The Day

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This is an enhanced CD which contains multimedia computer files as well as regular audio tracks. Personnel includes: Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, programming); Stevie Wonder (vocals, harmonica); LL Cool J (rap vocals); Eric Clapton (guitar); Ray Brown, Oscar Brashear (trumpet); Reggie Young (trombone); Gerald Albright (tenor saxophone); Kenny G (saxophone); Greg Phillinganes (piano); Sheila E. (percussion); Bryce Wilson (programming); Mariah Carey, Jody Watley, Marc Nelson, De De O'Neal, Shanice Wilson, Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, Kenny Terry, Howard Hewett (background vocals). Producer: Babyface. Reissue producer: Leo Sacks. Recorded at the Tracken Place, Beverly Hills, California and The Record Plant, Hollywood, California. Includes liner notes by J.R. Reynolds. Digitally remastered by Joseph Palmaccio (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York). THE DAY was nominated for 1998 Grammy Awards for Album Of The Year, Best R&B Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. "Every Time I Close My Eyes" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. "How Come, How Long" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players. Personnel includes: Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, programming); Stevie Wonder (vocals, harmonica); LL Cool J (rap vocals); Eric Clapton (guitar); Ray Brown, Oscar Brashear (trumpet); Reggie Young (trombone); Gerald Albright (tenor saxophone); Kenny G (saxophone); Greg Phillinganes (piano); Sheila E. (percussion); Bryce Wilson (drum programming); Mariah Carey, Jody Watley, Marc Nelson, De De O'Neal, Shanice Wilson, Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, Kenny Terry, Howard Hewett (background vocals). Recorded at the Tracken Place, Beverly Hills, California and The Record Plant, Hollywood, California. THE DAY was nominated for 1998 Grammy Awards for Album Of The Year, Best R&B Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. "Every Time I Close My Eyes" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. "How Come, How Long" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. Equally talented as a singer, songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist, Babyface has done more than anyone to shape the face of modern R&B, writing and producing for a variety of artists and inspiring a league of imitators who pale in comparison to the original. On THE DAY, his first solo album since 1993's FOR THE COOL IN YOU, he makes it plain that there ain't nothing like the real thing. Babyface is capable of conjuring many moods, but his forte is the slow, sensual ballad. On the opening "Everytime I Close My Eyes," he envelops the listener in a slinky, simmering world where an undertow of subtle drum loops and mellow synthesizer washes pulls you down into the heart of the song. ("Everytime" features pop-jazz saxophonist Kenny G, who released the song simultaneously on his album THE MOMENT). While much of THE DAY is preoccupied with the eternal pop topic of romance, Babyface shifts gears on "Simple Days," a reflective tune that finds him recalling his poor-but-happy childhood with a wistful longing. LL Cool J and Jody Watley guest on the closing tour de force, "This Is For The Lover In You."