Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Bad Habits
2. Cold
3. Pretty Wings (uncut)
4. Help Somebody
5. Stop The World
6. Love You
7. Fistful Of Tears
8. Playing Possum
9. Phoenix Rise

Disc 2:

1. Intro
2. Pretty Wings
3. Help Somebody
4. Cold
5. Stop The World
6. Love You
7. Pretty Wings

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2407 in Music
• Brand: Maxwell
• Released on: 2009-07-07
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Album Description
Limited Edition CD & DVD Set Special Packaging DVD Includes: 5DAYSofBLACK Inspired by BLACKsummers'night and "Pretty Wings" Music Video

BLACKsummers'night is the heavily anticipated new studio album from groundbreaking modern soul artist Maxwell. BLACKsummers'night is the first full-length Maxwell release since Now, his critically-acclaimed third studio album, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 in August 2001. This album is the sensuous opening installment of the artist's monumental BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT trilogy. Striving for an emotional authenticity and real world sound for the album, the entire album was recorded live in the studio with an a-list ensemble of elegantly sympathetic musicians.

Billboard, May 30,2009
"The Brooklyn-born singer croons a heartbreaking ode to letting go of a relationship. It's a gorgeous ballad that ushers in a long-overdue welcome return to one of R&B's most talented and original artists."

Time Out New York, May 21-27, 2009
If leadoff single'Pretty Wings', is any indication [of what is to come] we'll be waiting impatiently for each and every update."

Customer Reviews

Worth the Wait From the Keeper of the Flame
On this sad day, we celebrate the legacy of Michael Jackson as he is laid to rest. But on this day, we also celebrate the return of Maxwell a.k.a the keeper of the R&B flame.
What can be said about Maxwell that has NOT been said? For me (through his music) he made me believe in love and romance. He made me believe that not all young urban men are thugs (or thug wannabes). We made me believe that music can STILL inspire. It took him 8 years to return, but it has been worth the wait.
All the songs are great and intimate, but the best songs are:

Pretty Wings-love song about meeting the right person at the wrong time
Cold- rumored to be his 3rd single. This song really grooves and is very sexy.
Bad Habits- about really feeling a person to the point of addiction.
Love You- about wanting to become whatever the person you love want you to become.
Help Somebody- is one of Maxwell's first songs about helping mankind.

My last point about this album is its been a LONG time since we heard REAL instruments in music (especially in R&B). With this record, we get to hear REAL musicians....as I said earlier, we don't call Maxwell the keeper of the R&B flame for nothing.

Mature,Heartfelt and Sincere
this is an amazing album, yes it is a little short but the quality makes it worth. Maxwell came back with the strong "Pretty Wings",a beautiful/heartbreaking ballad that deserves without a doubt grammy nominations next year.
but the cd is all good, there is no auto-tune,no songs about women as an object...it is the opposite, it is a gentleman album with songs about his life situations.
i am glad that are still a few r&b artists like him still making good songs, we need that. can't wait for the next cd.

favorites:

1 - Fistful of Tears
2 - Love You
3 - Stop the World
4 - Pretty Wings

The OG Gentleman
It's a treat to hear music absent of fluff (AutoTune, big beats, and explicit lyrics). So far, my faves are "Pretty Wings", "Bad Habits" and "Stop The World". Here's to many more mellow smooth listening sessions :)

I'm perplexed that Maxwell isn't making Los Angeles a part of his tour stop during in promotion of BLACKsummers'night.