''Javier'' is the debut album of

Javier Colon Javier Colon (stylized as Colón; born April 29, 1978) is an American acoustic singer-songwriter. He has referred to his style of music as being "acoustic soul." He was a member of EmcQ and The Derek Trucks Band, and worked with many musicians ...

known as Javier. It was released on August 5, 2003, as a CD on

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...

. It reached #91 on the ''Billboard'' 200, the official American Albums Chart. The album is credited to Javier rather than the full name of the artist.

Track listing

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4:53 (Javier Colon, Evan Rogers,

Carl Sturken Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers are New York–based songwriters and record producers. They have produced hits for Ruben Studdard, Wild Orchid, Christina Aguilera and Evelyn Champagne King and helped build the career of Rihanna. In addition to ...

) #Beautiful U R 3:46 (Colon, Harvey Mason Jr., D. Thomas) #Song For Your Tears 4:37 (Colon, Rogers, Sturken) #Slow Motion 3:58 (Colon, Mason Jr., Thomas,

Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ...

, Barry Mann, A. & E. Dawkins) #Hey Little Sister 5:08 (Colon, Rogers, Sturken) #Biggest Mistake 4:05 (Colon, Mason Jr., Thomas, Tony Dixon) #Interlude #1 0:28 #If I Never Get to Heaven 5:00 (Colon, Rogers, Sturken, R. Skies) #Can't Have My Heart 3:12 (Colon, Skies, Kevin Cloud) #She Spoke to Me 4:42 (Colon, Rogers, Sturken) #In Your Hands 3:03 (Colon, Cloud, Skies) #She'll Never Know 4:24 (Colon, Cloud, Skies) #Interlude #2 0:19 #October Sky 7:06 (Colon, Rogers, Sturken)

Personnel

*Javier Colon – vocals, piano, guitars, percussion *Tony Dixon – keyboards *Omar Edwards – organ *Eric D. Jackson,

Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

, Michael Thompson – guitars *Carl Sturken – guitars, keyboards *Larry Campbell –

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Mike Elizondo Mike Elizondo (born October 22, 1972) is an American producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. A protege of Dr. Dre, Elizondo has worked with 50 Cent, Eminem, Carrie Underwood, Fiona Apple, Mastodon, Ry Cooder, Skylar Grey, Twenty ...

– bass * ?uestlove – drums, percussion *Karriem Riggins – programming *Charles Crawford –

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*strings arranged & Conducted By Larry Gold **Charlie Bisharat, Darius Campo, Mario Diaz de Leon, Bruce Dukov, Olga Konopelsky, Emma Kummrow, Charlene Kwas,

Sid Page Sid Page is an American violinist who has been active in many genres of music since the late 1960s. He has been a member of Dan Hicks (singer), Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. From 1973 to 1974, he was a member of Sly and the Family Stone and appea ...

, Charles Parker, Haim Shtrum, Gregory Teperman – violin **Davis A. Barnett, David Yang – viola ** Dorothy Lawson – cello

Chart

References

External links

* Billboard: Javier – ''Javier'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Javier 2003 debut albums Albums produced by the Underdogs (production team) Javier Colon albums