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Track Listing
1. You're My Everything
2. How Could You
3. In My Heart
4. Serious
5. How Does It Feel
6. Like You Used to Do - (with Babyface)
7. Close Your Eyes
8. You're My Everything Revisited
9. I Can't Sleep
10. Men in My Life
Album Notes
Personnel include: Anita Baker (vocals); Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Paul Jackson Jr., Philip Hamilton, Robert Randolph (guitar); Dan Higgins (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Jerry Hey (trumpet); Reggie Young (trombone); Russell Ferrante (piano); Barry J. Eastmond (keyboards); Eric Rehl (synthesizer); Gerald Albright, Jimmy Haslip, Al Turner, Nathan East, Reggie Hamilton, Alex Al, Ron Jenkins (bass guitar); Ricky Lawson, William Kennedy, Bernard Davis, Steve Ferrone (drums); Bashiri Johnson (percussion).
Recording information: Soup Can Studios, Detroit, Michigan; East Bay Music Studios, Tarrytown, New York; Brandon's Way, Hollywood, California; Record One, Sherman Oaks, California; Conway Studios, Los Angeles, California; Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA; Le Gonks West, Los Angeles, CA.
Anita Baker first garnered a big audience in 1986 with her second record, RAPTURE. A critical favorite with a uniquely raspy, jazz-like expressionistic singing style, she scored a major pop and R&B hit with "Sweet Love." From that initial success, Baker carved her own niche somewhere between deep soul and smooth jazz. After a few more albums she decided to concentrate her passion on her family.
Following nearly a decade's hiatus, Baker returns to the recording studio with 2004's MY EVERYTHING, and, happily, very little has changed. She hasn't tinkered one bit with the sound that made her a beloved singer, emerging with a record both comforting and enrapturing. "You're My Everything" contains lyrics straight out of a WWII-era torch song, and a vibe that would have fit snugly on one of her first few outings. Although backed by a driving saxophone on the energetic gospel/blues number "I Can't Sleep," Baker fills much of MY EVERYTHING with sweet love songs. She brings it all together on the closing track, "Men in My Life," a tribute to her husband and two young boys.
Industry Reviews
3 1/2 discs out of 5 - Baker's first album in 10 years demonstrates the same power and graceful tone coloring that made her a mid-'80s staple.
Wading into the comfortably warm, lush territory that has defined her sound and career for a quarter-century, Baker, undeniably one of the classiest acts in the business, serves up a platter of sweet 'n' savory canapés...
4 stars out of 5 - [Her] voice remains intact, warm, ever communicative, ahead of the game.
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