Peace Beyond Passion

Peace Beyond Passion
Studio album by Me'shell Ndegeocello
Released	June 25, 1996
Recorded	1995-1996
Genre	Soul, R&B
Length	59:10
Label	Maverick
Producer	David Gamson
Me'shell Ndegeocello chronology
Plantation Lullabies (1993) Peace Beyond Passion (1996) Bitter (1999)

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Robert Christgau	B+ link
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Entertainment Weekly	C+ link
New York Times	(favorable) link
NME	(6/10) link
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Peace Beyond Passion is an album by Me'shell Ndegeocello. It was released on June 25, 1996, on Maverick Records. The album peaked at #63 on the Billboard Top 200 list in 1996. The album also peaked at #15 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart. It went on to become Me'shell's most commercially successful album. The album was positively received by music critics. The album was also nominated for the 'Best R&B Album' Grammy Award in 1997.

The first single "Leviticus: Faggot" peaked at #15 on Billboard's Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart in 1996. The music video was positively received on R&B outlets, despite its heavy storyline.

The second single and the biggest hit from the album was a Bill Wither's cover "Who Is He (And What Is He To You?)". The single reached #1 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart in November 1996, as well as peaking at #34 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

The third and final single was a remixed version of the ballad "Stay", which peaked at #15 on Billboards Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart and #67 on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

Track listing

1. "The Womb" – 1:25
2. "The Way" – 4:58
3. "Deuteronomy: Niggerman" – 4:01
4. "Ecclesiastes: Free My Heart" – 5:22
5. "Leviticus: Faggot" – 6:08
6. "Mary Magdalene" – 5:51
7. "God Shiva" – 4:09
8. "Who Is He and What Is He to You?" – 4:49
9. "Stay" – 4:30
10. "Bittersweet" – 5:17
11. "A Tear and a Smile" – 3:49
12. "Make Me Wanna Holler" – 8:51

Personnel

• Me'Shell Ndegéocello – bass guitar, guitar, percussion, arranger, multi instruments, drum programming
• Billy Preston – organ
• Joshua Redman – horns, saxophone, horn section
• Oliver Lake – horns
• Bennie Maupin – bass clarinet
• Wendy Melvoin – guitar, arranger, guitar arrangements
• Allen Cato – guitar
• David Torn – guitar
• David Fiuczynski – guitar
• Wah Wah Watson – guitar, wah wWah guitar
• Federico Pena – percussion, Fender Rhodes
• Daniel Sadownick – percussion
• Luis Conte – percussion
• Gene Lake – drums
• David Gamson – arranger, drums, producer, engineer, vocal arrangement, drum programming, atmosphere
• Paul Riser – string arrangements
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Bob Power – mixing
• Rail Jon Rogut – engineer
• Mike Krowiak – engineer
• Charles Nasser – engineer
• Suzanne Dyer – engineer
• Gregory-Trevor Gilmer – art direction
• Guzman/Rotterdam Conservatory Orquesta Tipica – photography
• Melvone Farrell – make-up
• Kahlil Gibran – inspirador