Brave (Jennifer Lopez album)

Brave is the sixth studio album by American singer and entertainer Jennifer Lopez. It was released on October 6, 2007 by Epic Records. It is Lopez's fifth English-language studio album. It debuted at number twelve on the U.S. Billboard 200 with 53,000 copies sold in its first week. It became Lopez's least successful album to date, selling just 600,000 units worldwide to date.
Track listing
"Stay Together" (Jonathan Rotem, Chasity Nwagbara, Evan "Kidd" Bogart) - 3:31
"Forever" (Balewa Muhammad, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis, Patrick "j.Que" Smith, Chauncey Hollis) - 3:38
"Hold It Don't Drop It" (Kevin Risto, Waynne Nugent, Jennifer Lopez, Allen Phillip Lees, Tawana Dabney, Janet Sewell, Cynthia Lissette, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) - 3:55
Contains a sample of Tavares' "It Only Takes a Minute" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter)
"Do It Well" (Ryan Tedder, Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, Frank Wilson) - 3:05
Contains a sample of Eddie Kendricks' "Keep on Truckin'" (Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, Frank Wilson)
"Gotta Be There" (Adam Gibbs, Michael Chesser, Crystal Johnson, Travis Cherry, Leon Ware, Arthur Ross) - 3:57
Contains a sample of Michael Jackson's "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (Leon Ware, Arthur Ross)
"Never Gonna Give Up" (Michelle Lynn Bell, Peter Wade Keusch, Lopez) - 4:21
"Mile in These Shoes" (Chasity Nwagbara, Onique Williams) - 3:16
"The Way It Is" (Bell, Keusch, Lopez, Rhonda Robinson, Gennaro Leone, Bruce Rudd) - 3:07
Contains a sample of Great Pride's "She's a Lady" (Gennaro Leone, Bruce Rudd)
"Be Mine" (Bell, Keusch, Robinson, John Hill, Caleb Shreve, Lopez, Bobby Hebb) - 3:20
Contains a sample of Paul Mauriat's "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb)
"I Need Love" (Bell, Keusch, Robinson, Hill, Shreve, Lopez, Bill Withers) - 3:52
Contains a sample of Bill Withers' "Use Me" (Bill Withers)
"Wrong When You're Gone" (Lewis, Smith, Muhammad, Nelson, Keri Hilson) - 3:58
"Brave" (Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Lewis, Smith, Muhammad, Nelson) - 4:21
Bonus tracks
"Do It Well" (featuring Ludacris) (bonus track on all editions) - 3:34
"Do It Well" (Monto Blanco Radio Mix) (iTunes bonus track in some countries) - 3:03
"Do It Well" (Ashanti Boyz Remix) (iTunes bonus track in some countries) - 3:42
"Frozen Moments" (Bell, Keusch) (Canadian iTunes bonus track) - 3:45
Deluxe edition bonus DVD
"Get Right" (featuring Fabolous) (Video) - 3:52
"Hold You Down" (featuring Fat Joe) (Video) - 4:32
"Que Hiciste" (Video) - 4:17
"Me Haces Falta" (Video) - 3:33
Target edition
Includes exclusive fan package with T-shirt.
Circuit City edition
Includes exclusive free calendar.
Personnel
Pedro Alfonso - Violin, Viola
Jim Annunziato - Engineer
Scott Barns - Make-Up
Michelle Lynn Bell - Producer, Vocal Arrangement
Michelle Bell - Vocals (bckgr)
Big D - Producer
Chuck Brody - Producer
CFOS - Mixing Assistant
Travis Cherry - Producer
Clutch - Producer
Brandon Creed - A&R
Alec Deruggiero - Engineer
Warren "Oak" Felder - Producer
William Garrett - Keyboards, Engineer
Larry Gold - Conductor, String Arrangements
Alexei Hay - Photography
John Hill - Producer, Mixing
Keri Hilson - Vocals (bckgr)
Hit Boy - Programming, Producer, Instrumentation
Peter Wade Keusch - Synthesizer, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Vocal Arrangement
Gelly Kusuma - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
Jennifer Lopez - Executive Producer
Manny Marroquin - Mixing
Julie Ann Marsibilio - A&R
Josh McDonnell - Guitar, Engineer
Keith Naftaly - A&R
Candice Nelson - Vocals (bckgr)
Chasity Nwagbara - Vocals (bckgr)
Ken Paves - Hair Stylist
Philosophy - Producer
Herb Powers - Mastering
Julio C. Reyes - Engineer, String Arrangements, Vocal Producer
Jared Robbins - Mixing Assistant
Corey Rooney - Executive Producer, Brass Arrangement, Vocal Producer
Jose Juan Sanchez - Engineer
Ryan Santomauro - A&R
Sizzler Ponderosa - Vocals (bckgr)
Chris Soper - Mixing Assistant
Corey Stocker - Engineer
Bruce Swedien - Mixing
Ryan Tedder - Programming, Producer, Instrumentation
Mike Tschupp - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
Peter Wade - Synthesizer, Guitar, Programming, Mixing
Chasity Wagbara - Vocals (bckgr)
Bruce Waynne - Producer, Engineer
Daniel Werner - A&R
Monique Williams - Vocals (bckgr)
Charts
Sales and certifications
Release history
References
Jennifer Lopez albums
2007 albums
Pop albums
Funk albums
R&B albums
Epic Records albums