The Id | ||||
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Studio album by Macy Gray | ||||
Released | September 17, 2001 | |||
Recorded | Aragon Ballroom (Chicago, Illinois) Paramount Studios, The Record Plant (Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) Remote Recording Services, The Studio (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
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Genre | R&B, soul, neo soul | |||
Length | 56:25 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Macy Gray, Rick Rubin | |||
Macy Gray chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Id | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (71/100)[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The A.V. Club | (favorable)[3] |
Entertainment Weekly | (B)[4] |
musicOMH | (mixed)[5] |
NME | (5/10)[6] |
PopMatters | (favorable)[7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Slant Magazine | [9] |
Spin | (8/10)[10] |
Yahoo! Music | [11] |
The Id is the second studio album by American recording artist Macy Gray. It was released in the United States on September 18, 2001 by Epic Records, a week after the September 11, 2001 attacks, perhaps the main reason for its domestic underperformance; it debuted and peaked at number eleven on the Billboard 200 selling 93,000 copies in its first week,[12] but fell to number eighteen the following week, and has sold 593,000 copies in the US to date.[13] Nevertheless, The Id outpeaked its predecessor, On How Life Is, in several European countries, reaching the top position in the United Kingdom and Denmark. It also managed to produce the critically acclaimed single "Sweet Baby", which features fellow neo soul singer Erykah Badu.
The Tom Morello mix of "My Nutmeg Phantasy" was included on the soundtrack to the 2002 film Spider-Man, and "Relating to a Psychopath" was featured in the 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie Cadet Kelly.
Contents |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Relating to a Psychopath" | Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna, David Wilder, Darryl Swann | 4:48 |
2. | "Boo" | Gray, Ruzumna, Wilder, Swann, Victor Indrizzo, Zac Rae | 4:25 |
3. | "Sexual Revolution" | Gray, Ruzumna, Wilder, Swann | 4:45 |
4. | "Hey Young World Part 2" (featuring Slick Rick) | Gray, Ricky Walters, Dante Beze, Lamont Dorrell, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder | 4:03 |
5. | "Sweet Baby" (featuring Erykah Badu) | Gray, Joe Solo | 3:49 |
6. | "Harry" | Gray | 3:10 |
7. | "Gimme All Your Lovin' or I Will Kill You" | Gray, Ruzumna, Swann, Arik Marshall, Rita Marley | 4:45 |
8. | "Don't Come Around" (featuring Sunshine Anderson) | Gray, Ruzumna | 4:37 |
9. | "My Nutmeg Phantasy" (featuring Angie Stone and Mos Def) | Gray, Swann, Keith Ciancia, Finn Hammer, Lonnie Marshall, Tom Ralls | 4:55 |
10. | "Freak Like Me" | Gray, Swann, Gary Zekley, Eric Hord | 3:38 |
11. | "Oblivion" | Gray, Brian Lester | 2:49 |
12. | "Forgiveness" | Gray, Swann, Hoyt Axton | 5:17 |
13. | "Blowin' Up Your Speakers" | Gray, Swann | 1:07 |
14. | "Shed" (hidden track) | Gray, Ruzumna, Swann | 4:17 |
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Weekly charts
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Certifications
Year-end charts
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Country | Date | Label |
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Germany | September 17, 2001 | Sony Music |
United Kingdom | ||
United States | September 18, 2001 | Epic Records |
Japan | September 19, 2001 |
Preceded by A Funk Odyssey by Jamiroquai |
UK Albums Chart number-one album September 23, 2001 |
Succeeded by No Angel by Dido |
Preceded by Love and Theft by Bob Dylan |
Danish Albums Chart number-one album September 24, 2001 |
Succeeded by Girls Night Out by Cowgirls |
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