Peace Beyond Passion

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Peace Beyond Passion
Peace Beyond Passion album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Me'shell Ndegeocello
ReleasedJune 25, 1996
Recorded1995–1996
StudioAlpha Studios, Conway Studios, David Gamson Studios, Ocean Way, RPM Studios, The Sound Factory
Genre
Length59:10
Label Maverick
Producer David Gamson
Me'shell Ndegeocello chronology
Plantation Lullabies
(1993)		Peace Beyond Passion
(1996)		 Bitter
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
Muzik Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
NME 6/10 [6]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Village Voice B+ [10]

Peace Beyond Passion is the second studio album by American musician Me'shell Ndegeocello, released on June 25, 1996, on Maverick Records. The album peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and No. 15 on the Top R&B Albums chart in 1996. It went on to become Ndegeocello's most commercially successful album. Widely acclaimed at the time of its release, the album received numerous awards and accolades including a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 39th Grammy Awards in 1997.

Contents

The first single, "Leviticus: Faggot" peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1996. The second single, a cover of "Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?" by Bill Withers, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play chart in November 1996 and No. 34 on the R&B singles chart. The album's third single, a remix of the ballad "Stay", peaked at No. 15 on the Dance Music/Club Play chart and No. 67 on the R&B singles chart.

The album was released on vinyl for the first time on June 12, 2021, as part of Record Store Day.

Track listing

All songs written by Me'shell Ndegéocello, except where noted.

  1. "The Womb" – 1:25
  2. "The Way" – 4:58
  3. "Deuteronomy: Niggerman" – 4:01
  4. "Ecclesiastes: Free My Heart" (Ndegéocello, Torri Ruffin) – 5:22
  5. "Leviticus: Faggot" – 6:08
  6. "Mary Magdalene" – 5:51
  7. "God Shiva" (Ndegéocello, Wendy Melvoin) – 4:09
  8. "Who Is He and What Is He to You" (Bill Withers, Stan McKinney) – 4:49
  9. "Stay" – 4:30
  10. "Bittersweet" – 5:17
  11. "A Tear and a Smile" – 3:49
  12. "Make Me Wanna Holler" (Ndegéocello, Federico González Peña, Melvin Ragin, Marvin Gaye, James Nyx) – 8:51

Personnel

Arranged by David Gamson and Me'Shell Ndegéocello
Vocals arranged by David Gamson
String arrangements for tracks #5, 8 an 11 by Paul Riser

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Peace Beyond Passion
Chart (1996)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [11] 30
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [12] 32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [13] 56
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 46
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 100
US Billboard 200 [16] 63
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [17] 15

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