Back To Now [Digipak]

Performer: LaBelle
Artist: Wyclef Jean
Engineer: Tommy Uzo
Producer: Jerry Duplessir; Zuri Edwards; Kenneth Reynolds; Kenneth Gamble; Kit Lambert; Lenny Kravitz; Leon Huff; Nona Hendryx; Vicki Wickham; Wyclef Jean
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: LaBelle: Nona Hendryx, Patti LaBelle, Sarah Dash (vocals). Personnel: Wyclef Jean (vocals, guitar); Lenny Kravitz (guitar, Clavinet, vibraphone, drums, tambourine); Ronny Drayton, Wilson Jaramillo (guitar); Craig Ross, Eddie Martinez, Randy Bowland (guitars); Karen Brunon, Conway Kuo (violin); Fran�oise Gneri (viola); Brent White (flute, baritone saxophone, trombone); Harold Todd (saxophone); Jay Davidson, Christophe Panzani (tenor saxophone); Doug DeHayes (baritone saxophone); Matt Gallagher, Henry McMillan Jr. (trumpet); Sebastien Llado (trombone); Don Wyatt (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Joseph Joubert (piano, keyboard, keyboards); Leon Huff (piano, keyboards); Henry Hirsch, Nicky Hopkins (piano); Arden Altino (keyboards, programming); Jerry Duplessir, Warren McRae (bass guitar); Keith Benson, Keith Moon, Kevin Johnson, Steve Jordan (drums); Doc Gibbs (percussion); Jean Philippe Audin (celletto); John Stanely, Keyontia Hawkins, Keith Fluitt (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Craig White; Andreas K. Meyers; Serg Tsai; Kenneth Gamble. Arrangers: Bill Jolly; Kit Lambert. Soul veterans and disco icons Labelle can take pride in an illustrious back catalogue that embraces a myriad of genres and includes contributions to some of the greatest soul recordings of all time. As Patti Labelle & the Blue Belles they contributed backing vocals to many of the most memorable soul singles of the `60s, while the following decade saw them releasing a series of albums that blended gospel-infused soul with the then-emergent beat of disco. This string of successes culminated with 1974's Allen Toussaint-produced NIGHTBIRDS, an album that spawned the monstrous hit single "Lady Marmalade," and made the trio internationally renowned stars. The Lenny Kravitz- and Gamble & Huff-produced BACK TO NOW, Labelle's first full-length effort since 1976's CHAMELEON, features assured forays into every style that the trio have mastered over the course of their career. "Candlelight" and "Superlover" evoke the slow-burning southern soul of the group's early days, while "How Long" and "Roll Out" update the lush disco of NIGHTBIRDS for modern dance floors.

Entertainment Weekly (p.71) - "Now reunited after various solo outings, the ladies have turned out an admirably solid collection of midtempo soul burners." -- Grade B+ Record Collector (magazine) (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] reveals the trio in fine voice, untarnished by age and delivering a songbook that takes in delicious ballads, gospel-infused roof-raisers adn political protest."

Glamorous funk-rock icons of the mid-1970s, the R&B trio Labelle had its roots in the 1960s girl group Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles. After fourth member Cindy Birdsong left to join the Supremes in 1967, Patti Labelle, Nona Hendryx, and Sarah Dash shortened their name and began to incorporate heavier and more experimental rock and singer-songwriter influences into their sound. A series of critically acclaimed albums (largely written by Hendryx) led to the 1975 smash single "Lady Marmalade," known for its suggestive Francophone chorus. After the trio split in 1977, all three members began successful solo careers.

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