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Round 2 is the second studio album by American recording artist J. Holiday, it was released on March 10, 2009, by Music Line Group and Capitol Records.[1] It is the follow-up to his debut album, Back of My Lac', which was released in 2007. This record would later be his final studio release with Capitol. The album was supported by the lone single, "It's Yours", which achieved moderate chart success.
From the 1961 release of his first-ever single "Runaway," a chart-topper on both sides of the Atlantic, to the time of his death in 1990, Del Shannon was rock-and-roll royalty. Demon Music Group's Edsel label has been giving Shannon some long-overdue attention lately with a reissue of his final album, the posthumously-released Rock On! and with the announcement of an exhaustive 12-CD box set, Stranger in Town: A Del Shannon Compendium, due in February. In the meantime, though, Edsel has offered a 2-CD, 61-song sampler sure to whet appetites. Handy Man: The Best of Del Shannon offers just about every highlight from Shannon's singular career. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee followed up the catchy yet eerie "Runaway," co-written with Max Crook, with another Top 10 hit, the self-penned "Hats Off to Larry." Shannon and Maron McKenzie's "Little Town Flirt" did almost as well, and Shannon continued his winning streak when he became the first American artist to record a Beatles song with his 1963 cover of "From Me to You." More hits followed: revivals of "Do You Wanna Dance" and "Handy Man," and his own "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)." As the sixties progressed, Shannon experimented with psychedelic productions and more adventurous pop fare, but alcoholism slowed his productivity in the 1970s. Still, he found time to work with younger artists for whom he had been a key influence, including Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Dave Edmunds, and the Smithereens. The final track on Handy Man, "Walk Away," was a collaboration with both Petty and Lynne. Phil Kinrade has remastered all of the audio here. Alan Robinson's liner notes round out the package chronicling the career of a truly underrated singer and songwriter. This isn't the first comprehensive double-disc anthology of Shannon's relatively small yet mighty discography, but it's clearly one of the finest. The melancholy underneath the surface eventually got the better of Del Shannon, but he left behind a memorable body of work, both haunted and joyous, that's worth rediscovering.
Edsel has another 2-CD anthology out now with The Best of The Box Tops. Lead singer Alex Chilton was still a teenager when songwriter Wayne Carson Thompson's "The Letter" ascended to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Recording at Memphis' famed American Studios, producer Dan Penn emphasized Chilton's raspy, deep and beyond-his-years growl of a voice. It wasn't a voice he would deploy often on his subsequent records with Big Star, but it defined the pop-soul sound of The Box Tops. The group would eventually record four albums for the Bell label, all of which are sampled on this 2-CD, 30-song collection. Tracks from 1967's The Letter/Neon Rainbow include Thompson's "She Knows How" and the No. 24 hit "Neon Rainbow," tunes from the prolific producer Penn and his writing partner Spooner Oldham ("Everything I Am," "Happy Times," "I'm Your Puppet"), and covers of songs by Procol Harum ("A Whiter Shade of Pale"), Burt Bacharach and Hal David ("Trains and Boats and Planes," complete with the bridge that so many rock versions eschewed) and John D. Loudermilk ("Break My Mind"). The band's second album Cry Like a Baby was anchored by the electric sitar-propelled title track by Penn and Oldham; other highlights reprised on this set include Mickey Newbury's "Good Morning Dear" and a heavy cover of Holland-Dozier-Holland's Supremes smash "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by way of Vanilla Fudge. The Box Tops' third LP (and second of 1968) Non-Stop, yielded a pair of minor hits: Donnie Fritts and Eddie Hinton's "Choo Choo Train" and Penn and Oldham's "I Met Her in Church." Though personnel changes would keep dogging the group, a fourth and final album arrived with 1969's Dimensions. Chilton came into his own as a songwriter with such cuts as "Together," "I Must Be the Devil," and "The Happy Song," even as Wayne Carson Thompson brought The Box Tops full circle when he gifted them their final top 20 hit with "Soul Deep." The Best of The Box Tops has all of the group's chart hits save one: 1970's "You Keep Tightening Up on Me" (No. 92 on the Hot 100). Alan Robinson has again contributed the sleeve notes. While all four of The Box Tops' albums are essential listening (and not that difficult to track down; the now-defunct Raven label once released all four on a 2-CD set), The Best of The Box Tops is an enjoyable and breezy listen for those not looking to dig (soul) deep.
Edsel's sister imprint Driven by the Music has also revisited Donna Summer's 1982 self-titled Geffen album in a new book-style edition in the style of past releases including I'm a Rainbow: Remixed and Recoloured, A Hot Summer Night, and The Wanderer: 40th Anniversary. Donna Summer: 40th Anniversary contains the original album plus seven bonus tracks: the B-side "Sometimes Like Butterflies," three single edits, two Le Flex remixes of "Mystery of Love," and a remix of "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)." Although Driven by the Music has issued this album before in various formats with different bonus cuts, this set is a fine introduction for those who don't already own it. Produced by Quincy Jones, Donna Summer marked an artistic rebirth for Summer, on her own after a long collaboration with Giorgio Moroder. It was released in 1982 after a six-month recording period in which Jones brought on an array of his frequent A-team of musicians including David Foster, Michael Sembello, Greg Phillinganes, Ernie Watts, Jerry Hey, and Rod Temperton. The latter had authored "Off the Wall" and "Rock with You" for Michael Jackson, and he offered Donna the top 10 single "Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)." James Ingram was tapped to add vocals to "Mystery of Love" (he provided backgrounds elsewhere on the album, too) but the guest spots didn't end there. Bruce Springsteen wrote and played guitar on "Protection," and a star-studded chorus joined Donna on "State of Independence." Christopher Cross, Dionne Warwick, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Michael McDonald, Brenda Russell, and Kenny Loggins all supported Summer with their participation. A cover of Billy Strayhorn's art song "Lush Life" harkened back to Jones' jazz roots. Donna was rewarded with a gold record for Donna Summer. The 40th Anniversary edition has a new foreword by the artist's widower, Bruce Sudano, as well as comprehensive liner notes by Christian John Wikane drawing on quotes from participants including lyricist John Bettis ("The Woman in Me"), David Foster, Steve Lukather, Le Flex, Richard Page (co-writer and background vocalist on "Mystery of Love"), Brenda Russell, Greg Phillinganes, and others. Full lyrics and credits are also included in the full-color, 32-page mediabook. Audio has once again been remastered by Phil Kinrade.
J. Holiday had an enviable start to his career, thanks to the smash hit "Bed" and the successful single "Suffocate" on his gold-selling debut album, "Back of My 'Lac," though the CD had some missteps.
The album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at number 5, selling 105,000 copies in its first week. It debuted at #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album debuted in the Top 20 R&B/Hip Hop albums in Canada and charted within the Top 100 albums in Canada. It became a Top 10 R&B/Hip Hop album in the UK and a Top 40 UK album entry peaking at #32. In the U.S it also made it to #8 on the Tastemakers chart and #5 on the Top Digital Albums and Billboard Comprehensive Albums Chart. The promotional single from this album was "Be with Me", which stalled at #83 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart. Bed debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the issue week of July 4, 2007 at number 89 and has peaked at number 5. It was number 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for five weeks in a row. The single has also debuted on BET's 106 & Park countdown at number 9 on Tuesday July 31, 2007. On Wednesday, August 15, 2007, "Bed" hit number one on its 11th day on the countdown. J. Holiday also performed "Bed" on 106 & Park on August 17, 2007. "Bed" was also performed on Showtime at the Apollo along with the single "Suffocate". This song was #70 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. The video for "Bed" was ranked the #11 video of 2007 on BET: Notarized. His video for the third single, "Suffocate," debuted on BET's 106 & Park on November 7, 2007. The video was shot in Paris, France. "Come Here" was released as a single but was ultimately canceled. In 2009, Back of My Lac was Nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Contemporary R&B Album.
Round 2 is the second studio album by contemporary R&B singer J. Holiday. The album was released on March 10, 2009. The album is the follow-up to his platinum-selling debut album Back of My Lac'. The album sold 55,000 units in its first week and debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200. "It's Yours" is the first single from singer J. Holiday's second studio album, Round 2. The single features production from The Co-Stars (Teairra Mari's Make Her Feel Good), and Jasper Cameron (Lloyd's Player's Prayer). The song was well received, becoming the most added single at Urban Mainstream radio the week of December 13, 2008. Its Yours peaked at 25 on the US R&B chart. The 2nd single that was supposed to be released was Fall, but due to label problems it was canceled like "Come Here" on his previous album.
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