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Revision as of 20:24, 9 September 2013

For the album by Elkie Brooks, see Electric Lady.
Untitled
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Consequence of Sound[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB[6]
The Guardian[7]
The Telegraph[8]

The Electric Lady is the upcoming second studio album by American recording artist Janelle Monáe, scheduled to be released on September 10, 2013, by Wondaland Arts Society and Bad Boy Records. It is the follow up to her critically acclaimed debut studio album, The ArchAndroid. This album serves as the fourth and fifth installments of her seven-part Metropolis concept series.

Background

Monáe first debuted tracks from The Electric Lady at the 2012 Toronto Jazz Festival.

The Electric Lady was made available for pre-order through the iTunes Store on July 2, 2013, with "Dance Apocalyptic" as a pre-order bonus. The album will feature nineteen tracks, although only "Dance Apocalyptic" and previously released single "Q.U.E.E.N." were revealed.[9] There are two editions of the album: a standard edition and a deluxe edition sold exclusively at Target retailers.[10]

Writing and lyrical themes

Thematically, The Electric Lady will continue the utopian cyborg concepts of its predecessors, while presenting itself in more plainspoken, personal territory in addition to experimenting with genres beyond conventional funk and soul music genres such as jazz, pop punk and gospel, as well as woozy and sensual vocal ballads. The album features guest appearances by Prince, Erykah Badu, Solange, Miguel and Esperanza Spalding[11] with production from previous collaborator Deep Cotton (a funk act) and Roman GianArthur (a soul music composer).[12] On July 30, 2013, Monáe announced on Twitter that The Electric Lady would be the fourth and fifth suites of her Metropolis concept series.[13]

Reception

Critical Response

The Electric Lady has received universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, so far the album has received an average score of 85, based on 16 reviews.[14]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Suite IV: Electric Overture"1:37
2."Givin Em What They Love" (featuring Prince)4:26
3."Q.U.E.E.N." (featuring Erykah Badu)5:10
4."Electric Lady" (featuring Solange)5:08
5."Good Morning Midnight" (Interlude)1:22
6."PrimeTime" (featuring Miguel)4:40
7."We Were Rock n' Roll"4:19
8."The Chrome Shoppe" (Interlude)1:10
9."Dance Apocalyptic"3:25
10."Look Into My Eyes"2:18
11."Suite V: Electric Overture"2:20
12."It's Code"4:05
13."Ghetto Woman"4:46
14."Our Favorite Fugitive" (Interlude)1:23
15."Victory"4:12
16."Can't Live Without Your Love"3:54
17."Sally Ride"4:08
18."Dorothy Dandridge Eyes" (featuring Esperanza Spalding)4:15
19."What an Experience"4:41
Target deluxe edition bonus tracks[Note 1]
No.TitleLength
20."Q.U.E.E.N." (Wondamix) (featuring Erykah Badu) 
21."Electric Lady" (Dungeon-Wondamix) (featuring Big Boi and Cee-Lo Green) 
22."HYTB" 
23."I Want You Back" (Jackson 5 cover) 

Notes

  1. ^ The Target deluxe edition is divided into two discs, with disc 2 starting with "Suite V: Electric Overture", and the following bonus tracks included on that disc.

References

  1. ^ Greater New Orleans. "Janelle Monae announces sophomore album release date days before Essence Festival appearance". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
  2. ^ "Janelle Monáe announces release date for new album 'The Electric Lady' | News". Nme.Com. 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
  3. ^ "The Electric Lady - Janelle Monáe". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  4. ^ Kellman, Andy (2013-09-08). "The Electric Lady - Janelle Monáe - Songs, Albums, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". Allmusic. Allrovi. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  5. ^ Kivel, Adam (Sept. 9, 2013). "Album Review: Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved Sept. 9, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  6. ^ Catucci, Nick (2013-09-05). "The Electric Lady review". Entertainment Weekly. Time. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  7. ^ Petridis, Alexis (2013-09-05). "Janelle Monáe: The Electric Lady – review". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  8. ^ McCormick, Neil (2013-09-05). "Janelle Monáe, The Electric Lady, review". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  9. ^ "iTunes - Music - The Electric Lady by Janelle Monáe". Itunes.apple.com. 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
  10. ^ "Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady - Only at Target". Target.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  11. ^ "Janelle Monae: Visionary Express". Bluesandsoul.com. 1985-12-01. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  12. ^ "Janelle Monáe Enlists Prince and Miguel for 'The Electric Lady': Exclusive". Billboard. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  13. ^ "Twitter / JanelleMonae: SEPT 10th. "The Electric Lady:". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  14. ^ The Electric Lady (2013): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on September 9, 2013.
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