Ten years after she last enraptured fans with her sumptious ballads,Anita Baker returns with a new album 'My Everything' on Sep.7."It's in the vein of what she's done in the past," says Bruce Lundvall,president of Blue Note Records."There is no way you can put that voice in a different context.It is always Anita Baker".

Baker did most of the writing for the eight-song album,including a co-written duet with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds,"Like You Used To Do".It is the sixth studio album for Baker,whose catalog---including such hits as "Sweet Love","Giving You The Best That I've Got",and "Body and Soul"---is still heavily played on jazz and adult R&B radio stations.

Lundvall says that when Baker decided to end her hiatus,she contacted him,saying that she wanted to be on the same label wil Cassandra Wilson,Dianne Reeves,Rachelle Farrell, and "that young girl" (Norah Jones).The first single from Baker's CD can be heard starting July 12.

Source: USA Today
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any info on the production? is Michael J. Powell back in the chair???

Dancelot said:

Not sure who the producer(s) are,but it's a safe bet that Babyface produced the track that he apears on "Like You Used To Do",which I think will be the first single.

Well it's about friggin' time. I remember when she released one of the best R&B albums of the 80's, Rapture. Hopefully this new one will be just as good as that.

HER NEW SONG "YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING" IS NICE CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR THE REST OF HER CD!

Avoid her live album. It is really bad.

OMG that just made my Day!

~ smiles ~ what a belting voice from a little womyn !!

peace, mach

2freaky4church1 said:

we gonna be stoppin by the wreka stow on the way to the P show that day ... hot damn bout time... U go girl.....

It's about time. I'm excited to hear what Ms Baker has up her sleeve.

I love Anita Baker! Glad to hear that she's back. However, she's been away for 10 years and she's only releasing eight songs on that CD?!?!?!? Oh, no she didn't!

This is great news. I can't wait to hear Anita's new music. I was just listening to her first cd the other day. She has such an amazing voice. The lady can sing!!

The live album isn't bad at all...What's wrong with your ears?

Wooooohoooo!
Weve been waiting for sooo long. I was 15 when Body & Soul (her last studio album) came out. Im 25 now.

FINALLY!

PAPAROBBIE said:

I think 2Freakymeans the way the live album is put together. It's disjointed and seems thrown together. They didn't even try to make it flow together. The performances are good, but sequencing and over all production is horrible.