[PREORDER] Meshell Ndegeocello - Synonym

Standard Black 2LP

Synonym is Meshell Ndegeocello's third album for Blue Note, a set of beloved songs reimagined as duets that span genres, moods, and eras. Exploring love, identity, friendship, and selfhood, each track pairs two singers of the same gender, opening with a rendition of "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" alongside Cynthia Erivo.

Guests across its fifteen tracks include Cat Power, Robert Glasper, Chaka Khan, Brandi Carlile, Lianne La Havas, Moses Sumney, ANOHNI, WILLOW, Madison Cunningham, Emily King, Lizz Wright, Destin Conrad, Bill Callahan, and Chris Thile. The album follows the Grammy-winning The Omnichord Real Book and No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin.

Available on standard black 2LP and softpack CD. Out October 2 on Blue Note.

Tracklist

Side A

1. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (with Cynthia Erivo)
2. Don't You Want Me (with Cat Power)
3. Don't Stop The Music (with Nick Hakim, Robert Glasper)
4. Islands In The Stream (with Chaka Khan)

Side B

5. It Ain't Me Babe (with Madison Cunningham)
6. Always On Time (with Laura Lee)
7. Be Real Black for Me (with Emily King, Lizz Wright)

Side C

8. Don't Look Any Further (with Lianne La Havas)
9. The Closer I Get To You (with Destin Conrad, Moses Sumney)
10. Golden Ring (with Brandi Carlile)
11. I Got You Babe (with ANOHNI)
12. Here We Come (Here He Comes) (with Evann McIntosh)

Side D

13. Guilty (with Ink)
14. Hunger Strike (with WILLOW)
15. With God on Our Side (with Bill Callahan, Chris Thile)