Black Velvet (Charles Bradley album)

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Black Velvet
Charles Bradley Black Velvet cover.jpg
Studio album by
Charles Bradley
ReleasedNovember 9, 2018 (2018-11-09)
Genre Soul
Label Daptone Records/Dunham Records
Producer Thomas Brenneck
Charles Bradley chronology
Changes
(2016)		Black Velvet
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Exclaim! 8/10 [5]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Black Velvet is the fourth and final studio album by American funk/soul artist Charles Bradley, released on 9 November 2018. [7] The album release was preceded by two singles, "Can't Fight the Feeling" and "I Feel a Change". [8] The name of the album comes from Bradley's stage name during his time as a James Brown impersonator. [8] The album consists of songs originally recorded for Bradley's three previous studio albums, and was compiled by producer Thomas Brenneck after Bradley's death from cancer in September 2017. [9] Included are covers of "Stay Away" by Nirvana and "Heart of Gold" by Neil Young. [10]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Can't Fight the Feeling"2:48
2."Luv Jones"3:51
3."I Feel a Change"4:26
4."Slip Away"3:32
5."Black Velvet"3:29
6."Stay Away"3:13
7."Heart of Gold"3:03
8."(I Hope You Find) The Good Life"5:11
9."Fly Little Girl"3:19
10."Victim of Love"4:39
Total length:37:31

Personnel

Menahan Street Band

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 40
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] 154
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 182
Scottish Albums (OCC) [14] 93
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 75
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [16] 7

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  7. ↑ "Stream Charles Bradley's Final Album 'Black Velvet' in Full". Jam Bands. November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  8. 1 2 Warren, Bruce. "First Listen: Charles Bradley, 'Black Velvet'". NPR . Retrieved 2018-11-05.
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