''Weather'' is the ninth
studio album by American singer
Meshell Ndegeocello
Michelle Lynn Johnson, better known as Meshell Ndegeocello (; born August 29, 1968), is a German-born American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on so ...
, released on November 15, 2011, on the Naïve label.
Critical reception
''Weather'' was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an
average
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score of 82 based on 15 reviews.
In a review for
AllMusic
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, critic reviewer Andy Kellman wrote: "The wealth of lithe, quiet backdrops played at slow tempos allows Ndegeocello, who switches between husky lower and sweet upper registers with more ease than ever, to tickle the ears. No song rocks, but a few groove."
Alex McPherson of ''
The Guardian
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'' described ''Weather'' as "deeply intimate, wholly engrossing,' going on to say "Ndegéocello's work has often been heavy with mood while elliptical of songcraft, but ''Weather'' contains her most direct material since the early 1990s."
At ''
Spin'', Barry Walters explained: "After kick-starting neo-soul in the '90s, this chimerical bassist shimmied through countless genres as if to dodge and defy any tag — racial, gender, sexual, aesthetic. Here, she teams with producer Joe Henry for a somber mood piece that plays the introspection of singer-songwriter folk as meditative jazz."
Accolades
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
* Meshell Ndegeocello – bass, vocals
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Deantoni Parks – drums
* Nicci Kasper – vocals
* Chris Bruce – guitar, bass
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Keefus Ciancia
Keith Ciancia, better known as Keefus Green or Keefus Ciancia is an American musician, composer and music producer. He has won an Ivor Novello Award and been nominated for an Emmy. Along with his long time creative collaborator, T Bone Burnett, ...
– piano
* Gabe Noel – cello, bass
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Benji Hughes – piano, vocals
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Deantoni Parks – drums
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Jay Bellerose – drums
Production
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Joe Henry – producer
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Ryan Freeland
Ryan Freeland is an American record producer, songwriter, engineer, and mixer based in Los Angeles. Freeland is a five-time Grammy Award winner and is best known for his work with Bonnie Raitt, Ray LaMontagne, Aimee Mann, Joe Henry, Gra ...
− engineer, mastering, mixer
Charts
References
External links
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2011 albums
Meshell Ndegeocello albums
Albums produced by Joe Henry
Alternative rock albums by American artists