Mr. AZ
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| Studio album by Jason Mraz | ||||
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| Label (s) | Elektra | |||
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12 |
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54:25 |
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on titles 4 to 12:
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Steve Lillywhite (Tracks 2 and 3: Josh Deutsch) |
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Mr. AZ is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz .
background
Jason Mraz's second studio album was released on July 27, 2005. In contrast to Mraz's earlier works, the album has a clearly more poppy sound. This was received critically by fans and the album was only able to stay in the US top 50 for three weeks . With Steve Lillywhite a successful producer was brought on board, who previously worked with music greats such as Coldplay , the Dave Matthews Band and the Rolling Stones . In addition to the usual instruments for Mraz (such as the guitar ), the album also features rather atypical instruments such as piano and violins .
Furthermore, the song Mr. Curiosity contains a verse which is performed by Mraz in operatic singing style . The song was best known to the German audience in Lena Meyer-Landrut's version when she performed it at the semi-finals of Our Star for Oslo . In March 2010, Jason Mraz's version rose to number 78 in the German single charts.
Mraz's former roommate Billy "Bushwalla" Galewood describes the making of Bella Luna as follows: “The song is about the moon. We were in Malibu writing for Mr. AZ . I was sleeping when Jason woke me up and said, "Give me a few words, bitch!" . The moon was big and beautiful that night and the rest is history. "
On March 14, 2006, Wordplay was released as the album's first single .
format
In the USA and Europe the album was sold as a special edition as a dual disc in addition to the conventional CD , which contains additional material in addition to the album.
Track list
- "Life Is Wonderful" (Mraz) - 4:20
- "Wordplay" (Kevin Kadish, Mraz) - 3:06
- "Geek in the Pink" (Kadish, Mraz, Ian Sheridan , Scott Storch ) - 3:55
- "Did You Get My Message?" (Mraz, Dan Wilson ) - 4:00
- "Mr. Curiosity " ( Dennis Morris , Mraz, Lester Mendez ) - 3:54
- “Clockwatching” ( Ainslie Henderson , Morris, Mraz) - 4:23
- "Bella Luna" ( Billy Galewood , Mraz) - 5:02
- "Plane" (Morris, Mraz) - 5:13
- "O. Lover " (Morris, Mraz) - 3:54
- "Please Don't Tell Her" ( Eric Hinojosa , Mraz) - 4:37
- "The Forecast" (Hinojosa, Mraz) - 3:44
- "Song for a Friend" (Hinojosa, Morris, Mraz, Wilson) - 8:09
Individual evidence
- ↑ bushwalla.net Cowrites ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
