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Emotional is the debut album by American R&B singer Carl Thomas.It was released by Bad Boy Records and Arista Records on April 18, 2000, in the United States. Emotional earned Thomas a nomination in the Best R&B/Soul Album at the 2001 Soul Train Music Awards, also garnering him a Male & Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist nod.
The song received a nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo Or Group With Vocals. Thomas's third album, So Much Better, was released on May 30, 2007, and reached number 25 on the US Billboard 200 chart. [5] Thomas's last recording contract was with Verve Music Group. His last album titled Conquer was released on December 6, 2011.
The opening track "I'd Do Anything" was one of the first songs written for inclusion on the album, [12] and includes Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 doing back-up vocals. [5] The members had become friends with Blink-182 when Reset opened a show for them in 1997, and subsequently stayed in contact.
The song was recorded by Thomas on April 16, 1964, with Barnum as the session director and conductor, Leon Russell on piano, and Jimmy Norman as the session singer. [7] [11] [12] The recording process under Imperial was more involved than that of Thomas's previous discography, with use of orchestras, vocal ensembles, timpani and overdubbing. [13]
Thomas had been recovering from laryngitis, which made his voice sound huskier. The film version featured a separate vaudeville-style instrumental break in double time while Paul Newman performed bicycle stunts. [13] Two weeks later Thomas re-recorded the song at A & R Studio in New York City for its single release. [2]
The songs "As I Am" (Intro) and "Prelude to a Kiss" were written solely by Keys. [10] The Element of Freedom, Keys' fourth studio album, was released in December 2009; it was preceded by the lead single "Doesn't Mean Anything", co-written with Kerry Brothers, Jr. [11] During this time, Keys collaborated with Jay-Z on "Empire State of Mind".
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"Don't Get Me Wrong" was one of the few Matchbox Twenty songs that Thomas wrote with outside writers. Originally written for another potential solo album, the band chose the song as a song they wanted to record even prior to the band wanting to record a full-length album.