Marcus (album)

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Marcus
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 4, 2008
Genre Jazz-Funk
Length70:48
Label Concord
Producer Marcus Miller and David Isaac
Marcus Miller chronology
Free
(2007)
Marcus
(2008)
Renaissance
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Marcus is an album by jazz bassist Marcus Miller. It was released in 2008.

Contents

Marcus is the US version of the previously released album Free . This version not only has additional tracks, but different mixes of the tracks, [note 1] a different cover and a modified track order.

Track listing

All songs written by Marcus Miller, except where noted.

  1. "Blast!"– 5:43
  2. "Funk Joint" – 5:12
  3. "Free" (Susaye Greene, Hank Redd, Nathan Watts, Deneice Williams) – 5:00
  4. "Higher Ground" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:10
  5. "Milky Way" (Miller, Kevin Moore) – 5:36
  6. "Pluck (Interlude)" – 3:19
  7. "Lost Without U" (Sean E. Hurley, Robin Thicke) – 4:41
  8. "'Cause I Want You" (Miller, Shihan van Clief) – 3:12
  9. "Ooh" (Miller, Lalah Hathaway) – 4:00
  10. "When I Fall In Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 5:23
  11. "Strum" – 5:41
  12. "Jean-Pierre" (Miles Davis) – 6:15
  13. "What Is Hip?" (Emilio Castillo, David John Garibaldi, Stephen M. Kupka) – 6:02
  14. "Lost Without U (Spoken Word)" (Sean E. Hurley, Robin Thicke) – 5:34

Personnel

Footnotes

Notes

  1. Comparing the track lengths of this album and Free courtesy of Allmusic reveals this fact.

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References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: marcus miller". tomhull.com . Retrieved 31 July 2020.