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Jaime
A photo of Howard's face
Studio album by
Brittany Howard
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2019 (2019-09-20)
Recorded2018
StudioElectro Vox and Subtle McNugget, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre
Length35:26
LabelATO
ProducerBrittany Howard
Brittany Howard chronology
Jaime
(2019) 		Live at Sound Emporium
(2020)
Singles from Jaime
  1. "History Repeats"
    Released: June 25, 2019[4]
  2. "Stay High"
    Released: July 16, 2019[5]
  3. "He Loves Me"
    Released: January 20, 2020[6]

Jaime is the debut solo studio album from Brittany Howard, released on September 20, 2019 via ATO Records.[7] It has received acclaim from critics[8] and has been nominated for several awards; it was a moderate sales success, appearing on several charts. The album is a mix of several musical styles that reflects intimate events and perspectives in Howard's life, which she supported with her first solo tour.

Recording

I actually made some music the way I hear it... No-one tells me they don't like it, no-one says they don't like this bass part, or this arrangement's too crazy. It was just up to me to make my own mistakes.

―Brittany Howard on recording Jaime solo[9]

The album is the first solo work from Howard, who has previously recorded with Alabama Shakes. It is dedicated to her sister Jaime,[10] who died of retinoblastoma as a teen.[11] After experiencing writer's block,[12] Howard put Alabama Shakes on hold to pursue side projects and to have complete control over the recording of Jaime in 2018.[13] After taking a long road trip,[14] she reflected on her life as her 30th birthday approached[15] and decided to record an album that explored her personal history and beliefs. In addition to discussing the death of her sister, the album explores growing up poor,[9] the prejudice that her parents faced as an interracial couple and her struggle with religious faith.[16] She began recording the songs in a greenhouse in Topanga, California before heading to two Los Angeles-based studios to finalize the album.[9]

Musical style

Jaime has an eclectic style that features elements of synth-rock, blues rock, neo soul, experimental music, psychedelia, soul, gospel, funk, hip hop, contemporary R&B, electronic music, retro-soul, jazz fusion, spoken word, avant-jazz, new age, trap, noise rock, funkadelia, alternative country, power pop, and doo-wop.[1][2][3][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]

According to Ann Powers of Slate, the music is a departure from the revivalist rock of Alabama Shakes, instead exploring a cross between jazz, funk, and soul.[26] Writing for Uproxx, Steven Hyden says Howard abandons typical rock-band dynamics in favor of "darker, weirder, groovier, and more psychedelic" sounds, making it difficult to categorize the album simply as rock, R&B, or jazz.[27] On the other hand, Consequence of Sound explicitly classifies Jaime as a synth-rock album.[1] Pitchfork's Sheldon Pearce also observes synth-rock, although in rapid form among other elements, such as experimental psychedelic funk, old school hip hop breakbeats, and tight jazz sounds reminiscent of D'Angelo's 2014 album Black Messiah;[20] his colleague Jillian Mapes also compares the work to D'Angelo as well as Prince and The Roots.[12]

Marketing

The release was accompanied by three singles: "History Repeats" on June 25, 2019;[4] "Stay High" on June 16, 2019;[5] and "He Loves Me" on January 20, 2020.[6]

Howard also embarked on her first solo tour in promotion of the album.[10] On the road, she and her backing band eschewed Alabama Shakes songs and only performed works from this album and her other bands.[28]

  • August 17: Asheville, North Carolina – Orange Peel
  • August 18: Asheville, North Carolina – Orange Peel
  • August 19: Nashville, Tennessee – Ryman Auditorium
  • August 23: Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
  • August 24: Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
  • September 18: Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Riverside Theater
  • September 19: St. Paul, Minnesota – Palace Theatre
  • September 20: Chicago, Illinois – Riviera Theatre
  • September 22: Toronto, Ontario – Rebel
  • September 24: New York City, New York – Beacon Theatre
  • September 25: Boston, Massachusetts – House of Blues
  • September 27: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – The Fillmore
  • October 5: Austin, Texas – ACL Festival
  • October 8: Los Angeles, California – Theatre at Ace Hotel
  • October 9: Los Angeles, California – Theatre at Ace Hotel
  • October 12: Austin, Texas – ACL Festival
  • October 13: Atlanta, Georgia – AfroPunk Festival

Howard also performed a set for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series[29] and made promotional appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2019[30] and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon[31] and Today in 2020.[32] Planned 2020 performances were canceled or rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[33]

Music videos for "Stay High"[34] and "He Loves Me"[35] were released, with the former featuring Terry Crews lip syncing the song.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.2/10[37]
Metacritic88/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[38]
Chicago Tribune[39]
The Guardian[40]
The Independent[41]
Mojo[42]
Pitchfork8.6/10[20]
Q[43]
Rolling Stone[44]
The Times[45]
Uncut9/10[46]

Template:MC[8] AnyDecentMusic? characterized the critical consensus of 20 sources as an 8.2 out of 10[37] and Album of the Year gave it an 83 out of 100, with 20 reviews.[36]

Reviewing for Uproxx, Hyden praised the album for its differences from Howard's previous work and genre-bending mix of funk, jazz, and hip-hop.[27] In Rolling Stone, Jon Dolan highlighted the Southern culture elements of the lyrics and summing up that her lyrics in "Georgia" make a "strikingly bold moment on a record that's full of them".[44] Pitchfork awarded Jaime the distinction of "Best New Music", with Pearce describing it as a "thrilling opus that pushes the boundaries of voice, sound, and soul to new extremes".[20] The Guardian's Ben Beaumont-Thomas called it "emotionally as well as musically varied" and concluded that solo projects "are rarely as beautiful as they are here".[40] In Under the Radar, Celine Teo-Blockey found her cross-genre experimentation "stunning".[17] Reviewing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine believed the album will warrant repeated listening, with "subsequent spins... profound and nourishing".[38] In a year-end essay for Slate, Powers cited as Jaime one of her favorite albums from 2019 and proof that the format is not dead but rather undergoing a "metamorphosis". She added that concept albums had reemerged through the culturally-relevant autobiographical narratives of artists such as Howard, whose "stunning" album "went deep to reveal the joys and pain of her experience as an embodiment of that elusive state: intersectionality".[26]

Accolades

The album opener "History Repeats" received two nominations at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance[47] Both "13th Century Metal" and "Stay High" were included on Pitchfork's list of the best songs of 2019, placing at number 98 and 42 respectively.[48] Howard was nominated for Artist of the Year, Jaime for Album of the Year, and "Stay High" for Song of the Year at the 2020 Americana Music Honors & Awards.[49]

Year-end list rankings for Jaime
Publication Accolade Rank
The A.V. Club The 20 Best Albums of 2019 11[50]
Billboard The 50 Best Albums of 2019 17[22]
Clash Clash Albums of the Year 2019 39[51]
Consequence of Sound Top 50 Albums of 2019 19[52]
Entertainment Weekly The Best Albums of 2019 6[53]
Exclaim! 20 Best Pop and Rock Albums of 2019 13[19]
The Guardian The 50 Best Albums of 2019 32[54]
The New York Times Best Albums of 2019 2[55]
Paste The 34 Best Albums of 2019 6[56]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2019 12[57]
Rolling Stone The 50 Best Albums of 2019 15[58]
Slate The Best Albums of 2019 —[59]
Slant The 25 Best of Albums of 2019 24[21]
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2019 45[60]
Uproxx The Best Albums of 2019 23[61]
Vice Media The 100 Best Albums of 2019 79[62]

Track listing

All songs written Brittany Howard, except where noted

  1. "History Repeats" – 3:05
  2. "He Loves Me" – 2:32
  3. "Georgia" – 3:18
  4. "Stay High" – 3:12
  5. "Tomorrow" (Paul Horton, Brittany Howard) – 3:14
  6. "Short and Sweet" – 3:45
  7. "13th Century Metal" (Robert Glasper, Brittany Howard, Nate Smith) – 4:48
  8. "Baby" – 2:27
  9. "Goat Head" – 3:13
  10. "Presence" – 2:47
  11. "Run to Me" – 3:05

Personnel

  • Brittany Howard – guitar on "History Repeats", "He Loves Me", "Stay High", "Baby", and "Presence"; clavinet on "Georgia"; keyboards on "Georgia" and "Run to Me"; keyboard and string arrangement at "Tomorrow"; vocals; drums on "Tomorrow", "Presence", and "Run to Me"; percussion on "Tomorrow"; bass guitar on "Tomorrow"; production; editing on "13th Century Metal"

Additional musicians

  • Terry K. Anderson – sermon from Lilly Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, Texas excerpt sampled in "He Loves Me"
  • Lloyd Buchanan – organ on "Georgia"
  • Zac Cockrell – bass guitar on "History Repeats", "He Loves Me", "Georgia", "Stay High", "Tomorrow", and "Baby"
  • Robert Glasper – celesta on "Stay High", keyboards on "13th Century Metal", "Baby", and "Goat Head"
  • Larry Goldings – keyboards on "Tomorrow"
  • Paul Horton – clavinet on "History Repeats" and keyboard arrangement on "Tomorrow"
  • Lavinia Meijer – harp on "Presence"
  • Rob Moose – strings on "Tomorrow"
  • Nate Smith – drums on "History Repeats", "He Loves Me", "Georgia", "Stay High", "13th Century Metal", "Baby", "Goat Head", and "Run to Me"; vibraphone on "Baby"; percussion on "Goat Head"

Technical personnel

  • Chris Bellman – lacquer cutting
  • Christopher Cerulo – engineering assistance
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • Shawn Everett – engineering, mixing, mastering at United Recording and Subtle McNugget in Los Angeles
  • Brantley Gutierrez – photography
  • Michael Harris – engineering assistance
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering input
  • Scott Moore – mixing assistance
  • Vlad Sepetov – art direction
  • Ivan Wayman – mixing assistance

Charts

Weekly charts

Sales chart performance for Jaime
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[63] 59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[64] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[65] 159
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[66] 34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[67] 76
French Albums (SNEP)[68] 182
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[69] 114
Scottish Albums (OCC)[70] 13
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[71] 98
UK Albums (OCC)[72] 36
US Billboard 200[73] 13
US Alternative Albums (Billboard)[74] 3
US Americana/Folk Albums (Billboard)[75] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[76] 2
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[77] 2

Year-end charts

Annual sales chart performance for Jaime
Chart (2019) Position
US Top Current Album Sales[78] 169
US Independent Albums [79] 26

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External links

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