Supernova (Lisa Lopes album)
Supernova is the only solo studio album by Lisa Lopes of TLC before her death in 2002.
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Released | August 14, 2001 | |||
Recorded | October 2000 - April 2001 | |||
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Label | Arista | |||
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Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes chronology | ||||
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Singles from Supernova | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
MTV Asia | [2] |
NME | [3] |
Slant Magazine | [4] |
Album information
The album's original titles were "Fantasy1.com" and "A New Star is Born", but were eventually changed to "Supernova". The intended release date for the album was August 16, 2001, the day of her father's birthday, as well as her grandfather's death. This is alluded to in the lyrics of the song "A New Star Is Born". The release date of the album was ultimately pushed back several times. The United States release date was intended to be October 29, 2001, but the album's U.S release was cancelled due to poor sales overseas.
The first single, "The Block Party", was sent to radio in July 2001, becoming a top 20 hit in the U.K., but it did not perform well in the U.S. singles chart. The second single would have been "Hot!", as was made clear at the end of her music video. However, when the album release was canceled in the United States, all further singles were canceled. Though the album was canceled by Arista, Lopes tried selling the album on her website Eyenetics, but to no success. Since the album was not released in the United States, Lopes had already started to work on new material before her death in 2002.
Several tracks from the album were remixed by Death Row Records for Lopes' planned N.I.N.A album. The album was cancelled after Lopes' death, but was leaked online in 2011. Songs from the album were re-released in a remixed form in 2009 as Eye Legacy.
Track listing
Credits are adapted from the album's Liner Notes[5]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Life is Like a Park" (featuring Carl Thomas) | Tracey Horton, Mark Pitts, Terence Dudley | Terence Dudley | 4:00 |
2. | "Hot!" | T. Horton, Lisa Lopes, Dana Stinson, Raymond Grant, Richard Grant | Rockwilder, DJ Twinz (Raymond Grant & Richard Grant) | 4:13 |
3. | "The Block Party" | L. Lopes, T. Horton, Salaam Remi, Maurice White | Salaam Remi | 4:04 |
4. | "Let Me Live" | L. Lopes, M. Pitts, S. Remi, Inga Willis, Mungal Patasar | Salaam Remi | 3:53 |
5. | "Jenny" (featuring Jazze Pha) | L. Lopes, K. Thomas, M. Pitts, Phalon Alexander, Ricardo Thomas | Rick Rock | 6:08 |
6. | "I Believe in Me" | T. Horton, T. Dudley | Terence Dudley | 4:16 |
7. | "Rags to Riches" (featuring Andre Rison) | L. Lopes, Andre Rison | Bad Moon | 4:37 |
8. | "True Confessions" (featuring Angela Hunte) | L. Lopes, K. Thomas, S. Remi, Angela Hunte | Salaam Remi | 3:49 |
9. | "Untouchable" (with 2Pac) | L. Lopes, T. Horton, Tupac Shakur | 2Pac, Left Eye | 5:34 |
10. | "Head to the Sky" (featuring Blaque) | L. Lopes, I. Willis, A. Rison, M. White, Armando Colon, Natina Reed | Armando Colon | 4:14 |
11. | "The Universal Quest" (featuring Esthero) | L. Lopes, Jean-Bea Englishman, Isaac Giles, Kimani Clark | Twin Dragons | 5:48 |
12. | "A New Star is Born" (featuring Tangi Forman) | L. Lopes, Tangi Forman, Karl Heilbron, Andrew Vowles, Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt, James Brown | Karl Heilbron | 4:31 |
13. | "Breathe" (featuring Grant Geissman and Tangi Forman) (hidden track) | L. Lopes | Left Eye | 4:25 |
14. | "Friends" (featuring Cassandra Lucas) (Japanese bonus track) | L. Lopes | Terence Dudley | 4:45 |
Release history
Region | Date |
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United Kingdom | August 14, 2001 |
Japan | September 19, 2001 |
Australia | November 12, 2001 |
China | March 12, 2002 |
References
- Allmusic review
- MTV Asia review
- Slant review
- Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. "Supernova" (Album Notes). Arista. 2001.