Supernova (Lisa Lopes album)
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| Released | August 14, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | October 2000 – April 2001 | |||
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| Label | Arista | |||
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| Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Supernova | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| MTV Asia |   [2] |
| NME | [3] |
| Slant Magazine | [4] |
Supernova is the debut studio album by Lisa Lopes of TLC and is the only one released in her lifetime, prior to her traffic collision-related death in 2002. Despite failing to chart, it generally received positive reviews by the music critics.
Album information[edit]
The album's original titles were "Fantasy1.com" and "A New Star is Born", but were eventually changed to "Supernova". The release date for the album was August 16, 2001, the day of her father's birthday, as well as her grandfather's death. This is alluded to in the lyrics of the song "A New Star Is Born". The United States release date was intended to be October 29, 2001, but the album's U.S. release was cancelled due to poor sales overseas.
The album's first single, "The Block Party", was sent to radio in July 2001 and became a top 20 hit in the UK, but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single was to have been "Hot!", however, when the album release was canceled in the United States, all further singles were canceled. Though the album was canceled by Arista, Lopes tried selling the album on her website (Eyenetics), but to no success.
Several tracks from the album were remixed by Death Row Records for Lopes' planned N.I.N.A album. The album was cancelled after Lopes' death, but was leaked online in 2011. Songs from the album were re-released in a remixed form in 2009 as Eye Legacy.
Track listing[edit]
Credits are adapted from the album's Liner Notes[5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Life is Like a Park" (featuring Carl Thomas) | Tracey Horton, Mark Pitts, Terence Dudley | Terence Dudley | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Hot!" | T. Horton, Lisa Lopes, Dana Stinson, Raymond Grant, Richard Grant | Rockwilder, DJ Twinz (Raymond Grant & Richard Grant) | 4:13 |
| 3. | "The Block Party" | L. Lopes, T. Horton, Salaam Remi, Maurice White | Salaam Remi | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Let Me Live" | L. Lopes, M. Pitts, S. Remi, Inga Willis, Mungal Patasar | Salaam Remi | 3:53 |
| 5. | "Jenny" (featuring Jazze Pha) | L. Lopes, K. Thomas, M. Pitts, Phalon Alexander, Ricardo Thomas | Rick Rock | 6:08 |
| 6. | "I Believe in Me" | T. Horton, T. Dudley | Terence Dudley | 4:16 |
| 7. | "Rags to Riches" (featuring Andre Rison) | L. Lopes, Andre Rison | Bad Moon | 4:37 |
| 8. | "True Confessions" (featuring Angela Hunte) | L. Lopes, K. Thomas, S. Remi, Angela Hunte | Salaam Remi | 3:49 |
| 9. | "Untouchable" (with 2Pac) | L. Lopes, T. Horton, Tupac Shakur | 2Pac, Left Eye | 5:34 |
| 10. | "Head to the Sky" (featuring Blaque) | L. Lopes, I. Willis, A. Rison, M. White, Armando Colon, Natina Reed | Armando Colon | 4:14 |
| 11. | "The Universal Quest" (featuring Esthero) | L. Lopes, Jean-Bea Englishman, Isaac Giles, Kimani Clark | Twin Dragons | 5:48 |
| 12. | "A New Star is Born" (featuring Tangi Forman) | L. Lopes, Tangi Forman, Karl Heilbron, Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt, James Brown | Karl Heilbron | 4:31 |
| 13. | "Breathe" (featuring Grant Geissman and Tangi Forman) (hidden track) | L. Lopes | Left Eye | 4:25 |
| 14. | "Friends" (featuring Cassandra Lucas) (Japanese bonus track) | L. Lopes | Terence Dudley | 4:45 |
Release history[edit]
| Region | Date |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | August 16, 2001 |
| Japan | September 19, 2001 |
| Australia | November 12, 2001 |
| China | March 12, 2002 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Supernova - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "MTV Asia review". Mtvasia.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Justice's First Track In Five Years Will Get You In The Mood For Your Holidays". Nme.com. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Cinquemani, Sal (28 April 2002). "Review: Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Supernova". Slantmagazine.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. "Supernova" (Album Notes). Arista. 2001.
