Eleven is an album by the British acid jazz band Incognito, released in 2005 on Dome Records. The album peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 52 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Critical reception
Paula Edelstein of AllMusic called Eleven "a sleek, pop/jazz offering that will have you swinging and swaying to their groovy guitars, big horns, and soulful vocals...The soulful vocals of Maysa Leak and Imaani bring a great dimension to Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick's company and it's definitely a keeper."
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Matt Cooper – Fender Rhodes (1), keyboards (3, 5, 8), bass (3), drums (3), percussion (3) Ski Oakenfull – synthesizers (1), drum programming (3, 7, 9), keyboards (6, 9, 10), percussion programming (7, 10) Graham Harvey – Fender Rhodes (4, 11) Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick – guitars (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9–11), acoustic guitar (6) Tony Remy – guitars (1–6, 8–11), vocoder (2), guitar solo (7) Francis Hylton – bass (1, 2, 4–6, 8–11), Fender Rhodes (2) Richard Bailey – drums (1, 4, 8) Daniel "Venom" Maunick – beats (2, 5) Shawn Lee – drums (6, 10, 11) Joao Bosco De Oliveira – percussion (1–3, 5, 6, 9, 10)
Brass section Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick – brass arrangements (1–3, 5–11) Jim Hunt – tenor saxophone (1, 5–8) Andy Ross – tenor saxophone (2, 3, 7, 10, 11) Ed Jones – tenor saxophone (3, 7) Nichol Thomson – trombone (1–3, 5–11), brass arrangements (1, 5, 8, 9) Trevor Mines – trombone (3, 7) Dominic Glover – flugelhorn (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11), trumpet (1–3, 5, 7–11), brass arrangements (2, 3, 5–7, 9–11) Tom Rees-Roberts – trumpet (3, 7)
Vocalists Gail Evans – vocals (1), backing vocals (2–5) Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick – vocals (1), backing vocals (2–4, 7, 9, 11) Tony Momrelle – vocals (1), lead vocals (2, 9, 10), backing vocals (2–5, 9, 10) Imaani – vocals (1), lead vocals (2, 4, 11), backing vocals (2–5) Maysa Leak – lead vocals (3, 5, 8, 10), backing vocals (5, 8, 10) Tyrone Henry – backing vocals (3, 4) Carleen Anderson – lead vocals (7)
Production Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick – A&R, producer Simon Cotsworth – producer, mixing Matt Cooper – co-producer (3, 5) Dominic "Ski" Oakenfull – co-producer (7, 9, 10) Stuart Hawkes – mastering at Metropolis Mastering (London, England) Amanda Searle – photography Andrew Carver – photography assistant Robin Cotsworth – design Tinku Bhattacharyya – management
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