The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | ||||
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Lauryn Hill studio album | ||||
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Label (s) | Ruffhouse Records Columbia Records |
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Title (number) |
14th |
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running time |
68:14 |
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Lauryn Hill , Che Guevara, Vada Nobles |
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the first and so far only solo album by the American singer Lauryn Hill , who previously enjoyed great success with the hip-hop trio Fugees . The album was released on August 25, 1998 by the labels Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records . It has received numerous awards, including two Grammy Awards .
reception
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Allmusic | |
Rolling Stone | |
Pitchfork Media | |
Spin | |
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Laut.de |
John Bush from the music database Allmusic reviewed the album as a collection of open personal and political statements which, in addition to commercial success, established a musical era.
The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . The local reviewer Jim Harrington highlights the musical range and Hill's vocal abilities:
“It's moving from Fugees-style hip-hop (“ Lost Ones ”) to sparkling pop (“ Doo Wop (That Thing) ”). She is an impressive rapper who has her own style on "Final Hour". "
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is ranked 308 of the list of 500 best albums of all time the music magazine Rolling Stone . The magazine also put it at number 5 of the 100 best albums of the 1990s.
The New Musical Express voted it 89th of the 500 best albums of all time.
In the selection of the 90 best albums of the decade, the magazine Spin occupied The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 28th, respectively.
Awards
The album won the 1999 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best R&B Album . Hill also won a Grammy for Best New Artist and in the Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance categories . The album also won the Billboard Music Award for Best R&B Album .
In 2015, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was added to the National Recording Registry .
Track list
All titles are written by Lauryn Hill, unless indicated in brackets.
- Intro - 0:47
- Lost Ones - 5:33
- Ex-Factor - 5:26
- To Zion (feat. Carlos Santana ) - 6:09
- Doo Wop (That Thing) - 5:20
- Superstar (Hill, Johari Newton, James Poyser) - 4:57
- Final Hour - 4:16
- When It Hurts So Bad - 5:42
- I Used to Love Him (feat.Mary J. Blige ) - 5:39
- Forgive Them Father - 5:15
- Every Ghetto, Every City - 5:14
- Nothing Even Matters (feat. D'Angelo ) - 5:50
- Everything Is Everything (Hill, J. Newton) - 4:53
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Hill, Tejumold Newton) - 4:17
Hidden Tracks:
- Can't Take My Eyes Off of You ( Bob Crewe , Bob Gaudio ) - 3:41
- Tell Him - 4:38
Sales and Awards
Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Australia (ARIA) | 2 × platinum | 140,000 |
Belgium (BEA) | gold | (25,000) |
Europe (IFPI) | 2 × platinum | 2,000,000 |
France (SNEP) | platinum | (300,000) |
Canada (MC) | 7 × platinum | 700,000 |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | 3 × platinum | 45,000 |
Netherlands (NVPI) | platinum | (100,000) |
Norway (IFPI) | platinum | (50,000) |
Austria (IFPI) | gold | (25,000) |
Sweden (IFPI) | platinum | (80,000) |
Switzerland (IFPI) | platinum | (50,000) |
Spain (Promusicae) | gold | (50,000) |
United States (RIAA) | 8 × platinum | 8,000,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 3 × platinum | (900,000) |
All in all |
3 × gold 30 × platinum |
10,885,000 |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b John Bush: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards: Allmusic. Rovi Corp., accessed May 9, 2013 .
- ↑ Review by Touré Neblett on rollingstone.com (archived), accessed January 6, 2018
- ↑ Review by Carvell Wallace on pitchfork.com, accessed January 6, 2018
- ↑ Review by Eric Weisbard, in: Spin 9/1998, p. 179.
- ↑ Review by Jörg-Peter Klotz on musikexpress.de, accessed on January 6, 2018
- ↑ Review by Anastasia Hartleib on laut.de, accessed on August 26, 2018
- ↑ David Nichols: 1001 Albums - Music You Should Hear Before Life Is Over . Ed .: Robert Dimery. updated 5th new edition. Edition Olms, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-283-01112-3 , p. 830 (English: 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .).
- ↑ various authors: Rolling Stone - The 500 best albums of all time . Ed .: Joe Levy. VMB Publishers, 2011, ISBN 978-88-540-1678-1 , pp. 183 (English: Rolling Stone. The 500 Greatest Albums of all Time . Translated by Karin Hofmann).
- ↑ 100 Best Albums of the '90s on rollingstone.com, accessed January 6, 2018
- ↑ The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 100-1 on nme.com, accessed January 6, 2018
- ↑ SPIN Magazine's Top 90 albums of the 90's on rateyourmusic.com, accessed January 6, 2018
- ↑ Award in Australia
- ^ Award in Belgium
- ↑ Award in Europe
- ^ Award in France
- ↑ Award in Canada
- ↑ Award in New Zealand
- ↑ Award in the Netherlands
- ^ Award in Norway
- ↑ Award in Austria
- ↑ Award in Sweden
- ↑ Award in Switzerland
- ↑ Award in Spain
- ↑ Distinction in the United States
- ↑ Award in the United Kingdom