This Time by Melanie C
This Time is the fourth studio album released by British singer/songwriter Melanie C. It was primarily released on 30 March 2007 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It was released in United Kingdom and some other countries On 2 April. The album features the singles "I Want Candy", "The Moment You Believe", "Carolyna" and "This Time". On April 8, 2008 Melanie released the album in Canada in physical release with "Carolyna" being the first single. In early June, Melanie C confirmed the fifth single to be taken from the album would be "Understand", it was released in July 2008 only in Canada as a dedication to her Canadian fans.
“<i>Back of My Mind</i> is accepting the vulnerability—being able to quiet the noise around me and listen to my own voice,” H.E.R. shares in the short film that accompanies her debut album. “It’s the many layers that make me, me. It’s all of the things that we’re kind of afraid to share, afraid to say, afraid to do.” Within the opening minutes, on “We Made It”, that sentiment is clear, as the multi-hyphenate singer-songwriter drinks in the moment and the success that’s taken her from nights she was uncertain to the Grammy stage and beyond. The percussion is crisp, and her guitar wails through a solo, and right away, we’re engrossed in the lush, technical precision that has made H.E.R. one of the most gifted musicians of her generation.<br /> Over the course of the album’s 21 songs, she offers the many modes which make up H.E.R. Sultry slow jams run up against funky grooves while stripped-back ballads exist alongside trap beats—together, they span the modern history of R&B and position H.E.R. as both a student of the genre and a bellwether in her own right. “There were a lot of records on this album that I realised were like elevated versions of songs on my first projects, <i>Vol. 1</i> and <i>Vol. 2</i>, where sonically, it’s vibey. It’s like that alternative, kind of new R&B sound,” she says in the film. “But with live instrumentation, it just took it to another level. It’s a celebration of all things that make R&B—the different aspects, the different sounds of R&B. R&B is the foundation of all music.”<br /> Over the years, H.E.R.’s work within the genre has only grown more expansive. Where once she was an artist defined by her anonymity, she’s now unafraid of her own light, a full-fledged star whose versatility is matched only by her musicality. <i>Back of My Mind</i> effectively captures her at, arguably, the most brilliant, confident and freewheeling she’s ever been. In an often over-programmed world, it’s the instrumentation that takes the project to another level—the space where she’s finally able to fully express herself. “This album is representing this freedom of creativity that people are now accepting of me,” she says. “Music is my playground, and I can do whatever I want.”
