Weather (Meshell Ndegeocello album)

Weather is the ninth studio album by American singer Meshell Ndegeocello, released on November 15, 2011, on the Naïve label.

Weather
Studio album by
Meshell Ndegeocello
ReleasedNovember 15, 2011
GenreAlternative rock
Length47:33
LabelNaïve
ProducerJoe Henry[1]
Keefus Ciancia
Meshell Ndegeocello chronology
Devil's Halo
(2009)		 Weather
(2011)		 Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Guardian[4]
The IndependentNegative[5]
PopMatters8/10[6]
Slant Magazine[7]

Critical reception

Weather was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 82 based on 15 reviews.[2]

In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer Andy Kellman wrote: "The wealth of lithe, quiet backdrops played at slow tempos allows Ndegeocello, who switches between husky lower and sweet upper registers with more ease than ever, to tickle the ears. No song rocks, but a few groove."[3] Alex McPherson of The Guardian described Weather as "deeply intimate, wholly engrossing,' going on to say "Ndegéocello's work has often been heavy with mood while elliptical of songcraft, but Weather contains her most direct material since the early 1990s."[4] At Spin, Barry Walters explained: "After kick-starting neo-soul in the '90s, this chimerical bassist shimmied through countless genres as if to dodge and defy any tag — racial, gender, sexual, aesthetic. Here, she teams with producer Joe Henry for a somber mood piece that plays the introspection of singer-songwriter folk as meditative jazz."[8]

Accolades
Publications' year-end list appearances for Weather
Critic/Publication List Rank Ref
Slant Magazine Slant Magazine's Top 25 Albums of 2011 13 [9]

Track listing
Weather track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Weather"
2:32
2."Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear"
  • Ndegeocello
  • Chris Bruce
  • Gabe Noel
2:45
3."Feeling for the Wall"
3:28
4."Chance"
3:31
5."Oysters"Hughes2:40
6."Rapid Fire"
4:56
7."Chelsea Hotel"Leonard Cohen5:12
8."Dirty World"
  • Ndegeocello
  • Parks
3:19
9."A Bitter Mule"
  • Ndegeocello
  • Bruce
2:54
10."Crazy and Wild"
4:32
11."La Petite Mort"
  • Ndegeocello
  • Nicci Kasper
3:31
12."Dead End"
  • Ndegeocello
  • Bruce
  • Kasper
5:11
13."Don't Take My Kindess for Weakness"The Soul Children3:03

Personnel

Charts
Chart performance for Weather
Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] 37

References
  1. Cotto, Maria (October 30, 2011). "First Listen: Meshell Ndegeocello, 'Weather'". NPR.org. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  2. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  3. Kellman, Andy (2011). "Meshell Ndegeocello: Weather". AllMusic. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  4. Macpherson, Alex (November 4, 2011). "Meshell Ndegéocello: Weather – review". The Guardian. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  5. Johnson, Phil (November 13, 2011). "Album: Meshell Ndegeocello, Weather (Naive)". The Independent. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  6. Chiola, Enio (November 27, 2011). "Meshell Ndegeocello: Weather". PopMatters. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  7. Keefe, Jonathan (November 7, 2011). "Slant Magazine Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  8. Walters, Barry (November 8, 2011). "Spin Magazine Review". Spin. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  9. "The 25 Best Albums of 2011". Slant Magazine. December 14, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  10. "MeShell Ndegeocello Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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