I looked on Maxwell's facebook page and this is what I saw:

then looked on his twitter:

If this is the album cover for the second suite of songs, it looks pretty cool. Same concept as the first, but love the color added. Really confident about this album. Hope we get a release by the end of this year!

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I tweeted him about it. It seems lazy that they just changed the color to orange. Same pic and all.

He did tweet that the album would be out a little later. Forget Winter. He was on vacation earlier this month, here are a few tweets:

_MAXWELL_ MAXWELL

weather here got me rethinkin the #§ummer§' release date...

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_MAXWELL_ MAXWELL

still plannin' the year out while recording producing and writing for others... def this year though.. timing is EVERYTHING

not bad

This Summer at the latest. I will be pissed if Sony delays it longer than that.

BLACK was out in July '09.

Nick715 said:

This Summer at the latest. I will be pissed if Sony delays it longer than that.

BLACK was out in July '09.

Yeah it would be wiser to push for a summer release. It would make it even more compelling and interesting. I mean he's had a year to support the first installment and tour also.

Cool.

I've been questioning that pic for a while now and I was hoping it wasn't the actual cover.

Wasn't this just for the "turn red" campaign on Twitter for World AIDS Day?

Per his twitter post in December:

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/78f7f1

And I hate to be skeptical, but I don't think that album is coming any time soon...

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So let me get this straight.

His last album was called BLACKsummers'night.

His next album is called blackSUMMERS'night.

..........Because that's not confusing at all.

Maybe Prince should call his next album "PurpleRAIN" or "signOFTHEtimes"

Militant said:

So let me get this straight.

His last album was called BLACKsummers'night.

His next album is called blackSUMMERS'night.

..........Because that's not confusing at all.

Maybe Prince should call his next album "PurpleRAIN" or "signOFTHEtimes"

You know Maxwell, that's part of his schtik.

119 said:

You know Maxwell, that's part of his schtik.

It's still hella dumb if you ask me. lol

Nick715 said:

And before u ask, the 3rd installment is blacksummers'NIGHT.

Oh how creative

119 said:

Wasn't this just for the "turn red" campaign on Twitter for World AIDS Day?

Per his twitter post in December:

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/78f7f1

And I hate to be skeptical, but I don't think that album is coming any time soon...

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If it is then forget what I said

119 said:

Wasn't this just for the "turn red" campaign on Twitter for World AIDS Day?

Per his twitter post in December:

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/78f7f1

And I hate to be skeptical, but I don't think that album is coming any time soon...

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How could this have been for World AIDS Day last December when SUMMERS' is highlighted in orange also? This has to be the new album cover or maybe the start of it???...don't know about its release, but this definitely has to be the album cover.

Remember the last one:

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Militant said:

Nick715 said:

And before u ask, the 3rd installment is blacksummers'NIGHT.

And that's before we even get to the question of what's going on with that apostrophe in the title....

silverchild said:

119 said:

Wasn't this just for the "turn red" campaign on Twitter for World AIDS Day?

Per his twitter post in December:

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/78f7f1

And I hate to be skeptical, but I don't think that album is coming any time soon...

[Edited 1/23/11 18:03pm]

How could this have been for World AIDS Day last December when SUMMERS' is highlighted in orange also? This has to be the new album cover or maybe the start of it???...don't know about its release, but this definitely has to be the album cover.

Remember the last one:

[Edited 1/23/11 22:26pm]

All I know is that this was the image he changed his twitter to on World AIDS day and in his own words it was for the Turn Red Campaign. If it is also his new album cover, so be it. He has been working on "summers" for much longer than the last year and has had that title highlighted in a number of places.

Maxwell need to hurry up and release the first single of Summer !

silverchild said:

119 said:

Wasn't this just for the "turn red" campaign on Twitter for World AIDS Day?

Per his twitter post in December:

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/78f7f1

And I hate to be skeptical, but I don't think that album is coming any time soon...

[Edited 1/23/11 18:03pm]

How could this have been for World AIDS Day last December when SUMMERS' is highlighted in orange also? This has to be the new album cover or maybe the start of it???...don't know about its release, but this definitely has to be the album cover.

Remember the last one:

[Edited 1/23/11 22:26pm]

I agree. World AIDS Day was almost 2 months ago.

Looks nice now come on with the damn cd already

Timing probably is everything for this guy cuz this release is gimmicky as hell. Do people actually buy Maxwell records anymore? I didn't even know he kept going beyond I guess an album after Urban Hang Suite or so.

I wonder how it gets registered to various databases though.

For example, sites like Discogs won't allow typing titles in "all caps" and I think all of those albums could get called just "Blacksummers'night" under such terms. I'd reckon some stores will also have difficulties on how to list them as well, although they'll probably have other means for differentiation.

Actually, it's a bit odd his record company even let him name them in that manner.

novabrkr said:

I wonder how it gets registered to various databases though.

For example, sites like Discogs won't allow typing titles in "all caps" and I think all of those albums could get called just "Blacksummers'night" under such terms. I'd reckon some stores will also have difficulties on how to list them as well, although they'll probably have other means for differentiation.

Actually, it's a bit odd his record company even let him name them in that manner.

Yeah it was odd for me too. He should've just titled them seperately 'BLACK,' then 'SUMMERS'' and 'NIGHT.' Simple right?

silverchild said:

novabrkr said:

I wonder how it gets registered to various databases though.

For example, sites like Discogs won't allow typing titles in "all caps" and I think all of those albums could get called just "Blacksummers'night" under such terms. I'd reckon some stores will also have difficulties on how to list them as well, although they'll probably have other means for differentiation.

Actually, it's a bit odd his record company even let him name them in that manner.

Yeah it was odd for me too. He should've just titled them seperately 'BLACK,' then 'SUMMERS'' and 'NIGHT.' Simple right?

Yeah, his fault for making it difficult.