''Made in the Manor'' is the fifth studio album by British rapper

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. The album was released on 4 March 2016 by

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and Bigger Picture Music. It is Kano's first album release for six years following ''

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'' (2010), featuring guest appearances from

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, Giggs, Jme and

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. The production was handled by frequent collaborators Mikey J,

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, Blue May and Damon Albarn, alongside Jodi Milliner,

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, Mele,

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, Sam Beste, Swifta Beater and

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. The album received positive reviews from critics and entered the

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at number 8, becoming Kano's highest-charting album in his career. It was shortlisted for the

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in 2016."Mercury Prize 2016: The nominees"

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. Accessed 26 October 2016 It also won 'Best Album' in the 2016

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Awards.

Critical reception

''Made in the Manor'' was met with positive reviews upon its release. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 66, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on nine reviews.

Accolades

Track listing

Notes * signifies an additional producer Sample credits * "Hail" contains a sample of "Next Hype", written and performed by

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Personnel

* Kano – vocals, drum programming (6, 9), producer (6, 11, 13), bass (2) *Fraser T. Smith – guitar (1), additional producer (1, 2), drums (2, 12), keyboards (6, 8, 9), piano (2, 6, 8, 9, 12), drum programming (6, 8, 9, 12), producer (2, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12), bass (2, 12), Synthesizer (2) *Michael Asante – programming (1), producer (7, 10) *Rustie – producer (1) *Melé – producer (3) *Deanna Wilhelm – horn (6, 12) *Nubya Garcia – horn (6, 12) *Rosie Turton – horn (12) *Blue May – keyboards (5, 7, 11, 13), programming (5, 7, 11, 13), additional producer (4, 7), electric guitar (13), drums (13) *Amy Langley – cello (5, 7), orchestra (7) *Amy Stanford – viola (5, 7) *Gita Langley – violin (5, 7) *Rosie Langley – violin (5, 7) *Dirty pretty strings – string quartett (7) *Jodi Milliner – keyboards (5, 7, 11, 13), programming (5, 7, 11, 13), additional producer (5, 7, 13), producer (11), bass (5, 11) *Tawiah – backing vocals (8, 11) *Vula Malinga – backing vocals (8, 11) *Damon Albarn – keyboards (9), vocals (9) *

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– drums (5, 11) *Sam Beste – piano (5, 11), vocoder (11), producer (11) *Kwes – bass (13), keyboards, (13), additional producer (13) *Zeph Ellis – producer (14) *Jme – producer (15), vocals (15) *James Adams – trumpet (5) *Ryan Jacobs – trumpet (5) *the killer horns – horns (5) *Simon Elms – trumpet (4) *Colin Smith – saxophone (4) *Seifta Beater – producer (4) *Giggs – vocals (4) *Wiley – vocals (4)

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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