Crayons (album)
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| Studio album by Donna Summer | |||||
| Released | 20 May 2008 | ||||
| Recorded | 2005—2008 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, Rock, Dance, R&B, Dancehall, Hip hop, Samba | ||||
| Length | 50:18 | ||||
| Label | Burgundy | ||||
| Producer | Nathan DiGesare, Toby Gad, Jamie Houston, Greg Kurstin, Lester Mendez, Sebastian Morton, J.R. Rotem | ||||
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Crayons is the latest studio album by American pop icon Donna Summer released on 20 May 2008 in the United States. It is her first album of original material since 1991's Mistaken Identity.
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[edit] Overview
Recorded over a period of three years since signing with the independent Burgundy label in 2005, Crayons marks Summer's first full-length studio album in over seventeen years since the release of 1991's Mistaken Identity. She worked on the album with a number of different producers and songwriters including Greg Kurstin, Danielle Brisebois, J. R. Rotem, Toby Gad, Lester Mendez and Evan Bogart, the son of Summer's former record label boss at Casablanca Records, Neil Bogart.
Summer recorded twelve songs for the album and the title track is a duet between her and reggae veteran Ziggy Marley. The album's first official single, "Stamp Your Feet", was released to radio on April 15, 2008. A promotional single for the Latin-flavored "I'm a Fire" recently reached number-one giving Summer her 13th number-one hit on Billboard's dance club-music play chart and her 14th #1 hit on the various Billboard Singles charts. She has reached #1 on the Billboard charts in each of the past four decades.The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at number 17.
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Songwriters | Producer |
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| 1 | "Stamp Your Feet" | 3:52 | Danielle Brisebois, Greg Kurstin, Donna Summer | Kurstin[1] |
| 2 | "Mr. Music" | 3:14 | Evan Bogart, J. R. Rotem, Summer, Meredith Willson | Rotem |
| 3 | "Crayons" (featuring Ziggy Marley) | 3:21 | Brisebois, Kurstin, Marley, Summer | Kurstin |
| 4 | "The Queen Is Back" | 3:27 | Bogart, Rotem, Summer | Rotem |
| 5 | "Fame (The Game)" | 4:03 | Toby Gad, Summer | Gad |
| 6 | "Sand on My Feet" | 3:51 | Gad, Summer | Gad |
| 7 | "Drivin' Down Brazil" | 4:43 | Brisebois, Kurstin, Summer | Kurstin |
| 8 | "I'm a Fire" + | 7:10 | Al Kasha, Sebastian Arocha Morton, Summer | Morton |
| 9 | "Slide Over Backwards" | 4:10 | Nathan DiGesare, Jakob Petren, Summer | DiGesare |
| 10 | "Science of Love" | 3:48 | Gad, Summer | Gad |
| 11 | "Be Myself Again" | 4:19 | Wayne Hector, Lester Mendez, Summer | Mendez |
| 12 | "Bring Down the Reign" | 4:33 | Jamie Houston, Fred Kron, Summer | Houston |
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| 13 | "It's Only Love" + | 7:00 | Kasha, Morton, Summer | Morton |
'+' = Remixed by ROCAsound.
[edit] Chart Performance
| Chart (2008) | Peak Position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 17 |
[edit] Release History
[edit] References
- ^ 2000 and beyond. The Totally Unauthorized Donna Summer Tribute. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Moran, Jonathon (25 May 2008). Donna Summer's Back. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 25 May 2008.
