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India.Arie's third album would've sounded much different if it had been recorded and released shortly after 2002's Voyage to India. It would've either been made just before or immediately after a major breakup, one that informs much of Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship. This isn't a bitter breakup album; instead, it's largely a breakup album that instead involves forgiveness, closure, and -- of course -- the kind of soul searching that Arie's fans have come to expect. Arie's relationship was apparently very serious, as demonstrated in "These Eyes," where she demands respect and wonders what her and his children would've been like. Though songs like "Good Mourning" deal with the immediate aftermath ("Good morning silence, good morning to myself/Good morning to the pain in the center of my chest"), they also seem to revel in it as just another part of being alive ("Good morning acceptance, good morning inner strength/I'm loving every moment, even the inner strain"). The album is a major production. Many of its songs involve well over a dozen musicians, some of which -- Rachelle Ferrell, Keb' Mo', Victor Wooten, Rascal Flatts, Acoustic Soul accomplice Mark Batson -- are bound to make some listeners freak. It's clear that Arie has been listening to a lot of country music; while these songs are completely hers (with the exception of Don Henley's "Heart of the Matter," a song that easily fits into the scheme of the album), it wouldn't be surprising to hear a handful of them covered by contemporary country artists. Since a significant portion of the album is centered around heartbreak and moving on, some of Arie's fans might not ever connect fully connect with it, but it will certainly be of great assistance to any of her fans who find themselves coping with something similar.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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India.Arie, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shannon Sanders, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Pilsneniks, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Payn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Batson, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Recording Engineer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - David Piltch, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - India.Arie, Producer, Trumpet, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shannon Sanders, Producer, Additional Producer - Matthew Johnson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Blue Miller, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Abe Laboriel Jr., Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Fessel, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachelle Ferrell, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Fuqua, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joyce Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Che Pope, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Quinones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Payn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Brock, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Kreisha Hicks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
J.D. Souther, ComposerLyricist - India.Arie, Producer, MainArtist - Michael Rhodes, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - DON HENLEY, ComposerLyricist - John Catchings, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Dru Castro, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael W Campbell, ComposerLyricist - Frank Macek, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Laurie Ann Fessler, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy J-Rok English, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Deronda Lewis, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Javier Solis, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - India.Arie, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Shannon Sanders, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Courtney Branch, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Drew Ramsey, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - DAVID DAVIDSON, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Catchings, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Natthaphol Abhigantaphand, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Martino, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lotz, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Neal Cappellino, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Parnin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aaron Fessel, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Lawrence, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marisa Kuney, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Mackey, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Fuqua, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alisha Bauer, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Phillip Ramos, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Abraham Libbos, Unknown, Other - Adrienne Woods, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Double G, Unknown, Other - Darin James, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Lamar Carter, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Jahner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doctah B, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
LaMarquis Jefferson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - India.Arie, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dru Castro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Branden Burch, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - John Howard III, Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Richard Johnson, Jr., Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - William Harriet, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Rostad, Strings, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
India.Arie, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chris Johnson, Trumpet, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Dru Castro, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mimi, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Branden Burch, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tony Harrington, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rob Skipworth, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ametria Dock, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Andre Burch, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Rostad, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon "Woodchuck" Durham, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Moses Staimez, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Wanda, Unknown, Other - Cekoya Tolbert, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
India.Arie, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shannon Sanders, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Pilsneniks, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Payn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
India.Arie, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Rhythm Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Courtney Branch, Recording Engineer, Rhythm Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Ricky Lawson, Unknown, Other - Unknown, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jaycen Joshua, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Parnin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Trevor Lawrence, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cornelius Mims, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Marisa Kuney, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Crouch, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Keb' Mo', Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Abraham Libbos, Unknown, Other - Tracy Kendrick, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Double G, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Doctah B, Producer, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Herban Shamen, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Destiny Muhammad, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Tarika Lewis, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Alma Cielo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Jackson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Phillip White, ComposerLyricist - India.Arie, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Rhodes, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jared Gosselin, ComposerLyricist - Branden Burch, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Macek, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Unknown, Programming, Other, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy J-Rok English, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Rostad, Strings, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
India.Arie, Producer, MainArtist - Shannon Sanders, Producer - Cindy Morgan, ComposerLyricist - Drew Ramsey, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Victor Wooten, Upright Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rascal Flatts, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - F. Reid Shippen, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Natthaphol Abhigantaphand, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Danny Duncan, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - J.D. Blair, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Martino, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Lotz, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neal Cappellino, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jon Graves, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Battaglia, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Jahner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tammy Rogers King, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
India.Arie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Shannon Sanders, Producer, ComposerLyricist - India Arie Simpson, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Ramsey, Producer - Drew Ramsey, ComposerLyricist - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Akon, FeaturedArtist - Bob Tucker, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sara Killion, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Fuqua, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
India.Arie, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel - Spoken Word, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mike Lawler, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - India.Arie, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Shannon Sanders, Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tiffany, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Rhodes, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Ramsey, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matthew Johnson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Fessel, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Fuqua, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Macek, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Chimere Scott, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ametria Dock, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy J-Rok English, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
India.Arie, Producer, Piano, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shannon Sanders, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Pilsneniks, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Payn, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pierre Medor, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Trina Broussard, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - India.Arie, Producer, Additional Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - BONNIE RAITT, FeaturedArtist - Dave Pensado, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Thomas, Producer, Additional Producer - Dru Castro, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dre Bowman, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Castro, ComposerLyricist - Laurnea Wilkerson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ametria Dock, Producer, Additional Producer - Chenere, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
LaMarquis Jefferson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Batson, Producer - India.Arie, Producer, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - India Arie Simpson, ComposerLyricist - Batson, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Johnson, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Branden Burch, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Erik Rostad, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Moses Staimez, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mark Batson, ComposerLyricist - India.Arie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dru Castro, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
India.Arie, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Shannon Sanders, ComposerLyricist - Drew Ramsey, ComposerLyricist - Osunlade, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Afefe Ika, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
India.Arie's third album would've sounded much different if it had been recorded and released shortly after 2002's Voyage to India. It would've either been made just before or immediately after a major breakup, one that informs much of Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship. This isn't a bitter breakup album; instead, it's largely a breakup album that instead involves forgiveness, closure, and -- of course -- the kind of soul searching that Arie's fans have come to expect. Arie's relationship was apparently very serious, as demonstrated in "These Eyes," where she demands respect and wonders what her and his children would've been like. Though songs like "Good Mourning" deal with the immediate aftermath ("Good morning silence, good morning to myself/Good morning to the pain in the center of my chest"), they also seem to revel in it as just another part of being alive ("Good morning acceptance, good morning inner strength/I'm loving every moment, even the inner strain"). The album is a major production. Many of its songs involve well over a dozen musicians, some of which -- Rachelle Ferrell, Keb' Mo', Victor Wooten, Rascal Flatts, Acoustic Soul accomplice Mark Batson -- are bound to make some listeners freak. It's clear that Arie has been listening to a lot of country music; while these songs are completely hers (with the exception of Don Henley's "Heart of the Matter," a song that easily fits into the scheme of the album), it wouldn't be surprising to hear a handful of them covered by contemporary country artists. Since a significant portion of the album is centered around heartbreak and moving on, some of Arie's fans might not ever connect fully connect with it, but it will certainly be of great assistance to any of her fans who find themselves coping with something similar.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:43
- Main artists: India.Arie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2006 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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