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Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconic Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, with this special vinyl edition, remastered at 24bit hi-res audio, and pressed on classic black vinyl. This anniversary release includes an 8â€'page booklet featuring rare photos and honors the album that helped define a new era of R&B, featuring the timeless hits "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder), "Sumthin' Sumthin', and "Whenever Wherever" Whatever.
The booklet also includes a very special pair of revelatory new essays:
1) an appreciation of Maxwell and his music by noted R&B scholar, music/culture critic, journalist and filmmaker Nelson George
2) a behind-the-scenes reminiscence on the making of Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite penned by music industry veteran Mitchell Cohen, who, as Senior Vice President of A&R at Columbia Records, signed Maxwell to the label and helped shepherd the music from raw concept to full realization
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite was released on April 2, 1996, by Columbia Records. Maxwell recorded the album between 1994 and 1995 at Electric Lady Studios, RPM, Sorcerer, and Chung King Studios in New York City, and CRC Studios in Chicago. The record's music features a mellow, groove-based sound with elements of funk, jazz, smooth soul, and quiet storm. A concept album, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite was composed as a song cycle that focuses on an adult romance, based in part on Maxwell's personal experiences.
Disc 1
- The Urban Theme
- Welcome
- Sumthin' Sumthin'
- Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder
- Dancewitme
- Til the Cops Come Knockin'
Disc 2
- Whenever Wherever Whatever
- Lonely's the Only Company (I&Ii)
- Reunion
- Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)
- The Suite Theme
