Southern Hummingbird

Southern Hummingbird
Studio album by Tweet
Released April 2, 2002 (2002-04-02)
(see release history)
Recorded 2001–2002;
Village Recorder
(West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California)
Westlake Audio
(West Hollywood, California)
Genre R&B, soul
Label Goldmind, Elektra
Producer Tweet (also exec.), Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott (also exec.), Timbaland (also exec.), Craig Brockman, Nisan Stewart, Jubu, Troy Johnson
Tweet chronology
Southern Hummingbird
(2002)		 It's Me Again
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]
Slant Magazine [3]

Southern Hummingbird is the debut album by American recording artist Tweet, released in the United States on April 2, 2002 by The Goldmind Inc. and Elektra Records. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart with 195,000 copies sold in its first week,[4] preceded by the R&B number-one lead single "Oops (Oh My)". It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 30, 2002,[5] having sold 858,000 units in the U.S. to date.[6]

The album features production by Timbaland, Craig Brockman, Nisan Stewart, guitarist John "Jubu" Smith, and Tweet herself. It also featured guest vocals by Elliott, Bilal, and BeatClub Records' Ms. Jade, and included a bonus track performed by Elliott, "Big Spender", which samples the '60s classic of the same name. After the successful lead single, the album spawned another two, the Timbaland-produced "Call Me" and the radio single "Smoking Cigarettes", which had a video shot for it directed by Little X but was never released.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "So Much to Say (Intro)" (Charlene Keys, Nisan Stewart, Craig Brockman) – 1:24
  2. "My Place" (Keys, Stewart, Brockman) – 4:24
  3. "Smoking Cigarettes" (Keys, Stewart, Brockman) – 4:16
  4. "Best Friend" (featuring Bilal) (Keys, Stewart, Brockman, Bilal Oliver) – 5:08
  5. "Always Will" (Keys, Stewart, John Smith) – 4:41
  6. "Boogie 2nite" (Keys, Stewart, Smith) – 4:10
  7. "Oops (Oh My)" (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) (Keys, Missy Elliott) – 3:58
  8. "Make Ur Move" (Keys, Timothy Mosley) – 3:49
  9. "Motel" (Keys, Susan Weems, Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers) – 3:48
  10. "Beautiful" (Keys, Brockman) – 4:05
  11. "Complain" (Keys, Stewart, Brockman, Weems) – 5:14
  12. "Heaven" (Keys, Stewart, Brockman) – 3:39
  13. "Call Me" (Keys, Elliott) – 2:56
  14. "Drunk" (Keys, Stewart, Brockman) – 5:25
  15. "Southern Hummingbird (Outro)" (Keys, Brockman) – 1:31
  16. "Sexual Healing (Oops Pt. 2)" (featuring Ms. Jade) (Keys, Mosley, Chevon Young) – 4:47
  17. "Big Spender" (performed by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) – 3:10
Japanese bonus track
  1. "Get Away (Move On)"

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart[7] 65
French Albums Chart[7] 101
German Albums Chart[8] 44
New Zealand Albums Chart[7] 32
Norwegian Albums Chart[7] 13
Swedish Albums Chart[7] 35
Swiss Albums Chart[7] 65
UK Albums Chart[9] 15
U.S. Billboard 200[10] 3
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[10] 2

Release history

Country Date Label
United States April 2, 2002 Goldmind, Elektra
Canada Elektra
Japan April 10, 2002 Warner
United Kingdom May 13, 2002 Elektra
Germany May 27, 2002 Warner
France May 28, 2002

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Southern Hummingbird > Overview". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r580774. Retrieved December 11, 2009. 
  2. ^ Hardy, Ernest (March 27, 2002). "Southern Hummingbird : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. RealNetworks, Inc. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tweet/albums/album/108274/review/5940723/southern_hummingbird. Retrieved December 11, 2009. 
  3. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (March 20, 2002). "Tweet: Southern Hummingbird". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=198. Retrieved December 11, 2009. 
  4. ^ Martens, Todd (April 11, 2002). "Ashanti Album, Single Dominate Charts". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.billboard.com/#/news/ashanti-album-single-dominate-charts-1462498.story. Retrieved December 11, 2009. 
  5. ^ "RIAA – Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. April 30, 2002. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Southern%20Hummingbird&artist=Tweet&perPage=25. Retrieved May 1, 2009. 
  6. ^ Whitmire, Margo (March 30, 2005). "50's 'Massacre' Holds Steady At No. 1". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. http://www.billboard.com/#/news/50-s-massacre-holds-steady-at-no.-1-1000862377.story. Retrieved December 11, 2009. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Tweet – Southern Hummingbird – swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tweet&titel=Southern+Hummingbird&cat=a. Retrieved October 27, 2008. 
  8. ^ "Musicline.de – Tweet – Southern Hummingbird" (in German). Media Control. Musicline.de. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/TWEET/Southern+Hummingbird/longplay. Retrieved October 27, 2008. 
  9. ^ "Chart Stats – Tweet – Southern Hummingbird". The Official Charts Company. Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=1327. Retrieved October 27, 2008. 
  10. ^ a b "Southern Hummingbird > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r580774. Retrieved October 27, 2008.