Shelter (Brand New Heavies album)

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Shelter
Brand New Heavies Shelter.jpg
Studio album by
The Brand New Heavies
Released21 April 1997 [1]
Genre
Length57:55(Standard version)
Label Delicious Vinyl
Producer The Brand New Heavies
The Brand New Heavies chronology
Brother Sister
(1994)		Shelter
(1997)		 Trunk Funk – The Best of The Brand New Heavies
(2000)
Singles from Shelter
  1. "Sometimes"
    Released: 31 March 1997 [2]
  2. "You Are the Universe"
    Released: 16 June 1997 [3]
  3. "You've Got a Friend"
    Released: 6 October 1997 [4]
  4. "Shelter"
    Released: 29 December 1997 [5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Music Week Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Muzik 9/10 [8]
People Magazine (favorable) [9]

Shelter is an album by The Brand New Heavies, released in 1997 on the Delicious Vinyl record label. It is the only album by the Brand New Heavies to feature singer-songwriter Siedah Garrett as a member of the band, joining them in 1996 and leaving in early 1998 to concentrate on her own songwriting.

Contents

Single releases

With Garrett as part of the Brand New Heavies they enjoyed their only UK top 10 hit with a cover of the Carole King-penned song "You've Got a Friend", originally made famous by James Taylor. It reached number 9 when released as the third single from the album. Their cover did not appear on initial pressings of the US version of Shelter but was added to later pressings after the band's record label Delicious Vinyl secured distribution from Bertelsmann Music Group.

The album also contains the hit "Sometimes", which peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart when released in 1997. One of the remixes of "Sometimes" featured the rap vocals of Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. In 2015, production team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis revealed that the remix done by J Dilla which featured Q-Tip was the inspiration behind the sound of Janet Jackson's 1997 single "Got 'til It's Gone". [10]

"You Are the Universe" and "Shelter" were the other singles from the album, reaching numbers 21 and 31 respectively in the UK Singles Chart. [11]

Track listing

Standard CD Version
No.TitleLength
1."I Like It"3:37
2."Sometimes"4:00
3."Shelter"5:02
4."You Are the Universe"4:11
5."Crying Water"4:17
6."Day by Day"4:42
7."Feels Like Right"4:21
8."Highest High"4:28
9."Stay Gone"4:56
10."You've Got a Friend" (Carole King)3:09
11."Once Is Twice Enough"3:59
12."After Forever"5:23
13."Last to Know"4:25
US CD Version
No.TitleLength
1."I Like It"3:37
2."Sometimes"4:00
3."Shelter"5:02
4."You Are the Universe"4:11
5."Crying Water"4:17
6."Day by Day"4:42
7."Feels Like Right"4:21
8."Highest High"4:28
9."Stay Gone"4:56
10."Once Is Twice Enough"3:59
11."You Can Do It"4:02
12."After Forever"5:23
13."Last to Know"4:25
Japan CD Version
No.TitleLength
1."I Like It"3:37
2."Sometimes"4:00
3."Shelter"5:02
4."You Are the Universe"4:11
5."Crying Water"4:17
6."Day by Day"4:42
7."Feels Like Right"4:21
8."Highest High"4:28
9."Stay Gone"4:56
10."Once Is Twice Enough"3:59
11."After Forever"5:23
12."Last to Know"4:25
13."Never Gonna Let You Down"4:47
14."Movin' On"5:12

Personnel

The Brand New Heavies

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart [12] 20
Dutch Albums Chart [13] 41
French Albums Chart [14] 39
German Albums Chart [15] 55
Swedish Albums Chart [16] 23
Swiss Albums Chart [17] 38
UK Albums Chart [18] 5
US Billboard 200 118
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 29

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 29 March 1997. p. 41. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 14 June 1997. p. 43. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 4 October 1997. p. 37. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1997. p. 22. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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  8. ↑ Springer, Jacqueline (May 1997). "The Brand new Heavies: Shelter" (PDF). Muzik . No. 24. p. 116. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Picks and Pans Review: Shelter". People Magazine . 23 June 1997.
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