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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert Christgau(dud)[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
Jazz Times(favourable)[4]
Billboard(favourable)[5]
Popmatters(favourable)[6]
NPR(favourable)[7]

The Dana Owens Album is the fifth studio album of American recording artist and actress Queen Latifah released on September 28, 2004 by A&M Records. The album got to Nos. 16 & 11 on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts respectively.[1][8][9]

Overview

Unlike Latifah's previous hip hop/R&B-oriented efforts, this album showcases a jazz vocal performance. It is a cover album. Even though Latifah has sung songs and choruses during her rap career, she has never put out a full singing album before. The album's title—Latifah's birth name—indicates the different style of music contained on the album. Moreover, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2005. July 2005, Latifah performed on ABC's Good Morning America concert series. R&B singers Erykah Badu and Jill Scott joined her in a singing tribute to singer Luther Vandross. Latifah, Badu and Scott headlined together for a summer concert tour, 2005's Sugar Water Festival Tour. The album has sold 730,000 copies in the United States alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and has been certificate gold by the Recording Industry Association of America

Track listing

  1. "Baby Get Lost" (Leonard Feather) – 3:42
  2. "I Put a Spell on You" (Screamin' Jay Hawkins) – 3:08
  3. "Simply Beautiful" (Al Green) – 4:11
  4. "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" (Bill Withers) – 3:53
  5. "Moody's Mood for Love" (James Moody, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:59
  6. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) – 2:55
  7. "California Dreamin'" (John Phillips, Michelle Phillips) – 3:42
  8. "Hard Times" (Stony Browder, August Darnell) – 5:21
  9. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Gail Fisher, Vincent Levy, Joe Zawinul) – 3:27
  10. "Hello Stranger" (Barbara Lewis) – 3:00
  11. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 4:04
  12. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:25

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200[8] 16
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[9] 11

Singles

Single Chart (2005) Peak
position
"Simply Beautiful" U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 15

References

  1. ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "Queen Latifah: The Dana Owens Album". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Queen Latifah". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  3. ^ Blashill, Pat (October 28, 2004). "Queen Latifah: The Dana Owens Album : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  4. ^ "Queen Latifah: The Dana Owens Album". jazztimes.com.
  5. ^ "The Dana Owens Album". billboard.com.
  6. ^ "Queen Latifah: The Dana Owens Album". popmatters.com.
  7. ^ "Queen Latifah Turns to Ballads". npr.org.
  8. ^ a b "Queen Latifah: The Dana Owens Album (Billboard 200)". billboard.com.
  9. ^ a b "Queen Latifah: The Dana Owens Album (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". billboard.com.
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