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Mayer Hawthorne already had three solid albums of retro-soul in his back catalog, so with album number four, it's just natural that he spreads his wings a bit. The Ann Arbor-bred, L.A.-based singer was quoted as saying he "truly did not give a" you-know-what during the recording of the album, and while that may prepare the listener for a guest appearance from Korn, awesome dubstep bass drops, and twenty-minute psychedelic jams, Where Does This Door Go is nothing of the sort. Filled with the kind of funk that gets in the shoulders more than the rump, the album is a cool stroll from the '60s Motown Hawthorne has always adored to the fern bar/yacht rock of the '70s and on to the '80s when Hall & Oates were Private Eyes and allowing new wave into their life. It's a sleek and small landscape that seems heavily influenced by the Neptunes, so it's no surprise that Pharrell shows up for a handful of productions, including the almost-Aja-outtake "Wine Glass Woman," which reaches for the wit of Donald Fagen, but lands on Robin Thicke ("Wore your Christian Dior/But you shatter into pieces on the floor"). That's all well and good if a breezy feeling is what's required, and as the album gives up infectious odes to friendship ("Reach Out Richard") and goofball lyrics like "I'm programmable, I can go all night" ("Robot Love"), all while doubling down on the Michael McDonald ("The Stars Are Ours" is like the bearded one jumping between his Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan gigs), it's a pure, lowercase joy. Still, being so featherweight and Timberlake means "Crime," with Kendrick Lamar, comes off as gated community fluff, and while the lesser cuts are fun in context, they'll stop mixtapes cold with their bridge-to-nowhere concepts (the title cut), or come off as too cute/too clever ("Small Clone"/"Designer Drug"). Wherever this door does go, it is a place that calls for boat shoes, a relaxed attitude, and a returning fan's patience.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Voices, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tuxedo, Unknown, Other - Marlee Rojas, Voices, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Randolph, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ernest Clark, ComposerLyricist - Marcos Palacios, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Da Internz, Producer, Drum, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Chris Galland, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, MainArtist - Delbert Bowers, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JimiJames, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wunderlich, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Erick Jackson, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jackson Perry, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fernanda Repsold, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Manning, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Gilligan, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Splash, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Drums, Bass Guitar, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Felder, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mostyn, Synthesizer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Gilligan, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Oak, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Oakwud, Producer - TheAceFace69, Producer - Steve "Ace Face" Mostyn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Gilligan, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Splash, Producer, Drums, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Electric Guitar, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Jozwiak, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Martinez, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Beaubien, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tricia Parris, Unknown, Other
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
René Toledo, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pharrell Williams, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Chris Galland, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mayer Hawthorne, Bass Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Delbert Bowers, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Quincy McCrary, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimetta Rose, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Karl Tyler, Unknown, Other
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Felder, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mostyn, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Jessie Ware, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Oakwud, Producer - Steve "Aceface" Mostyn, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Voices, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jaded Incorporated, Unknown, Other - Jackson Perry, Voices, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Felder, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mostyn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Warren "Oak" Felder, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Chris Galland, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kendrick Lamar, Additional Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mayer Hawthorne, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Turntablist - Delbert Bowers, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kendrick Duckworth, ComposerLyricist - Oakwud, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pharrell Williams, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Chris Galland, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mayer Hawthorne, Bass Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Delbert Bowers, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Harlan Silverman, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marsha Ambrosius, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Felder, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mostyn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Warren "Oak" Felder, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Chris Galland, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Turntablist - Delbert Bowers, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Oakwud, Producer - TheAceFace69, Producer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Wells, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Gilligan, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Bass Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Viola, Violin, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Bjorkedal, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Votek, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Hill, Producer, Electric Guitar, Co-Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Chris Galland, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - WILLIAM CURTIS, ComposerLyricist - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Delbert Bowers, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Kid Harpoon, Producer, Mellotron, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Christian Wunderlich, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Destiny Papalia, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
René Toledo, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pharrell Williams, Producer, Percussion, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Chris Galland, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mayer Hawthorne, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Delbert Bowers, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Quentin Joseph, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Wells, Producer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Gilligan, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackson Perry, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Jeannette Boling, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Remsberg, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Shaili Sirpal, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Michael H. Brauer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Gilligan, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harlan Silverman, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jen Hirsh, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Pipkin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jason Schweitzer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Splash, Producer, Unknown, Other, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Wells, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Schweitzer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Drums, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harlan Silverman, Producer, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Wells, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Cohen, ComposerLyricist - Jacob Dutton, ComposerLyricist - Jake One, Producer - Mayer Hawthorne, Producer, Mixer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Mayer Hawthorne already had three solid albums of retro-soul in his back catalog, so with album number four, it's just natural that he spreads his wings a bit. The Ann Arbor-bred, L.A.-based singer was quoted as saying he "truly did not give a" you-know-what during the recording of the album, and while that may prepare the listener for a guest appearance from Korn, awesome dubstep bass drops, and twenty-minute psychedelic jams, Where Does This Door Go is nothing of the sort. Filled with the kind of funk that gets in the shoulders more than the rump, the album is a cool stroll from the '60s Motown Hawthorne has always adored to the fern bar/yacht rock of the '70s and on to the '80s when Hall & Oates were Private Eyes and allowing new wave into their life. It's a sleek and small landscape that seems heavily influenced by the Neptunes, so it's no surprise that Pharrell shows up for a handful of productions, including the almost-Aja-outtake "Wine Glass Woman," which reaches for the wit of Donald Fagen, but lands on Robin Thicke ("Wore your Christian Dior/But you shatter into pieces on the floor"). That's all well and good if a breezy feeling is what's required, and as the album gives up infectious odes to friendship ("Reach Out Richard") and goofball lyrics like "I'm programmable, I can go all night" ("Robot Love"), all while doubling down on the Michael McDonald ("The Stars Are Ours" is like the bearded one jumping between his Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan gigs), it's a pure, lowercase joy. Still, being so featherweight and Timberlake means "Crime," with Kendrick Lamar, comes off as gated community fluff, and while the lesser cuts are fun in context, they'll stop mixtapes cold with their bridge-to-nowhere concepts (the title cut), or come off as too cute/too clever ("Small Clone"/"Designer Drug"). Wherever this door does go, it is a place that calls for boat shoes, a relaxed attitude, and a returning fan's patience.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:06:18
- Main artists: Mayer Hawthorne
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2013 Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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