| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/motown | | UPC: 00601215940527 | | Release Date: 8/29/2000 | | Buy.com Sku: 60431859 | | Item#: MWV6SN | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24793 | Format: CD |
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(P) 2000 Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 2000 Motown Record Company L.P.
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| | Album Notes and Credits | Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: BeBe Winans (vocals, piano); Andrew Ramsey (guitar); Andy Snitzer (tenor saxophone); Jim Hynes (trumpet); Michael Davis (trombone); Marc Harris, Nigel Lowis (keyboards); DeDe Holt (drums); Stevie Wonder, Stephanie Mills, Brian McKnight, CeCe Winans, JOE, Marvin L. Winans. |  | Producers: Kedor Massenburg, Evan Lamberg, BeBe Winans. |  | LOVE & FREEDOM was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album and "Coming Back Home" was nominated for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. |  | It's easy to get distracted by the high-powered guest appearances on LOVE & FREEDOM. When Stevie Wonder, Brian McKnight, and Stephanie Mills (among others) drop by to lend a hand, all ears are certain to be at attention. But to focus on this would be to miss the true substance of BeBe Winans' very personal, individualistic brand of R&B. Winans is no R. Kelly-style monomaniacal sex fiend singing endlessly of lusty affairs. As the album title implies, he's got deeper things on his mind. Though romance is certainly a part of the program, Winans transcends the carnal and aspires to the spiritual, his songs striking at the deepest recesses of the heart. |  | While the production on LOVE & FREEDOM is utterly contemporary, there's a depth and resonance far beyond that of much cookie-cutter generic neo-R&B. The feel is generally subtle and mid-tempo, but funky grooves are ever-present. Naturally, the center of the entire affair is Winans' soulful singing, simultaneously understated and emotive as it weaves captivatingly through these tunes. |
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| | Technical Info |  | Release Date : 08/29/2000 |  | Original Release Date : 2000 |  | Catalog ID : 159 405 |  | Label : Motown Records |  | Number of Discs : 1 |  | Studio/Live : Studio |  | Mono/Stereo : Stereo |  | SPAR Code : n/a |  | UPC : 00601215940527 |
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