IN MY MIND is the follow-up to
Heather Headley's Grammy nominated debut,
THIS IS WHO I AM. As the follow-up to her multi-award-nominated, critically acclaimed debut,
IN MY MIND does not
disappoint. The album sees Heather come into her own on a superb mix of soul, dancehall, exquisite balladry and fire breathing gospel that proves her standing as a performer of peerless ability.
This time around Heather has been intimately involved in the entire recording process. “I'll admit that making the first album was a little daunting, the whole process being an educational experience for me,” says Heather. She adds: “However, on this one, I set out from the start to map out musically where I wanted to go. I knew what I wanted to hear.” You can hear that intensity from start to finish on IN MY MIND
. Whether it's the sultry title cut, or the playful "Me Time"
or the emotional "Losing You"and the gospel-laced showstopper "Change" Heather pulls no emotional punches on the new CD. She also flexes her funk and dancehall skills, bringing in the prodigious ,b>"Shaggy" for the reggaetinged "Rain" and throwing down with the 'Shoowopping' Lil Jon on the cheerfully infectious "Back When It Was". Producers include Babyface who weighed in on "Me Time".
Among the other producers are Tony Kelly “Rain”, Shannon Sanders and Andrew Ramsey “In My Mind”, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis “What's Not Being Said”, who collaborated on her first album, and Warren Campbell.
Cambell produced the angelic "Change" a kaleidoscopic gospel number that sounds as if it was recorded live on a sunburst-filled Sunday morning. Heather keeps a detailed journal of the day's events and some of the themes on were inspired by diary entries. For this Trinidad-born singer, who came to fame in the musicals, 'The Lion King' and 'Aida', IN MY MIND is the next step on her career. “We just set out to make the best record we could,” she says of her latest recording and there's no doubt that fans of this singular artist will agree that Heather has more than succeeded...