The Morning After (Deborah Cox album)
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| Studio album by Deborah Cox | ||||
| Released | November 5, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001-2002 | |||
| Genre | Contemporary R&B, Urban adult contemporary, dance, house | |||
| Length | 54:15 | |||
| Label | J Records | |||
| Producer | Clive Davis (exec.), Deborah Cox (exec))Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Jermaine Dupri, Shep Crawford, Rodney Jerkins, Lashawn Daniels, E. Jones, D. Christopher Jennings, Eric Johnson, A. Russell, James Glasco, James "Big Jim" Wright, Battlecat, Warryn Campbell, Junior Vasquez, Hex Hector, Mac Quayle, Widelife, Johnny Vicious | |||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| People | (mixed) |
The Morning After is the third album from Canadian singer-songwriter Deborah Cox, and the follow up to the Platinum-selling One Wish. It was released in the United States by J Records on November 5, 2002, and became her highest-charting album on the Billboard 200, debuting and peaking at #38. It was also the first album that Cox executive produced, sharing executive producer duties with long-term mentor, Clive Davis.
Following the release of One Wish, Cox achieved major crossover commercial and charting success, producing hits on the Pop, R&B and Dance Charts. In 2000, Whitney Houston invited her to sing a duet for Houston's greatest hits compilation, Whitney: The Greatest Hits. The song - "Same Script, Different Cast" - was met with positive critical acclaim.
Cox was keen to build on this success, and enlisted the help of renowned producers such as Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Jermaine Dupri, and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins as well as up-and-coming producers Warryn Campbell, Johntá Austin & Alex "Godson" Richbourg of The Trackmasters, among others. Anthony "Shep" Crawford, who wrote and produced the two biggest songs of her career - "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" and "We Can't Be Friends" - also returned as producer. The album contains a blend of urban R&B and adult contemporary songs with additional dance/house tracks being included; By this stage, Deborah Cox was also considered a leading dance music diva, achieving six #1s on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Her most recent #1 was the Hex Hector remix of "Absolutely Not" which she recorded in 2001 for the Dr. Dolittle 2 soundtrack. The remix was included on the album.
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