''Jaime'' is the debut solo studio album from
Brittany Howard
Brittany Amber Howard (born October 2, 1988) is an American musician from Athens, Alabama. She rose to prominence in the early 2010s as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter of Alabama Shakes. Her work with Alabama Shakes ...
, released on September 20, 2019, via
ATO Records
ATO Records (or According to Our Records) is an American independent record label based in New York City. The label was established in 2000 by Dave Matthews and manager Coran Capshaw.
ATO's roster includes My Morning Jacket, Brittany Howard, ...
.
It has received acclaim from critics
and has been nominated for several awards; it was a moderate sales success, appearing on several charts. The album is a mix of several musical styles that reflects intimate events and perspectives in Howard's life, which she supported with her first solo tour.
Recording
The album is the first solo work from Howard, who has previously recorded with
Alabama Shakes
Alabama Shakes are an American rock band formed in Athens, Alabama, in 2009. The band currently consists of lead singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, and bassist Zac Cockrell.
The band began its career touring and perfor ...
. It is dedicated to her sister Jaime,
who died of
retinoblastoma
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as a teen.
After experiencing
writer's block
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Writer's block has various degrees of severity, from difficulty in coming ...
,
Howard put Alabama Shakes on hold to pursue side projects and to have complete control over the recording of ''Jaime'' in 2018.
She reflected on her life as her 30th birthday approached
and decided to record an album that explored her personal history and beliefs. In addition to discussing the death of her sister, the album explores growing up poor,
the prejudice that her parents faced as an
interracial couple
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In the past, such marriages were outlawed in the United Sta ...
, and her struggle with religious faith.
She began recording the songs in a
greenhouse
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in
Topanga, California
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before heading to two Los Angeles-based studios to finalize the album.
Musical style
''Jaime'' has an
eclectic
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* Eclectic Method, name of an audio-visual remix act
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style that features elements of
synth-rock
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,
blues rock
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,
neo soul
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,
experimental music
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,
psychedelia
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,
soul
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,
gospel
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,
funk
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,
hip hop
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,
contemporary R&B
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,
electronic music
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,
retro-soul
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,
jazz fusion
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,
spoken word
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,
avant-jazz
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,
new age
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,
trap,
noise rock
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,
funkadelia,
alternative country
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,
power pop
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, and
doo-wop
Doo-wop (also spelled doowop and doo wop) is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, ...
.
According to
Ann Powers
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of ''
Slate
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'', the music is a departure from the
revivalist rock of Alabama Shakes, instead exploring a cross between jazz, funk, and soul.
Writing for
Uproxx
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,
Steven Hyden
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says Howard abandons typical rock-band dynamics in favor of "darker, weirder, groovier, and more psychedelic" sounds, making it difficult to categorize the album simply as rock, R&B, or jazz.
On the other hand, ''
Consequence of Sound
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History
''Consequence of Sound'' was founded in Septem ...
'' explicitly classifies ''Jaime'' as a
synth-rock
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album.
''
Pitchfork
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''s Sheldon Pearce also observes synth-rock, although in rapid form among other elements, such as experimental
psychedelic funk
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, old school hip hop
breakbeat
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s, and tight jazz sounds reminiscent of
D'Angelo
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's 2014 album ''
Black Messiah'';
his colleague Jillian Mapes also compares the work to D'Angelo as well as
Prince
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and
The Roots
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.
"13th Century Metal" is an
avant-jazz
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and
spoken word
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song that dives into "brilliant"
noise rock
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later on.
Promotion and tour
The release was accompanied by three singles: "History Repeats" on June25, 2019;
"Stay High" on July 16, 2019;
and "He Loves Me" on January20, 2020.
Howard also embarked on her first solo tour in promotion of the album.
On the road, she and her backing band eschewed Alabama Shakes songs and only performed works from this album and her other bands.
Howard also performed a set for
NPR
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's
Tiny Desk Concert
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The first ''Tiny Desk Concert'' came about in 2008 after Boilen and NPR Music ed ...
series
and made promotional appearances on ''
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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'' in 2019
and ''
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
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''
and ''
Today
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'' in 2020.
Planned 2020 performances were canceled or rescheduled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Music videos for "Stay High"
and "He Loves Me"
were released, with the former featuring
Terry Crews
Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, television host, and former professional American football, football player. He played Julius Rock in the UPN/The CW Television Network, CW sitcom ''Everybody Hates Chris'', which air ...
lip syncing
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the song.
Reception
AnyDecentMusic? characterized the critical consensus of 20sources as an 8.2 out of 10
and Album of the Year gave it an 83 out of 100, with 20reviews.
Reviewing for ''
Uproxx
Uproxx Studios (stylized as ''UPROXX'') is an American music, entertainment and popular culture website and content studio. It was founded in 2008 by Jarret Myer and Brian Brater. The website was acquired in 2014 by Woven Digital (which later ...
'', Hyden praised the album for its differences from Howard's previous work and genre-bending mix of funk, jazz, and hip-hop.
In ''
Rolling Stone
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The magazine was first known fo ...
'', Jon Dolan highlighted the
Southern culture elements of the lyrics and summing up that her lyrics in "Georgia" make a "strikingly bold moment on a record that's full of them".
''Pitchfork'' awarded ''Jaime'' the distinction of "Best New Music", with Pearce describing it as a "thrilling opus that pushes the boundaries of voice, sound, and soul to new extremes".
''
The Guardian
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''s Ben Beaumont-Thomas called it "emotionally as well as musically varied" and concluded that solo projects "are rarely as beautiful as they are here".
In ''
Under the Radar'', Celine Teo-Blockey found her cross-genre experimentation "stunning".
Reviewing for
AllMusic
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,
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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believed the album will warrant repeated listening, with "subsequent spins... profound and nourishing".
In a year-end essay for ''
Slate
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'', Powers cited as ''Jaime'' one of her favorite albums from 2019 and proof that
the format is not dead but rather undergoing a "metamorphosis". She added that
concept album
A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. Som ...
s had reemerged through the culturally-relevant autobiographical narratives of artists such as Howard, whose "stunning" album "went deep to reveal the joys and pain of her experience as an embodiment of that elusive state:
intersectionality
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".
Accolades
The album opener "History Repeats" received two nominations at the
62nd Annual Grammy Awards
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, for
Best Rock Song
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and
Best Rock Performance
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Both "13th Century Metal" and "Stay High" were included on ''
Pitchfork
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's'' list of the best songs of 2019, placing at number 98 and 42 respectively.
Howard was nominated for Artist of the Year, ''Jaime'' for Album of the Year, and "Stay High" for Song of the Year at the 2020
Americana Music Honors & Awards
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.
The album was nominated for the
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Artist
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at the
31st GLAAD Media Awards
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.
Track listing
All songs written and produced by Brittany Howard, except where noted
#"History Repeats" – 3:05
#"He Loves Me" – 2:32
#"Georgia" – 3:18
#"Stay High" – 3:12
#"Tomorrow" (Paul Horton, Brittany Howard) – 3:14
#"Short and Sweet" – 3:45
#"13th Century Metal" (
Robert Glasper
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, Brittany Howard, Nate Smith) – 4:48
#"Baby" – 2:27
#"Goat Head" – 3:13
#"Presence" – 2:47
#"Run to Me" – 3:05
Personnel
*
Brittany Howard
Brittany Amber Howard (born October 2, 1988) is an American musician from Athens, Alabama. She rose to prominence in the early 2010s as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter of Alabama Shakes. Her work with Alabama Shakes ...
– guitar on "History Repeats", "He Loves Me", "Stay High", "Baby", and "Presence";
clavinet
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on "Georgia"; keyboards on "Georgia" and "Run to Me"; keyboard and string
arrangement
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on "Tomorrow"; vocals; drums on "Tomorrow", "Presence", and "Run to Me"; percussion on "Tomorrow"; bass guitar on "Tomorrow";
production
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; editing on "13th Century Metal"
Additional musicians
*Terry K. Anderson– sermon from Lilly Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas excerpt
sampled
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* Sample ...
in "He Loves Me"
*Lloyd Buchanan– organ on "Georgia"
*
Zac Cockrell
Alabama Shakes are an American rock band formed in Athens, Alabama, in 2009. The band currently consists of lead singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, and bassist Zac Cockrell.
The band began its career touring and perform ...
– bass guitar on "History Repeats", "He Loves Me", "Georgia", "Stay High", "Tomorrow", and "Baby"
*
Robert Glasper
Robert Andre Glasper (born April 5, 1978) is an American pianist, record producer, songwriter, and Arrangement, musical arranger. His music embodies numerous musical genres, primarily centered around jazz. Glasper has won five Grammy Awards from ...
–
celesta
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on "Stay High", keyboards on "13th Century Metal", "Baby", and "Goat Head"
*
Larry Goldings
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Life and career
Golding ...
– keyboards on "Tomorrow"
*Paul Horton– clavinet on "History Repeats" and keyboard arrangement on "Tomorrow"
*
– harp on "Presence"
*
Rob Moose
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Early life and education
Moose was born in 1982. He was raised in Windsor, Connec ...
– strings on "Tomorrow"
*
Nate Smith– drums on "History Repeats", "He Loves Me", "Georgia", "Stay High", "13th Century Metal", "Baby", "Goat Head", and "Run to Me";
vibraphone
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on "Baby"; percussion on "Goat Head"
Technical personnel
*Chris Bellman–
lacquer
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cutting
*Christopher Cerulo– engineering assistance
*
Danny Clinch
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Early life and education
Born in Toms River, New Jersey, Clinch graduated from Toms River High School East in 1982. After attending Ocean County College, he attended the New ...
– photography
*
Shawn Everett
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Early life
Ev ...
–
engineering
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,
mixing,
mastering at United Recording and Subtle McNugget in Los Angeles
*Brantley Gutierrez– photography
*Michael Harris– engineering assistance
*
Bob Ludwig
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– mastering input
*Scott Moore– mixing assistance
*Vlad Sepetov–
art direction
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*Ivan Wayman– mixing assistance
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
''Jaime (Reimagined)''
''Jaime (Reimagined)'' is the first remix album by American musician
Brittany Howard
Brittany Amber Howard (born October 2, 1988) is an American musician from Athens, Alabama. She rose to prominence in the early 2010s as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter of Alabama Shakes. Her work with Alabama Shakes ...
. The album collects remixes of songs from her 2019 debut studio album ''Jaime''. It was released digitally on July 23, 2021, by
ATO Records
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ATO's roster includes My Morning Jacket, Brittany Howard, ...
, with vinyl copies shipping in September 2021.
Three of the album's remixes appeared on the ''Jaime (The Remixes)'' EP released in 2020.
At the
2022 Libera Awards
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The nominations were announced on March 23, 2022, le ...
, ''Jaime (Reimagined)'' received a nomination for Best R&B Record. Additionally, album track "Stay High again.." was nominated for
Best Dance Record.
Radio station
KCRW
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listed the album as the fifth best of 2021, saying "this collection is pretty much an entirely new album where the versions sound totally different, but with a great deal of respect to the original body of work. Sometimes it's good to be challenged, and ''Jaime (Reimagined)'' does just that in a very unique and uplifting way."
All songs written by Brittany Howard, except where noted
''Jaime (Reimagined)'' track listing
#"13th Century Metal" (
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Samuel Kiwanuka (born 3 May 1988) is a British singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is currently signed to Polydor Records. His debut album '' Home Again'' (2012) went gold in the United Kingdom, while his second album ...
Mix, produced by
Michael Kiwanuka
Michael Samuel Kiwanuka (born 3 May 1988) is a British singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is currently signed to Polydor Records. His debut album '' Home Again'' (2012) went gold in the United Kingdom, while his second album ...
and St. Francis Hotel) – 5:00
#"Goat Head" (
Earthgang
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remix, written by Howard,
Eian Parker, and
Olu Fann, produced by Christo Runo and Tane Runo) – 3:21
#"Stay High" (
Childish Gambino
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remix, produced by
Donald Glover
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and
James Francies
James Francies (born 1995) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, composer, and arranger. He grew up in Houston but moved to New York to continue his musical studies. Following performances and recordings with various musicians, his first albu ...
) – 3:38
#"Presence" (
Little Dragon
Little Dragon are a Swedish electronic music band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1996. The band consists of Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion), Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Wallin (bass) and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards).
Little Dragon's ...
remix, produced by
Little Dragon
Little Dragon are a Swedish electronic music band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1996. The band consists of Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion), Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Wallin (bass) and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards).
Little Dragon's ...
) – 4:46
#"Short and Sweet" (
Bon Iver
Bon Iver ( ) is an American indie folk band founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Vernon had originally formed Bon Iver as a solo project, but it eventually became a band consisting of Vernon (vocals, guit ...
remix, produced by
Bon Iver
Bon Iver ( ) is an American indie folk band founded in 2006 by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Vernon had originally formed Bon Iver as a solo project, but it eventually became a band consisting of Vernon (vocals, guit ...
) – 3:55
#"Tomorrow" (
Badbadnotgood
BadBadNotGood (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian instrumental band and Hip hop production, production team from Toronto, Canada. The group was founded in 2010 by bassist Chester Hansen, keyboardist Matthew Tavares, and drummer Alexander Sowinsk ...
remix, written by Howard and
Paul Horton
Paul James Horton (born 20 September 1982 in Sydney, Australia) is a retired former cricketer who played for Lancashire and Leicestershire in England and Matabeleland Tuskers in Zimbabwe.
Early life
Born 20 September 1982 in Sydney, Australi ...
, produced by
Badbadnotgood
BadBadNotGood (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian instrumental band and Hip hop production, production team from Toronto, Canada. The group was founded in 2010 by bassist Chester Hansen, keyboardist Matthew Tavares, and drummer Alexander Sowinsk ...
) – 3:10
#"Baby" (
Gritty
Gritty is the official mascot for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is a furry orange creature with googly eyes who wears Flyers gear. Gritty has been compared to the Phillie Phanatic, the mascot for the Philadelp ...
remix, produced by
Jeff "Gritty" Gitelman) – 2:25
#"History Repeats" (
Georgia Anne Muldrow
Georgia Anne Muldrow (born 1983) is an American soul and hip hop singer, producer, and songwriter from Los Angeles. In 2008, she co-founded the SomeOthaShip Connect record label with fellow artist and former husband Dudley Perkins.
Life and car ...
Geemix, produced by
Georgia Anne Muldrow
Georgia Anne Muldrow (born 1983) is an American soul and hip hop singer, producer, and songwriter from Los Angeles. In 2008, she co-founded the SomeOthaShip Connect record label with fellow artist and former husband Dudley Perkins.
Life and car ...
) – 2:59
#"Georgia" (J Most remix, produced by Jeremy Most) – 3:54
#"Stay High again.." (produced by Emmanuel Franklyn Adelabu, Joy Anonymous, and
Fred again..) – 4:20
#"He Loves Me" (
9th Wonder
Patrick Denard Douthit (born January 15, 1975),
better known as 9th Wonder, is an American record producer, record ...
remix, written by Howard and
Common (rapper), Lonnie Rashid Lynn, produced by
9th Wonder
Patrick Denard Douthit (born January 15, 1975),
better known as 9th Wonder, is an American record producer, record ...
) – 3:22
#"History Repeats" (
Jungle (band), Jungle remix, produced by
Jungle (band), Jungle) – 3:52
#"Run to Me" (
Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula ( Douglas; born 23 April 1986) is a British singer. A native of Birmingham, England, Mvula gained experience as a member or leader of a cappella, jazz/ neo-soul and gospel groups and choirs. She was classically trained. In 2012, sh ...
remix, produced by
Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula ( Douglas; born 23 April 1986) is a British singer. A native of Birmingham, England, Mvula gained experience as a member or leader of a cappella, jazz/ neo-soul and gospel groups and choirs. She was classically trained. In 2012, sh ...
and
Dann Hume
Dann Hume (born Daniel Benjamin Cobbe, 1 September 1987) is a New Zealand musician, music producer, mix engineer and songwriter. Hume began his career with his two brothers (with Jon Hume and Peter Hume) who formed the alternative rock band, E ...
) – 3:03
Additional personnel include:
*
Syd on "Baby" (Gritty remix)
*
Emily King on "Georgia" (J Most remix)
*Joy Anonymous and
Fred again.. on "Stay High again.."
*
Common
Common may refer to:
As an Irish surname, it is anglicised from Irish Gaelic surname Ó Comáin.
Places
* Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
* Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts
* Cambridge Com ...
on "He Loves Me" (9th Wonder remix)
''Jaime (The Remixes)'' track listing
#"13th Century Metal" (Michael Kiwanuka Mix, produced by Kiwanuka and St. Francis Hotel) – 5:02
#"Goat Head" (Earthgang remix, written by Howard, Parker, and Fann, produced by C. Runo and T. Runo) – 3:21
#Short and Sweet" (Bon Iver remix, produced by Bon Iver) – 3:53
Initial releases lack the first track.
Charts
Release history
References
External links
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*
''Jaime''at
Rate Your Music
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2019 debut albums
Albums produced by Brittany Howard
ATO Records albums
Brittany Howard albums
Albums recorded at Electro-Vox Recording Studios