On How Life Is | ||||
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Studio album by Macy Gray | ||||
Released | July 1, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1997–99; A&M Studios, Paramount Studios, Sunset Sound Recorders (Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) |
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Genre | R&B, soul, neo soul | |||
Length | 44:55 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Andrew Slater | |||
Macy Gray chronology | ||||
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Singles from On How Life Is | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | [2] |
The Village Voice | [3] |
On How Life Is is the debut album by American recording artist Macy Gray, released in the United States on July 27, 1999 by Epic Records. Produced by Andrew Slater, it became Gray's best-selling album to date, selling 3.2 million copies in the United States and seven million copies worldwide.[4][5]
Contents |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Why Didn't You Call Me" | Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna | 3:14 |
2. | "Do Something" | Gray, Darryl Swann, Ruzumna, Dion Murdock, Patrick Brown, Raymon Murray, Rico Wade, Cameron Gipp, Robert Barnett, André Benjamin, Antwan Patton, Thomas Burton, Greg Mays, Daryl Barnes, George Clinton, Jr., Garry Shider, Bernard Worrell | 4:57 |
3. | "Caligula" | Gray, Swann, Ruzumna | 4:38 |
4. | "I Try" | Gray, Ruzumna, Jinsoo Lim, David Wilder | 3:59 |
5. | "Sex-O-Matic Venus Freak" | Gray, Ruzumna, Murdock | 3:57 |
6. | "I Can't Wait to Meetchu" | Gray, Swann, Ruzumna, Miles Tackett | 5:18 |
7. | "Still" | Gray, Ruzumna, Bill Esses, Jeff Blue | 4:15 |
8. | "I've Committed Murder" | Gray, Swann, Ruzumna, Kiilu Beckwith, Eddie Harris, Francis Lai, Carl Sigman | 4:59 |
9. | "A Moment to Myself" | Gray, Ruzumna, Tackett, Mark Morales, Damon Wimbley | 4:00 |
10. | "The Letter" | Gray, Jamie Houston, Matt Sherrod | 5:38 |
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
11. | "Rather Hazy" | Gray | 3:10 |
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Year-end charts
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Decade-end charts
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Country | Date | Label |
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Japan | July 1, 1999 | Epic Records |
United Kingdom | July 5, 1999 | Sony Music |
Switzerland | July 7, 1999 | |
United States | July 27, 1999 | Epic Records |
Canada | Sony Music | |
Australia | August 16, 1999 |
Preceded by All the Way… A Decade of Song by Celine Dion |
Australian Albums Chart number-one album January 3, 2000 – February 21, 2000 |
Succeeded by Play by Moby |
Preceded by Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers Play by Moby |
New Zealand Albums Chart number-one album January 23, 2000 – February 13, 2000 April 23, 2000 |
Succeeded by Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers The Platinum Album by Vengaboys |
Preceded by Aquarius by Aqua |
Danish Albums Chart number-one album April 10, 2000 |
Succeeded by Everything Glows by D-A-D |
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