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Peace Beyond Passion

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Track listing
Personnel
References
External links

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| name = Peace Beyond Passion
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| artist = Me'shell Ndegeocello
| cover = Peace_Beyond_Passion_album_cover.jpg
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| released = June 25, 1996
| recorded = 1994–96
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| length = 59:10
| label = Maverick
| producer = David Gamson
| prev_title = Plantation Lullabies
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Bitter
| next_year = 1999
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} ^[1]
| rev2 = Daily News
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|4}} ^[2]
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3Score = C+ ^[3]
| rev4 = NME
| rev4Score = (6/10) ^[4]
| rev5 = Q
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}} ^[4]
| rev6 = Rolling Stone
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}} ^[5]
| rev7 = The Village Voice
| rev7Score = B+^[6]
}}Peace Beyond Passion is an album by Me'shell Ndegeocello. It was released on June 25, 1996, on Maverick Records. The album peaked at #63 on the Billboard Top 200 list in 1996. The album also peaked at #15 on Billboards R&B Albums chart. It went on to become Me'shell's most commercially successful album. The album was positively received by music critics. The album was also nominated for the 'Best R&B Album' Grammy Award in 1997.

The first single "Faggot" peaked at #15 on Billboards Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart in 1996. The music video was positively received on R&B outlets, despite its heavy storyline.

The second single and the biggest hit from the album was a Bill Withers' cover "Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?". The single reached #1 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart in November 1996, as well as peaking at #34 on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

The third and final single was a remixed version of the ballad "Stay", which peaked at #15 on Billboard's Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart and #67 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

Track listing

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

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

Personnel

Me'Shell Ndegéocello – bass guitar, percussion (#1), drum programming (#2, 11), lead guitar (#5), and all other instruments (#1–11)
David Gamson – drum programming (#1–3, 9–11), drums and atmosphere (#6)
Wah Wah Watson – guitar (#1), "wah guitar" (#5, 8, 12), acoustic guitar (#8)
Wendy Melvoin – guitar (#2, 7, 10), guitar arrangement (#2, 7), acoustic guitar (#6)
David Fiuczynski – guitar solo (#4, 7)
Allen Cato – guitar (#4)
Billy Preston – organ (#3, 8, 11)
Federico González Peña – Fender Rhodes piano (#4, 5, 12), percussion (#1)
Joshua Redman – saxophones (#2, 3, 6, 10)
Bennie Maupin – bass clarinet (#3)
Oliver Gene Lake – drums (#1, 3–5, 8, 10, 12)
Luis Conte – percussion (#3–5, 7, 10, 12)
Daniel Sadownick – percussion (#1)

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

Produced by David Gamson
Recording engineer – Rail Jon Rogut
Additional engineering – David Gamson and Charles Nasser
Recording engineer for track #4 – Mike Krowiak, assisted by Suzanne Dyer
Mixing – Bob Power
Mastering – Tom Coyne

Gregory-Trevor Gilmer – art direction
Guzman (Constance Hansen & Russell Peacock) – photography

References

1. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r236217|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
2. ^Daily News review
3. ^Entertainment Weekly review
4. ^¹Album reviews at CD Universe
5. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20080820232035/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/meshellndegeocello/albums/album/322442/review/5942540/peace_beyond_passion Incomplete Rolling Stone review]
6. ^Village Voice review

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20081015131715/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tonibraxton/albums/album/235493/review/5942450/secrets Review of Peace Beyond Passion and Toni Braxton's Secrets] at Rolling Stone

5 : Meshell Ndegeocello albums|1996 albums|albums arranged by Paul Riser|albums arranged by David Campbell (composer)|Maverick Records albums

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