Better_Days_Ahead_(Norman_Brown_album)
Better Days Ahead (album)
1996 studio album by Norman Brown
Better Days Ahead is the third studio album of jazz guitarist Norman Brown released in 1996 on Motown Records. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[2][3]
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| Released | June 18, 1996 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | Norman Brown, The Characters, Charles Farrar, Herman Jackson, Troy Taylor, Michael Vail Blum | |||
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Earth, Wind & Fire Horns appear on the album.[2]
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "This Time Around" | Norman Brown | 4:25 |
| 2. | "Better Days Ahead" | Norman Brown | 5:42 |
| 3. | "After the Love Has Gone" | Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon | 5:03 |
| 4. | "Places in the Heart" | Norman Brown | 6:32 |
| 5. | "Third World" | Norman Brown | 5:16 |
| 6. | "Come Closer to Me" | Norman Brown | 4:59 |
| 7. | "N-Control" | Norman Brown | 5:27 |
| 8. | "Serenade" | Norman Brown | 6:10 |
| 9. | "Your Body's Callin'" | R. Kelly | 5:49 |
| 10. | "Facts of Love" | Norman Brown, Kenneth William Hirsch, Kimberly Ross | 5:55 |
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- Norman Brown – guitars (1-9), arrangements (1-9), vocal scat (3), vocal arrangements (3, 6), lead guitar (10)
- Gail Johnson – keyboards (1), organ (7), synthesizers (7)
- Wayne Livsey – keyboards (1, 7)
- Herman Jackson – keyboards (2, 4-6, 8), synthesizer programming (3), drum programming (3), arrangements (3), grand piano (4, 8)
- The Characters (Charles Farrar and Troy Taylor) – instruments (9, 10)
- Troy Taylor – backing vocals (9, 10), additional arrangements (8), synthesizer programming (10), drum programming (10), rhythm and vocal arrangements (10)
- Larry Kimpel – bass (1, 2, 4-8)
- James Manning – bass (3)
- Rayford Griffin – drums (1, 2, 4-8)
- Munyungo Jackson – percussion (1, 2, 4-6)
- Gary Bias – horns (6, 7)
- Reggie Young – horns (6, 7)
- Ray Brown – horns (6, 7), orchestration (6, 7)
- Bridgette Bryant – backing vocals (3), vocals (6)
- Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey – backing vocals (3), vocal arrangements (3, 6), vocals (6)
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (3)
- Carl "Neuron" Thomas – backing vocals (9)
Production
- Bruce Walker – executive producer
- Norman Brown – executive producer, producer (1-8, 10)
- Herman Jackson – co-producer (1-8)
- Michael Vail Blum – co-producer (1, 2, 4-8), recording, mixing
- The Characters – producers (9, 10)
- Eliud "Lou" Ortiz – recording, mixing
- Ralph Sutton – recording
- Richard Huredia – recording assistant
- Tony Rambo – recording assistant
- James Saez – recording assistant
- Michael Sangrey – recording assistant
- Erick Labson – mastering at MCA Music Media Studios (North Hollywood, California)
- Eric Talbert – A&R direction
- Chad Gary – A&R production coordinator
- Kimberly Ross – production management assistant
- David Irvin – design
- Carol Friedman – art direction, photography
- Ellen Silverstein – wardrobe styling
- Michael Evans – hair stylist
- Quitefire – make-up
- Bruce Kramer – management
- "Norman Brown: Better Days Ahead". allmusic.com.
- Norman Brown: Better Days Ahead. Motown Records. 1996.
- "Norman Brown: Better Days Ahead (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard.com.
