Timeless Journey

Timeless Journey is the fifteenth studio album by American singer Patti LaBelle. Her first release with Def Soul Classics, it was released on May 4, 2004 in the United States. One of her most comercially successful albums, it reached number five on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, also hitting the top 20 on the Billboard 200. Timeless Journey produced the singles "New Day" and "2 Steps Away".

Timeless Journey
Studio album by
Patti LaBelle
ReleasedMay 4, 2004
Length50:11
LabelDef Soul Classics
Producer
  • Babyface
  • Dinky Bingham
  • Gordon Chambers
  • The Corner Boys
  • Jonathan DeLise
  • Sheldon Goode
  • Darren Henson
  • David Ivory
  • Jimi Kendrixx
  • Matt McCarrin
  • Sami McKinney
  • PAJAM
  • Keith Pelzer
  • K.C. Porter
  • Jason Rome
  • Bunny Sigler
  • Shawn Smith
  • Troy Taylor
Patti LaBelle chronology
When a Woman Loves
(2000)		 Timeless Journey
(2004)		 Classic Moments
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
People[3]
USA Today[4]

Background

By 2002, Patti LaBelle had been with MCA Records for seventeen years. The label had helped to increase LaBelle's popularity with both pop and R&B audiences resulting in 2 platinum album and four subsequent gold-selling follow-ups. However, LaBelle's last album with the label, 2000's solemnly-produced When a Woman Loves failed to generate a hit record or even go gold. In 2003, MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records. As a result, LaBelle signed with The Island Def Jam Music Group's Def Soul Classics division, joining The Isley Brothers as the two first acts on Antonio "L.A." Reid's new Def Jam imprint. LaBelle went to work on her new album in 2003 and by 2004, LaBelle and Def Jam released Timeless Journey. By the end of the year the album went gold with sales shipping past the 500,000 mark.

Release

Fueled by the release of LaBelle's first hit single in seven years, "New Day", the album eventually did well on the pop and R&B charts reaching number 18 on the former and number 5 on the latter. However, LaBelle and Def Jam fell into problems immediately after its release. Shortly after releasing 2005's Classic Moments, LaBelle told reporters that she was "unceremoniously" kicked out of the label by Reid. After a public spat, Reid renegotiated a new contract with LaBelle in 2007 releasing a Christmas album. Though the album did go gold, it did receive some popularity. Five years later, the ballad "2 Steps Away", written by Philadelphia songwriter and friend Jon DeLise, was featured on Dancing with the Stars. Two Steps Away also aired multiple times on "So you think you can dance" among other network shows and was re-released on the Care for Haiti compilation with notable artists such as Wycleaf Jean and Natasha Beddingfield. The success of the song eventually helped it reach Billboard's Digital Singles chart, her first charted single on that chart. "New Day" topped the Billboard Hot Dance Songs chart in 2004.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."More Than Material"
PAJAM3:54
2."I Like the Way It Feels"
  • Bingham
  • Kendrixx
  • Smith
3:07
3."New Day"
  • LaBelle
  • Pierre Medor
  • Dwayne Nesmith
  • Tiffany Palmer
  • Carlos Ricketts
  • Jason Rome
  • Rome
  • The Corner Boys
3:19
4."Something More"
  • Chambers
  • Taylor
3:12
5."Sometimes Love"Kenneth "Babyface" EdmondsEdmonds3:48
6."Hear My Cry" (featuring Floetry)
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
4:29
7."Good Lovin'"
  • Tanesha Blacks Jackson
  • Myia Davis
  • Shanell Irving
  • Trey Neverson
  • Taylor
Taylor3:34
8."Mm Mm Mm"
  • Mary Brown
  • Sheldon Goode
  • LaBelle
  • Sami McKinney
  • Francci Richard
  • McKinney
  • Goode
3:48
9."Not Right But Real"
  • Goode
  • LaBelle
  • McKinney
  • Omari Dlamini
  • Edmonds
  • McKinney
  • Goode
4:55
10."2 Steps Away"
  • David Ivory
  • Jonathan DeLise
  • LaBelle
  • Ivory
  • Delise
4:30
11."Finally Got the Nerve" (featuring Miri Ben-Ari)
  • Sigler
  • McCarrin
3:57
12."Unpredictable"
  • Bingham
  • Kendrixx
  • Smith
3:04
13."When You Smile" (featuring Carlos Santana, Sheila E., Andy Vargas & La India)
  • LaBelle
  • McKinney
  • K.C. Porter
  • Andrew Snook
  • Omari Dlamini
  • Porter
  • McKinney
4:34
Total length:64:30

Charts
Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[5] 18
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] 5
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References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Feliciano, Kristina (2004-05-07). "Reviews of Timeless Journey and Lionel Richie's Just for You". Entertainment Weekly: 84. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  3. People review
  4. USA Today review
  5. "Patti LaBelle Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  6. "Patti LaBelle Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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