''The Clarence Greenwood Recordings'' is the third album by American recording artist

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. It was released on September 14, 2004 via

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. Originally, ''The Clarence Greenwood Recordings'' was scheduled to be released under

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after he was pursued by the company where they bought out his contract with his former label,

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. Arista CEO

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- who executive produced the album - left the label amid huge losses before it was released. The move made Citizen Cope an RCA signee when Arista was restructured in 2004. On August 30, 2019, the

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issued a Gold certification for ''The Clarence Greenwood Recordings'' fifteen years after its initial release.

Track listing

All the tracks were written and produced by Clarence Greenwood.

Personnel

* Clarence Greenwood – main artist, producer, drum machine, fender rhodes, guitar, keyboards, programming, synthesizer bass, turntables * Rev. Brady Blade – drums * Aaron Burroughs – handclapping * Dennis Chambers – drums *

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– photography * Preston Crump – bass * Paul "Big Bird" Edwards – drums *

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– keyboards, organ, synthesizer, synthesizer strings * Bashiri Johnson – percussion *

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– mixing * Alex McKinney – web design *

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– bass * Michael Neal – bass, mixing * Daniel Parker – handclapping, keyboards, piano * Shawn Pelton – drums *

Neal Pogue Neal H Pogue is an American producer, audio engineer and mixer originally from Roselle, New Jersey, and based in Los Angeles. Pogue is a multi-time Grammy Award winner, having first won for his engineering and mixing work on Outkast's ''Speake ...

– mixing *

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– bass *

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– keyboards, piano * Steve Ralbovsky – A&R * Keith Robinson – percussion * Carlos Santana – guitar * Joshua Sarubin – A&R * Mike Tocci – mixing * Steef Van De Gevel – mixing * Jason Yates – fender rhodes, organ *

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– mastering

Certifications

References

2004 albums Citizen Cope albums RCA Records albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub