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A Day in the Life (Eric Benét album)

A Day in the Life is the second studio album by American R&B singer Eric Benét. It was released on April 27, 1999, on Warner Bros. Records. Benet's follow-up to his debut album, True to Myself (1996), it has sold close to 900,000 copies in the United States.

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Michael Gallucci wrote: "Benét scores with a series of mellow grooves and sizzling duets aimed at both the body and brain. A Day in the Life is sharper than contemporary R&B, keeping the arrangements and production simple, all the while nodding toward the genre's golden era of the '70s." Yahoo! Music UK called A Day in the Life "an appropriately polished package with collaborations from Wyclef Jean, DuPlaix and George Nash, Jr. amongst the collaborators. Fans [...] won't be disappointed." USA Today critic Steve Jones praised A Day in the Life for establishing Benét as a "soulful and thoughtful love man," highlighting duets like "Georgy Porgy" with Faith Evans, "Spend My Life With You" with Tamia, and the edgy "Ghetto Girl" with Me’shell NdegeOcello, while noting that although he "occasionally gets too smooth," he compensates with the jazzy "When You Think of Me" and the churchy "Love the Hurt Away."

Track listing

Credits adapted from liner notes and Allmusic.

Notes

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Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes and Discogs.

  • Ali Shaheed Muhammad – drums
  • Chalmers "Spanky" Alford – guitar
  • Curtis "Sauce" Wilson – drum and keyboard programming
  • Eric "Kenya" Baker – drum and keyboard programming
  • Demonte Posey – keyboards, B–3 organ, drum programming, synth bass, fender rhodes
  • Leslie Butler – keyboards
  • Roy Ayers – vibraphone
  • James Poyser – keyboards, fender rhodes
  • Isaac Phillips – guitar
  • Brian Frazier Moore – drums, drum programming
  • Jef Lee Johnson – 12 string guitar
  • Jazzy G – guitars
  • Eric Benet – background vocals, lead vocals
  • Jeff "Fuzzy" Young – background vocals
  • Tamia – background vocals
  • Shari Watson – background vocals
  • Alison Ball–Gabriel – executive producer
  • Me'Shell Ndegeocello – background vocals
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Brad Hitz – photography
  • Melanie Nissen – photography
  • Stephen Walker – art direction and design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References