Ice Cream Everyday

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Ice Cream Everyday
Ice Cream Everyday Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)
Genre
Length68:06
Label Blisslife
Producer Laru Larrieux, Amel Larrieux
Amel Larrieux chronology
Lovely Standards
(2007)
Ice Cream Everyday
(2017)
Singles from Ice Cream Everyday
  1. "Orange Glow"
    Released: March 3, 2009
  2. "Don't Let Me Down"
    Released: April 14, 2009
  3. "Afraid"
    Released: June 11, 2013

Ice Cream Everyday[ sic ] is the fifth studio album from singer-songwriter Amel Larrieux. Originally scheduled for release on August 23, [1] the record was released on October 22, 2017 on her independent label Blisslife Records. [2] It is her first album in six years following 2007's jazz covers project Lovely Standards [3] and her first recording of all new material since 2006's Morning .

The Latin adverb sic inserted after a quoted word or passage indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated exactly as found in the source text, complete with any erroneous, archaic, or otherwise nonstandard spelling. It also applies to any surprising assertion, faulty reasoning, or other matter that might be likely interpreted as an error of transcription.

Amel Larrieux American singer-songwriter and keyboardist

Amel Eliza Larrieux is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Larrieux rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a founding member of the duo Groove Theory along with Bryce Wilson. After leaving the group in 1999, she released her debut solo album, Infinite Possibilities, the following year on Epic Records.

<i>Morning</i> (Amel Larrieux album) 2006 studio album by Amel Larrieux

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Contents

Ice Cream Everyday was produced by Amel's husband Laru Larrieux, who produced all of her studio albums during her solo career. The album was partially recorded and mixed by Eric "Ibo" Butler, who previously worked with Larrieux on the self-titled album by her former group Groove Theory as well as her sophomore effort Bravebird .

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<i>Bravebird</i> 2004 studio album by Amel Larrieux

Bravebird is the second studio album by American R&B-soul singer-songwriter Amel Larrieux, released in the United States on January 20, 2004 by her independent label Blisslife Records. The album features the single "For Real", which reached number forty-five on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Larrieux's second highest-charting solo single on the chart after 1999's "Get Up".

The first single "Afraid" was released to radio on June 11, 2017.

Track listing

[4] [5]

  1. Afraid (4:45)
  2. I Do Take (3:40)
  3. You Don't See Me (5:28)
  4. A Million Sapphires (3:28)
  5. Ur the Shhh (4:45)
  6. Berries and Cream (4:26)
  7. Danger (4:34)
  8. Moment to Reflect (4:27)
  9. Have You (3:02)
  10. Orange Glow (4:11)
  11. See Where You Are (3:47)
  12. Don't Let Me Down (4:36)
  13. Trapped Being Human (4:26)
  14. I Do Take 2 (5:28)
  15. Soon (2:37)
  16. Danger 2 (4:37)

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes [6]

Adrian Harpham is an American session drummer, record producer, recording artist/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. He grew up in Southern California, Philadelphia and the Boston area.

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