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2007 studio album by Joan Osborne From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Breakfast in Bed is a studio album by Joan Osborne.[1] It was produced by Tor Hyams and released on May 22, 2007 by Time Life. The album mostly contains soul cover songs from the 1970s and 1980s, including "I've Got to Use My Imagination" and "Midnight Train to Georgia," both made popular by Gladys Knight & the Pips. The album also contains six original songs.
Breakfast in Bed | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 2007 | |||
Genre | R&B, Pop | |||
Label | Time Life M19433 | |||
Producer | Tor Hyams | |||
Joan Osborne chronology | ||||
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Two cover songs that Osborne sang live from the documentary movie, Standing in the Shadows of Motown are featured at the end of this album: Martha and the Vandellas' "Heat Wave" and Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?"
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
IGN | 7.4/10[3] |
The Music Box | [4] |
PopMatters | 4/10[5] |
Slant Magazine | [6] |
Stylus Magazine | C[7] |
PopMatters wrote that "the biggest problem is that Breakfast in Bed is all shine and polish, but no sex or sensuality."[8]
Slant Magazine wrote that "both as a writer and a vocalist, Osborne has the chops to record a killer soul album, but this tasteful-to-fault effort isn't it."[9]
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard 200 | 160[10] |
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