John Legend releases his debut album : ‘Get Lifted’ featuring ‘Ordinary People’ (2004)

John Legend‘s ‘Get Lifted’ feat. ‘Ordinary People’ is his debut studio album released on December 28, 2004, ‘

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1 . Let’s Get Lifted (on “Letterman”)

2 . Used To Love U (Official Video)

3 . Ordinary People (Official Video)

4 . Ordinary People (on “Letterman”)

5 . Stay With You (Live)

6 . So High (Piano Acoustic)

7 . So High (Official Video)

8 . I Can Change Live

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Track Listing : 1.Prelude (John Stephens) – 00:44 . 2.Let’S Get Lifted (John Stephens, Kanye West, R. Shobin) – 03:37 . 3.Used To Love U (John Stephens, Kanye West) – 03:30 . 4.Alright (John Stephens, Kanye West) – 03:20 . 5.She Don’T Have To Know (John Stephens, William Adams, Sylvester Stewart) – 04:52 . 6.Number One (John Stephens, Kanye West, Curtis Mayfield) – 03:18 . 7.I Can Change (John Stephens, Dave Tozer) – 05:01 . 8.Ordinary People (John Stephens, William Adams) – 04:41 . 9.Stay With You (John Stephens, Dave Tozer) – 03:49 . 10.Let’S Get Lifted Again (John Stephens, Dave Tozer) – 02:18 . 11.So High (John Stephens, Devon Harris, Paul Cho, Leon Ware, Pam Sawyer) – 05:07 . 12.Refuge (When It’S Cold Outside) (John Stephens,Devon Harris, Paul Cho) – 04:13 . 13.It Don’T Have To Change (John Stephens, Dave Tozer) – 03:23 . 14.Live It Up (John Stephens, Devon Harris, Tarrey Torae, Anthony Hester) – 04:35


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Musicians : Kanye West – Programming, Rap, Vocals On (6) . Snoop Dogg – Rap On (7) . Stephens Family – Pvocals On (13) . Miri Ben-Ari – Strings On (14) . Lauryn Hill – Guest . Dave Tozer – Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Keyboards, Programming . Will.I.Am – Clavinet, Moog Bass, Moog Synthesizer, Programming . Tom Craskey – Bass . Jimmy Coleman – Drums . Swiss Chris Flueck – Drums . Tim Izo – Flute, Saxophone . Jayme Kelly Curtis – Guitar . Sharief Hobley – Guitar . Curtis Jay – Guitar . Glen Jeffery – Guitar . George Pajon – Guitar . Horn Dogs – Horn . Printz Board – Trumpet . Corey Hogan – Saxophone . Jeremy Dyen – Synthesizer . Elizabeth Lea – Trombone . Jenee Dixon – Trumpet . Steve Tirpak – Trumpet . Candice Anderson – Vocals . Clarence “Sleepy” Anderson – Vocals . Tara Michel – Vocals . Na2 – Vocals . Lenesha Randolph – Vocals . James Roston – Vocals . Tarey Torae – Vocals . Brandy Stephens – Vocals (Background) . Brett Stephens – Vocals (Background) . Dionne Stephens – Vocals (Background) . Doris Stephens – Vocals (Background) . Marjorie Stephens – Vocals (Background) . Phyllis E. Stephens – Vocals (Background) . Phyllis Y. Stephens – Vocals (Background) . Vada Stephens – Vocals (Background) . Mbalia Singley – Vocals (Background) . A. Wayne Stephens – Vocals (Background) . Kashaan Stephens – Vocals (Background) . Ronald Stephens – Vocals (Background) . Vaughn Stephens – Vocals (Background) . Tarrey Torae – Vocals (Background) . Ted Chung – Finger Snaps, Handclapping . Shvona – Finger Snaps, Handclapping . Ronald “Bumper” Stephnes – Finger Snaps, Handclapping

Production : Produced By Kanye West, John Legend, Dave Tozer And Will.I.Am . Andrew Dawson – Engineer . Pete Donelly – Engineer . Aaron Fessel – Engineer . Michael Harmon – Engineer . Jun Ishizeki – Engineer . Anthony Kilhoffer – Engineer . Andy Manganello – Engineer . Mcgowan Southworth – Engineer . Jason Villaroman – Engineer . Pablo Arraya – Assistant Engineer . Jason Carson – Assistant Engineer . Angry Mike Eleopoulos – Assistant Engineer . Michael Eleopoulos – Assistant Engineer . Michael Peters – Audio Engineer . Manny Marroquin – Mixing . Jared Robbins – Mixing Assistant

Package : David Bett – Art Direction . Patrick Fong – Design . Danny Clinch asterisques RVM – Photography . Patricia Tyree – Photography . Tatiana Beedar – Stylist

Recorded In 2004 At Sound Images, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sony Music Studios, New York City, Ny, The Record Planet, Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, California, The Stewchia, Los Feliz, California, Studio Crash, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Released On December 28, 2004 By Getting Out Our Dreams.

(Source John Legend – Get Lifted | Official Website)

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Sputnikmusic.com
However, Get Lifted blends too much in its own deep, silky, smooth like a ice cream sundae soundand other than previously mentioned highlights not much of it stands out on its own. But other than the ill-conceived Snoop Dogg-featured “I Can Change”, Get Lifted preaches volumes of consistency in modern R&B […]

BBC
An album that not only lived up to its hype, but rose squarely above it. Yes, at times it is a patchwork of the past filtered through Legend’s ever-present influences, but the quality of his writing and performanceand his collaborators’ contributions, make it worthy of the awards and plaudits it rightly received. […]

Tiny Mix Tapes
In short, there is no justification for this album’s existence on a major label. There is nothing John Legend does that isn’t being done better by dozens of artists whose only failing is that Kanye doesn’t know about them. Although, if the prize for Kanye knowing about you is Kanye putting his stamp on your music, then perhaps it is not much of a failing after all… […]

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