Big (album)

Big
Studio album by Macy Gray
Released March 21, 2007 (2007-03-21)
Recorded 2006
Genre
Length 43:47
Label
Producer
Macy Gray chronology
Live in Las Vegas
(2005)		 Big
(2007)		 The Sellout
(2010)
Singles from Big
  1. "Finally Made Me Happy"
    Released: February 20, 2007
  2. "Shoo Be Doo"
    Released: March 2007
  3. "What I Gotta Do"
    Released: June 26, 2007[1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic62/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Blender[4]
Digital Spy[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[6]
The Guardian[7]
Los Angeles Times[8]
PopMatters[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Slant Magazine[11]
Yahoo! Music[12]

Big is the fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Macy Gray, released on March 21, 2007 by Geffen Records. It is Gray's first studio album in four years. The album debuted at number 39 on the US Billboard 200, selling 23,000 copies in its first week.[13]

Three singles were released from the album: "Finally Made Me Happy" (a collaboration with Natalie Cole), "Shoo Be Doo", and "What I Gotta Do". The latter was included on the Shrek the Third soundtrack. Music from this album was also featured in the I Love New York season one reunion. The album's cover art was widely illustrated on iPhone ads and featured on the first boxes of the iPod Touch.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Finally Made Me Happy" (featuring Natalie Cole)
 4:02
2. "Shoo Be Doo"  
  • Hinds
  • Jared Gosselin
  • Phillip White
  • Meldal-Johnsen
  • Printz Board
  • Mary Brown
  • Jessyca Wilson
  • Gosselin
  • White
  • Fair
 4:04
3. "What I Gotta Do"  
  • Hinds
  • Caleb Speir
  • Jeremy Ruzumna
  • Josh Lopez
  • Jason Villaroman
  • Gosselin
  • White
  • Fair
 3:08
4. "Okay"  
  • will.i.am
  • Timberlake
 4:09
5. "Glad You're Here" (featuring Fergie)
  • Hinds
  • Joe Solo
  • O'Neil
  • Meldal-Johnsen
  • Trevor Lawrence
  • will.i.am
  • Fair
 2:54
6. "Ghetto Love"  
  • Hinds
  • Adams
  • Moses
  • Mike Shapiro
  • James Brown
  • Betty Jean Newsome
will.i.am 3:08
7. "One for Me"  
  • will.i.am
  • Fair
 4:09
8. "Strange Behavior"  
  • Hinds
  • Farrell
  • Speir
  • Shapiro
  • Gray
  • will.i.am
 3:35
9. "Slowly"  
Fair 3:54
10. "Get Out" (featuring Justin Timberlake)
  • Timberlake
  • will.i.am
 4:01
11. "Treat Me Like Your Money" (featuring will.i.am)
  • will.i.am
  • Noiztrip
 3:27
12. "Everybody"  
  • Hinds
  • Board
  • Pajon
  • Tim "Izo" Orindgreff
will.i.am 3:16
Sampling credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Big.[19]

  • Macy Gray – vocals (all tracks); production (tracks 1, 8); backing vocals (tracks 4, 10); executive production
  • Jay Anderson – backing vocals (track 6); A&R
  • Davis Barnett – viola (track 4)
  • Dawn Beckman – backing vocals (tracks 2, 6, 7, 11, 12)
  • Giuliano Bekor – photography
  • Printz Board – trumpet (tracks 1, 8); keyboards (tracks 2, 5, 11, 12); Rhodes (track 12)
  • Venus Brown – A&R
  • Jeff Chestek – string recording (track 4)
  • Natalie Cole – additional vocals (track 1)
  • "Angry" Mike Eleopoulos – recording engineering (tracks 1–3, 5, 9)
  • Scott Elgin – assistant engineering (track 3)
  • Ron Fair – production, string arrangements, string conducting (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9); Pro Tools, recording engineering (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9, 12); piano solo (track 2); additional piano, Wurlitzer (track 3); organ (tracks 3, 5); piano (track 5); harmonica (track 9); executive production
  • Mike Farrell – keyboards (tracks 7, 8)
  • Fergie – additional vocals (track 5)
  • Ghislaine Fleischmann – violin (track 4)
  • Paloma Ford – backing vocals (tracks 6, 8, 9)
  • Nick Fournier – assistant engineering (tracks 1, 5, 11, 12)
  • Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
  • Larry Gold – string arrangements (track 4)
  • Jared Gosselin – production (tracks 2, 3); programming (track 3)
  • Gravillis Inc. – art direction, design
  • Jeremy Gregory – backing vocals, vocal arrangement (track 3)
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Keith Harris – percussion (track 2); drums (tracks 2, 4, 7, 12); Rhodes (track 5); keyboards (tracks 7, 11); piano (track 12)
  • Tal Herzberg – recording engineering (tracks 1–3, 5, 9, 12); Pro Tools (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 8–10, 12)
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums (tracks 1, 3, 5, 11)
  • Tim Izo – saxophone (tracks 1, 12); flute (track 5); clarinet (track 7)
  • Eric Jackson – guitar (track 2)
  • Jaycen Joshua – assistant mixing engineering (track 2)
  • Gloria Justen – violin (track 4)
  • Ryan Kennedy – assistant mixing engineering (tracks 8, 10)
  • Padraic Kerin – recording engineering (track 4)
  • Sarah Killion – assistant mixing engineering (track 6)
  • Emma Kummrow – violin (track 4)
  • Mike Lett – backing vocals (track 3)
  • Josh Lopez – guitar (track 3)
  • Jennie Lorenzo – cello (track 4)
  • Tony Maserati – mixing (tracks 8, 10)
  • Glen McIntyre – backing vocals (track 6)
  • Justin Meldal-Johnsen – bass (tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 11)
  • Peter Mokran – mixing (tracks 3, 5, 7, 9)
  • Dean Nelson – assistant mixing engineering (track 1)
  • Peter Nocella – viola (track 4)
  • Noiztrip – production (track 11)
  • Cassandra O'Neil – organ, piano (track 1); keyboards (track 3)
  • George Pajon, Jr. – guitar (tracks 5–7, 9, 11)
  • Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado – mixing (track 2)
  • Jack Joseph Puig – mixing (track 1)
  • Montez Roberts – assistant engineering (track 4)
  • Dan Rockett – guitar (track 10)
  • Jeremy Ruzumna – keyboards (track 3)
  • Rafael Serrano – assistant mixing engineering (tracks 4, 11, 12)
  • Mike Shapiro – percussion (tracks 2, 9); drums (tracks 6, 8, 10)
  • Justin Siegel – A&R
  • Caleb Speir – bass (tracks 3–5, 8, 10)
  • Justin Timberlake – drums (track 4); backing vocals, keyboards, production (tracks 4, 10); guitar (track 10)
  • Igor Szwec – violin (track 4)
  • Doug Tyo – assistant engineering (tracks 2, 6, 8–10, 12)
  • Jason Villaroman – recording engineering (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 9, 10–12); programming (tracks 8, 10)
  • Dave Way – mixing (tracks 4, 6, 11, 12)
  • Eric Weaver – assistant mixing engineering (tracks 3, 5, 7, 9)
  • Khalfani White – backing vocals (track 12)
  • Phillip White – percussion (track 2); backing vocals, production (tracks 2, 3)
  • will.i.am – production (tracks 1, 4–8, 10–12); recording engineering (tracks 4, 6); programming (tracks 5, 6, 11, 12); keyboards (track 6); executive production
  • Ethan Willoughby – recording engineering (track 4)
  • Frank Wolf – recording engineering (tracks 1–3, 5, 9, 12)

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Urban Albums Chart[20] 15
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[21] 63
Czech Albums Chart[22] 38
Dutch Albums Chart[23] 56
European Top 100 Albums[24] 99
Finnish Albums Chart[25] 28
French Albums Chart[26] 149
Italian Albums Chart[27] 33
Japanese Albums Chart[28] 54
Scottish Albums Chart[29] 87
Swiss Albums Chart[30] 38
UK Albums Chart[31] 62
UK R&B Albums Chart[32] 11
US Billboard 200[33] 39
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[34] 14

Release history

Region Date Label Ref.
Japan March 21, 2007 Universal [35]
Netherlands March 22, 2007 [36]
Italy March 23, 2007 [37]
Australia March 24, 2007 [14]
France March 26, 2007 [38]
Germany March 27, 2007 [15]
United States
[39]
United Kingdom April 2, 2007 Polydor [16]

References

  1. ↑ "Urban AC – Week Of: June 26, 2007". Radio & Records. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Reviews for Big by Macy Gray". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ Bush, John. "Big – Macy Gray". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ Dolan, Jon. "Macy Gray : Big Review". Blender. Alpha Media Group. Archived from the original on January 12, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
  5. ↑ Zendle, Miriam (March 27, 2007). "Macy Gray: 'Big'". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on May 2, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2008.
  6. ↑ Brunner, Rob (March 30, 2007). "Big". Entertainment Weekly (927). ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  7. ↑ Sullivan, Caroline (March 30, 2007). "Macy Gray, Big". The Guardian. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ Nichols, Natalie (March 25, 2007). "Odd charm works only so long for Macy Gray". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Media. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
  9. ↑ Joseph, Mike (April 13, 2007). "Macy Gray: Big". PopMatters. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  10. ↑ Christgau, Robert (March 30, 2007). "Macy Gray: Big". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on January 6, 2008. Retrieved April 28, 2007.
  11. ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (March 18, 2007). "Macy Gray: Big". Slant Magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  12. ↑ Gennoe, Dan (April 16, 2007). "Macy Gray – 'Big'". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2009.
  13. ↑ Hasty, Katie (April 4, 2007). "McGraw Leads Seven Top 10 Debuts Onto Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
  14. 1 2 "Macy Gray Store – Big". Getmusic. Universal Music Australia. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  15. 1 2 "Macy Gray | Big" (in German). Universal Music Germany. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  16. 1 2 "Big". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
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  18. ↑ "Big by Macy Gray". iTunes Store (US). Apple. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  19. ↑ Big (CD liner notes). Macy Gray. Geffen Records. 2007. B000857602.
  20. ↑ "ARIA Urban Album Chart – Week Commencing 2nd April 2007" (PDF). ARIA Charts. Pandora Archive. p. 18. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  21. ↑ "Macy Gray – Big" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  22. ↑ "Albums – Top 100: Gray Macy – Big" (in Czech). IFPI Czech Republic. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
  23. ↑ "Macy Gray – Big" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  24. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard. 119 (16). April 21, 2007. ISSN 0006-2510.
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  26. ↑ "Macy Gray – Big" (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  27. ↑ "Macy Gray – Big". italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on August 14, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  28. ↑ ビッグ | メイシー・グレイ [Big | Macy Gray] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. April 8–14, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Macy Gray – Big". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  31. ↑ "Macy Gray" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. April 8–14, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  33. ↑ "Macy Gray – Chart history: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  34. ↑ "Macy Gray – Chart history: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
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