Southern Hummingbird

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Southern Hummingbird
Studio album by Tweet
Released April 2, 2002 (2002-04-02)
Recorded 2001–02;
Village Recorder
(West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California)
Westlake Audio
(West Hollywood, California)
Genre R&B, neo-soul, downtempo
Length 66:27
Label Goldmind, Elektra
Producer Craig Brockman, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott (also exec.), Troy Johnson, Jubu, Nisan Stewart, Timbaland (also exec.), Tweet (also exec.)
Tweet chronology

Southern Hummingbird
(2002)		 It's Me Again
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 73/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
The A.V. Club A[3]
BBC Music favorable[4]
Robert Christgau [5]
Dotmusic 7/10[6]
Entertainment Weekly C+[7]
NME 6/10[8]
PopMatters 7/10[9]
Rolling Stone [10]
Slant Magazine [11]

Southern Hummingbird is the debut studio album by American recording artist Tweet, released on April 2, 2002 by The Goldmind Inc. and Elektra Records. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling 195,000 copies in its first week.[12] It was preceded by lead single "Oops (Oh My)", which reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[13] Southern Hummingbird was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 30, 2002,[14] and has sold 858,000 units in the US as of March 2005.[15]

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 song of the same name from the 1966 musical Sweet Charity. 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.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "So Much to Say (Intro)"  Charlene Keys, Nisan Stewart, Craig BrockmanStewart, Brockman 1:24
2. "My Place"  Keys, Stewart, BrockmanStewart, Brockman 4:24
3. "Smoking Cigarettes"  Keys, Stewart, BrockmanTweet, Stewart (add.), Brockman (add.) 4:16
4. "Best Friend" (featuring Bilal)Keys, Stewart, Brockman, Bilal OliverTweet, Stewart (add.), Brockman (add.) 5:08
5. "Always Will"  Keys, Stewart, John SmithJubu, Stewart 4:41
6. "Boogie 2nite"  Keys, Stewart, SmithJubu, Stewart 4:10
7. "Oops (Oh My)" (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott)Keys, Missy ElliottTimbaland 3:58
8. "Make Ur Move"  Keys, Timothy MosleyTimbaland 3:49
9. "Motel"  Keys, Susan Weems, Bernard Edwards, Nile RodgersTweet 3:48
10. "Beautiful"  Keys, BrockmanBrockman 4:05
11. "Complain"  Keys, Stewart, Brockman, WeemsTweet, Stewart (add.), Brockman (add.) 5:14
12. "Heaven"  Keys, Stewart, BrockmanTweet, Brockman (add.), Timbaland (add.) 3:39
13. "Call Me"  Keys, ElliottTimbaland 2:56
14. "Drunk"  Keys, Stewart, BrockmanTweet, Brockman (add.) 5:25
15. "Southern Hummingbird (Outro)"  Keys, Brockman  1:31
16. "Sexual Healing (Oops Pt. 2)" (featuring Ms. Jade)Keys, Mosley, Chevon YoungTimbaland 4:47
17. "Big Spender" (performed by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott)Elliott, Troy JohnsonElliott, Johnson 3:12
Notes

Personnel

Credits for Southern Hummingbird adapted from album liner notes.[17]

  • Tweet – vocals (1–16); producer (3, 4, 9, 11, 12, 14); executive producer
  • Ruven Afanador – photography
  • Chuck Amos – hair stylist
  • Yaneley Arty – A&R
  • Carlos Bedoya – engineer (17)
  • Bilal – vocals (4)
  • Merlin Bobb – A&R
  • Anita Marisa Boriboon – art direction, design
  • Alan Branch – product manager
  • Craig Brockman – producer (1, 2, 10); additional producer (3, 4, 11, 12, 14)
  • Jay Brown – A&R
  • Michaela Angela Davis – stylist
  • Dontae – bass (4)
  • Jimmy Douglass – engineer (7, 8, 12, 13, 16); mixing (7, 8, 13, 16)
  • Dylan Dresdow – engineer, mixing (1–6, 9–12, 14)

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Urban Albums Chart[18] 18
Dutch Albums Chart[19] 65
French Albums Chart[20] 101
German Albums Chart[21] 44
New Zealand Albums Chart[22] 32
Norwegian Albums Chart[23] 13
Swedish Albums Chart[24] 35
Swiss Albums Chart[25] 65
UK Albums Chart[26] 15
US Billboard 200[13] 3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[13] 2

Certifications

Country Provider Certification
United States RIAA Gold [14]

Release history

Region Date Label
United States[13] April 2, 2002 The Goldmind Inc., Elektra Records
Japan[16] April 10, 2002 Warner Music
Australia[27] May 13, 2002
United Kingdom[28] Elektra Records
Germany[29] May 27, 2002 Warner Music

References

  1. ↑ "Southern Hummingbird – Tweet". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 21, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Southern Hummingbird – Tweet". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 11, 2009. 
  3. ↑ Rabin, Nathan (April 17, 2002). "Tweet: Southern Hummingbird". The A.V. Club. Onion, Inc. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  4. ↑ Davis, Keysha (November 20, 2002). "Review of Tweet – Southern Hummingbird". BBC Music. BBC Online. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Tweet". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved April 21, 2012. 
  6. ↑ Evans, Diana (May 13, 2002). "Southern Hummingbird". Dotmusic. Archived from the original on January 10, 2004. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Tucker, Ken (April 5, 2002). "Southern Hummingbird (2002)". Entertainment Weekly (647). Retrieved April 21, 2012. 
  8. ↑ Ahmed, Imran (May 17, 2002). "Tweet : Southern Hummingbird". NME. IPC Media. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  9. ↑ Pride, Felicia (August 15, 2002). "Tweet: Southern Hummingbird". PopMatters. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  10. ↑ Hardy, Ernest (March 27, 2002). "Tweet: Southern Hummingbird". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2012. 
  11. ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (March 20, 2002). "Tweet: Southern Hummingbird". Slant Magazine. Retrieved December 11, 2009. 
  12. ↑ Martens, Todd (April 11, 2002). "Ashanti Album, Single Dominate Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 11, 2009. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "Southern Hummingbirdt – Tweet : Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 27, 2008. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. April 30, 2002. Retrieved May 1, 2009. 
  15. ↑ Whitmire, Margo (March 30, 2005). "50's 'Massacre' Holds Steady At No. 1". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 11, 2009. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "サザン・ハミングバード" [Southern Hummingbird] (in Japanese). Warner Music Japan. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  17. ↑ Southern Hummingbird (CD liner notes). Tweet. Elektra Records. 2002. 62746-2.
  18. ↑ "ARIA Urban Chart – Week Commencing 20th May 2002". ARIA Charts. Pandora Archive. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  19. ↑ "Tweet – Southern Hummingbird" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  20. ↑ "Tweet – Southern Hummingbird" (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  21. ↑ "Tweet, Southern Hummingbird" (in German). charts.de. Media Control. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  22. ↑ "Tweet – Southern Hummingbird". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  23. ↑ "Tweet – Southern Hummingbird". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  24. ↑ "Tweet – Southern Hummingbird". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  25. ↑ "Tweet – Southern Hummingbird". swisscharts.com. Retrieved October 27, 2008. 
  26. ↑ "The Official Charts Company - Southern Hummingbird by Tweet Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013. 
  27. ↑ "Southern Hummingbird by Tweet". Angus & Robertson. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  28. ↑ "Tweet: Southern Hummingbird". HMV. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
  29. ↑ "Southern Hummingbird" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved January 7, 2013. 
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