The Day (Babyface album)

The Day is the fifth album by R&B artist, Babyface. Was produced by the artist himself, and includes a handful of guest artist like Mariah Carey, Jody Watley, Stevie Wonder, Kenny G, LL Cool J, among others.

At the 40th Grammy Awards in 1997 this album received four nominations including Album of the Year (losing to Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind)[1]; Best R&B Album (losing to Erykah Badu's Baduizm) [2], and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the second single (and biggest hit) "Every Time I Close My Eyes" (losing to Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" [3]). Also the third single, a collaboration with Stevie Wonder titled "How Come, How Long" received a nod for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. The singles "This is for the Lover in You" and "Every Time I Close My Eyes" both reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 chart and #4 in the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tally [4].

Track listing

All tracks written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, except tracks 5, 7, 9 and 10.

1. Every Time I Close My Eyes (featuring Mariah Carey and Kenny G)
2. Talk To Me (featuring Eric Clapton)
3. I Said I Love You
4. When Your Body Gets Weak
5. Simple Days (written by Bradley Spolter, Emmanuel Officer, Robbie Nevil and Babyface)
6. All Day Thinkin'
7. Seven Seas (written by Marc Nelson and Babyface)
8. The Day (That You Gave Me A Son)
9. How Come, How Long (featuring Stevie Wonder) (written by Babyface and Stevie Wonder)
10. This Is For The Lover In You (featuring LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniel) (written by Howard Hewett and Dana Meyers)

Personnel

• Produced by: Babyface (except "All Day Thinkin'" co-produced by Gerald Baillergeau; "Simple Days" co-produced by Bradley; and "This Is For The Lover In You" co-produced by LL Cool J)
• Engineered by Brad Gilderman and Thom Russo
• Mixed by Jon Gass, Mick Guzauski and Bob Brockmann
• Strings on "The Day" engineered by Humberto Gatica
• Background vocals on "Every Time I Close My Eyes" engineered by Mike Scott
• Recorded at The Tracken Place, Beverly Hills, CA and The Record Plant, Hollywood CA.
• Mastered by Eddy Schreyer at Oasis Mastering
• MIDI Programmer: Randy Walker
• Production coordinator: Ivy Skoff
• Art direction: Bennet/Novak and company
• Design: Vincent Oto
• Booklet and Spike Photography: Anton Corbijn
• Cover photography: Beisig and Taylor
• Styling: Bernard C. Jacobs
• Grooming: Melvonne
• Hair: Tim Carter