Bitter (Meshell Ndegeocello album)

Bitter
Studio album by Meshell Ndegéocello
Released	August 24, 1999
Recorded	1997–99
Genre	R&B neo soul
Length	47:36
Label	Maverick
Producer	Craig Street
Meshell Ndegéocello chronology
Peace Beyond Passion (1996) Bitter (1999) Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (2002)

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Robert Christgau	link
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Vibe	(favorable) link
Village Voice	(favorable) link
Yahoo! Music	(favorable) link

Bitter is the third solo album by Meshell Ndegeocello. It was released on August 24, 1999, on Maverick Records. The album peaked at #105 on the Billboard Top 200 list in 1999. The album also peaked at #13 on Billboard's Top Internet Albums chart and #40 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart. Track #2 "Fool of Me" is featured in the soundtrack to the film "Love & Basketball Was featured in the Netflix show "She's Gotta Have It".

Track listing

1. "Adam" (Meshell Ndegéocello) – 2:24
2. "Fool of Me" (Ndegéocello, Federico González Peña) – 3:30
3. "Faithful" (Ndegéocello, David Gamson) – 4:46
4. "Satisfy" (Ndegéocello, Peña) – 4:05
5. "Bitter" (Ndegéocello) – 4:15
6. "May This Be Love" (Jimi Hendrix) – 5:17
7. "Sincerity" (Ndegéocello, Doyle Bramhall II) – 5:30
8. "Loyalty" (Ndegéocello, Allen Cato) – 4:20
9. "Beautiful" (Ndegéocello) – 2:44
10. "Eve" (David Torn, Roger Moutenot) – 1:23
11. "Wasted Time" (Ndegéocello) – 4:55
12. "Grace" (Ndegéocello) – 4:27

Personnel

Musicians

(instruments are not stated in the booklet)

• Meshell Ndegéocello - vocals, electric bass, additional instruments
• Lisa Coleman - piano, keyboards
• Wendy Melvoin - guitar
• Chris Bruce - (guitar, bass?)
• Doyle Bramhall II - guitar
• Ronny Drayton - electric guitar
• Greg Leisz - pedal steel guitar (11 at least)
• David Torn - guitar
• Abraham Laboriel Jr. - drums, percussion
• Daniel Sadownick - percussion
• Biti Straug - background vocals
• Arif St. Michael - background vocals
• Joe Henry - vocals (11), (keyboards?)
• Sandra Park - violin
• Sharon Yamada - violin
• Robert Rinehart - viola
• Alan Stepansky - cello
• Steve Barber – string arrangements

Technical

• Craig Street – producer
• Dusty Wakeman – engineer (Mad Dog Studios, Burbank, Ca.)
• S. Husky Höskulds - engineer for additional recordings (Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, Ca.)
• Tom Schick – engineer for additional recordings (Sear Sound, New York, N.Y.)
• Elijah Bradford, Rafael Serrano, Chris Ribando, Joseph Turner – second engineers
• Roger Moutenot – mixing (Sunset Sound Factory, L.A.)
• Joseph Turner – mixing assistant
• Greg Calbi – mastering (Sterling Sound, N.Y.)
• Paul Thompson – production assistant
• Kai Morrison – project coordination
• Kevin Reagan – art direction, design
• Gail Swanlund – design
• Sheryl Nields – photography