Joe Thomas, New Man

Joe Thomas, New Man
Studio album by Joe Thomas
Released September 23, 2008 (U.S.)
September 29, 2008 (U.K.)[1]
Recorded 2008
Genre R&B, Urban, Club/Dance, Adult contemporary
Length 50:07
Label Kedar Entertainment
Producer Kedar Massenburg
Joe, B. Cox, Stereotypes, Micayle Mckinney, D'Mile, Jerry Flowers
Joe Thomas chronology
Ain't Nothin' Like Me
(2007)		 Joe Thomas, New Man
(2008)		 Greatest Hits
(2008)
Singles from Joe Thomas, New Man
  1. "E.R. (Emergency Room)"
    Released: July 15, 2008
  2. "Why Just Be Friends"
    Released: July 30, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com [2]
Allmusic [3]

Joe Thomas, New Man is the seventh album by singer Joe released on September 23, 2008.[4]

Contents

Album information

The album was set to have contributions from Nas, The Game, Busta Rhymes, Mario, Trey Songz, Snoop Dogg and P. Diddy,[5] however, none are featured on the album. Production will be by Bryan-Michael Cox, Stereotypes, MACK and hot newcomer D'Mile amongst other.[6]

The first single, "E.R. (Emergency Room)" was released on July 15, 2008 and the second single, "Why Just Be Friends" was released on July 30.[7]

The song "We Need to Roll", was set to feature Mario and Trey Songz however the pair did not appear on the standard edition of the album. Instead it was placed as a bonus track on the Japan edition of the album as a remix.

Target carried a special edition of the album including the songs "Triple Black Room", "I Will Again" and "Approach". These songs also appear on the UK edition of the album.

The deluxe edition of the album is set for release on November 25, 2008 as confirmed on his myspace.[8]

The album debuted at number 8 on the Billboard charts on the week of September 29, 2008. 56,733 copies were sold in the first week. Which was a great success for Joe being now on an independent label, Kedar Entertainment. In its second week on the charts, the album sold 112,725 copies.

Track listing

No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "E.R. (Emergency Room)"   D'Mile; Norquon "Fats" Greg; LaShawn Daniels 3:49
2. "By Any Means"   Bryan-Michael Cox; Johnta Austin 3:51
3. "Why Just Be Friends"   Micayle "MACK" Mckinney and Stereotypes 4:23
4. "We Need to Roll"   Bryan-Michael Cox; Johnta Austin; Kendrick A.J. Dean 4:05
5. "Man In Your Life"   Bryan-Michael Cox; Johnta Austin 3:16
6. "I Won't Let Him Hurt You"   Bryan-Michael Cox; Johnta Austin 4:14
7. "New Man"   Stereotypes 3:47
8. "Start Over Again"   Jerry "Fatz" Flowers; Corey Antwone 4:38
9. "Sorry"   Jerry "Fatz" Flowers; Corey Antwone 3:36
10. "Heart Behind My Eyes"   Jerry "Fatz" Flowers; Corey Antwone 3:42
11. "Chameleon"   Alex Cantrell; Phillip "Whitey" White; Jared Lee Gosselin 3:47

The Deluxe edition was released on November 25, 2008 and includes 3 new tracks in addition to the bonus snippets from Signature.

Chart positions

Chart (2008) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 3
U.S. Billboard 200 8
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums 1
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums 8
UK Albums Chart 90

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ About.com review
  3. ^ Allmusic review
  4. ^ bestbuy listing for Joe's new cd
  5. ^ Joe has a new cd coming
  6. ^ Joe 's new cd "New Man" coming 23 Sept 8
  7. ^ Joe sues & leves Jive; moves to Kedar/Universal;working on 2 new cds!
  8. ^ [2]
Joe
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Christmas albums
Singles
"I'm in Luv" · "The One for Me" · "All or Nothing" · "All the Things (Your Man Won't Do)" · "Don't Wanna Be a Player" · "The Love Scene" · "Good Girls" · "No One Else Comes Close" · "All That I Am/Sanctified Girl" · "Thank God I Found You"  · "Treat Her Like a Lady" · "I Wanna Know" · "Stutter" · "Let's Stay Home Tonight" · "What If a Woman" · "More & More" · "Ride wit U" · "Priceless" · "Where You At?" · "If I Was Your Man" · "My Love" · "We Are Family" · "E.R. (Emergency Room)" · "Why Just Be Friends" · "We Need to Roll" · "Triple Back Room (Remix)" · "Majic" · "Can’t Get Over You"  · "Worst Case Scenario"
Featured singles
"Still Not a Player" · "No Guarantee" · "Listen to Your Man" · "Wanna Get to Know You" · "Curious" · "More Than Woman" · "Test Drive" · "Make Through The Rain" · "Thank God I Found You" · "Coming Back Home" · "Good Enough"
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