Now (Maxwell album)

Now
Studio album by
Maxwell
ReleasedAugust 14, 2001
Recorded2000–01
Genre
Length50:15
LabelColumbia
ProducerMUSZE (Maxwell)
Maxwell chronology
Embrya
(1998) 		Now
(2001) 		BLACKsummers'night
(2009)
Singles from Now
  1. "Get to Know Ya"
    Released: February 15, 2001
  2. "Lifetime"
    Released: October 16, 2001
  3. "This Woman's Work"
    Released: January 15, 2002

Now is the third studio album by American R&B singer Maxwell. It was released on August 14, 2001, by Columbia Records.[1] Following the lukewarm critical reception of his 1998 record Embrya, Maxwell pursued a different direction while recording Now, abandoning the conceptual style of his previous albums.[2]

Now received positive reviews and became Maxwell's first album to reach number one on the Billboard 200, selling over 296,000 units in the U.S. in the first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album's third single "This Woman's Work", a live staple of Maxwell's,[3] charted at number 58 on the Hot 100 and at number 16 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[4][5] Now was Maxwell's last album before an eight-year hiatus, which culminated in the release of his fourth studio album BLACKsummers'night (2009).[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference PM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jones, Steve. "Maxwell Says He's Ready 'Now' to 'Get to Know Ya'". USA Today: D.08. August 20, 2001.
  3. ^ Leroy, Dan. Review: Now. Yahoo! Music. Retrieved on 2009-09-25.
  4. ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 - Maxwell - This Woman's Work - Chart Listing For The Week Of jun 29 2002". Billboard. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  5. ^ "The Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs - Maxwell - This Woman's Work - Chart Listing For The Week Of jul 06 2002". Billboard. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  6. ^ Kellman, Andy Review: BLACKsummers'night. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-07-19.