Album
Black Messiah
D'Angelo And The Vanguard
2014 · Funk / Soul, Blues
49 collectors on Gatefold own this
Black Messiah is a Soul & Funk album by D'Angelo And The Vanguard, originally released in 2014. On Gatefold: 15 pressings tracked, owned by 49 collectors.
About
Black Messiah is the third studio album by recording artist D'Angelo, and the first credited to D'Angelo and the Vanguard. It was released on December 15, 2014, through RCA Records, bringing an end to his 14-year hiatus. The album debuted at number five on the U.S. Billboard charts, selling over 117,000 units in its first week. D'Angelo originally wanted to release Black Messiah in 2015, but the controversial decisions in the Ferguson and Eric Garner cases inspired him to release it earlier. Black Messiah received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, it received an average score of 95, based on 30 reviews. In a rave review for Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield hailed the album as an experimental soul masterpiece, and it was voted the best album of 2014 in the Pazz & Jop, an annual critics poll run by The Village Voice.
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Tracklist
- Side A
- 1Ain't That Easy4:49
- 21000 Deaths5:49
- 3The Charade3:20
- 4Sugah Daddy5:02
- 5Really Love5:44
- Side B
- 6Back To the Future (Part I)5:22
- 7Till It's Done (Tutu)3:51
- 8Prayer4:32
- 9Betray My Heart5:55
- 10The Door3:08
- 11Back To the Future (Part II)2:24
- 12Another Life5:58
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- warm
- hypnotic
- soulful
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ahmir '?uestlove' ThompsonDRUM PROGRAMMING DRUMS DRUMS, DRUM PROGRAMMING
- Ahrell LumzyBACKING VOCALS
- Alex BudmanSTRINGS, WOODWIND
- Anatoly RosinskySTRINGS, WOODWIND VIOLIN , STRINGS
- Assa DroriSTRINGS, VIOLIN STRINGS, WOODWIND
- Bill ReichenbachSTRINGS, WOODWIND TROMBONE
- Brent FischerARRANGED BY
- Chris DaveDRUMS
- Chuck BerghoferSTRINGS, DOUBLE BASS STRINGS, WOODWIND
- D'AngeloBACKING VOCALS BASS DRUM PROGRAMMING
- Eddie "Spanky" AlfordGUITAR, STEEL GUITAR, CLASSICAL GUITAR
- Elizabeth WilsonSTRINGS, VIOLIN STRINGS, WOODWIND
- Gina FigueroaVOCALS SONGWRITER, VOCALS
- Isaiah SharkeyGUITAR, STEEL GUITAR, CLASSICAL GUITAR GUITAR, STEEL GUITAR, CLASSICAL GUITAR , SITAR SITAR
- James GadsonDRUMS
- Jermaine HolmesBACKING VOCALS
- Jesse JohnsonGUITAR, STEEL GUITAR, CLASSICAL GUITAR
- Kendra FosterBACKING VOCALS
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