay Home Tonight" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
R&B love man Joe (if you need to write him a check, his last name is Thomas) spent a fair part of the '90s working a number of variations on the romantic soul crooning style that makes women of all ages blush at 100 paces. He's known for his sensual vocals and lush, smooth R&B production. That hasn't changed on BETTER DAYS, as Joe seems to still be the original smoothie, laying down heartfelt evocations of love and lust with skill and verve. But the lyrical subject matter is a bit wider than on Joe's previous albums, as he takes on larger social issues (witness the collaboration with Shaggy and the Boys Choir of Harlem on "Ghetto Child" for example). Despite the broadened thematic material, though, Joe never gets too high-minded to leave behind the likes of the undeniably carnal "I Like Sexy Girls." And the sexy girls undoubtedly reciprocate.
Industry Reviews
3.5 discs out of 5 - ...This is the album Michael Jackson wishes he had made....Joe sings with a contemplative, low-key style...explaining a lot about his particular style....DAYS has a gentle, thoughtful tone...Musically, he weaves a welcome inventiveness into conventional soul music...
Vibe (02/01/2002)
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