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Beauty In the Breakdown

by Jean Morisson

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    "Beauty In the Breakdown" is a collection of stories, impeccably set to song, chronicling the singer-songwriter's journey of the many human layers of a relationship from passion, love and the broken end.

    Once upon a time, Jean met "L" on a hot, steamy night. Their connection was only slightly more instant than the sex, and the romance was a whirlwind of passion, ghosts and broken mirrors.

    Four years, many tears and masquerades of deceit later, Jean rises out of her own heartbreak to tell her honest story of a love that should never have been, a person that never was, and how it brought her to her own defining moment of "Beauty in the Breakdown".

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    THE MUSIC

    With a thunderous voice, poetically explosive lyrics and a sizzling, virtuoso band, "Beauty in the Breakdown" is set on fire with an incendiary blend of modern, danceable Pop-Funk with rocked-out Urban flare.

    Genre-defiant influences of Prince & the Revolution's "Purple Rain", with heartfelt dysfunction of Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors", sealed with the cool-factor of Justin Timbelake's "FutureSexLoveSound" Jean Morisson has sophistically married different styles that melt together, brilliantly.

    Special guests include Nile Rodgers (Madonna, David Bowie, Duran Duran), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Raymond Angry (The Roots, Joss Stone, D'Angelo) and more.

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    ALBUM CREDITS

    Produced, Arranged, Composed and Performed by:
    Jean Morisson & Diego Paul Sanchez

    Guitars: Nile Rodgers, Vernon Reid, Michael Sullivan III, Diego Paul Sánchez

    Bass: Darion Alexander, Diego Paul Sánchez, Nick Baglio

    Drums: Nick Baglio

    Percussion: Jean Morisson

    Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drum Machines, Programming: Diego Paul Sánchez, Jean Morisson

    Hammond B-3: Raymond Angry

    Mixing: Bob Clearmountain, Jason Goldstein and James Lugo

    Mastering: Brent Lambert at Kitchen Mastering

    Photography: Dimitri Williams for DWP
    Design by: Burning6

    Packaged in a 6 fold DigiPack.

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1.
Love [Overture] 00:55
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Open Up the Box 04:18
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Do you see what I see I walked into a crowded room Felt my lust, your eyes, the boom I'm wondering what I would say If I could just get next to you The "Glamoured" spell I'd put you through Tell me that you dare me To do the things that scare me When I'm next to you Flow and take it slowly There's not need to hurry I'm yours all night Baby, Open Up the Box Don't stop, don't leave a drop Open Up the Box Don't stop, don't leave a drop (Can you take me... there) Please don't stop the music Baby don't stop the rock Sexy sexy lady Sexy Sexy I know you see what I see Making your groove so close, so smooth Baby, I love the way you move You're teasing me, my body's tight Go on and do that thing so right Asking me, "Dance with me all night?" Tell me that you dare me To do the things that scare me When I'm next to you, baby Flow and take it slowly There's not need to hurry I'm yours all night Baby, Open Up the Box Don't stop, don't leave a drop Open Up the Box Don't stop, don't leave a drop (Can you take me... there) Please don't stop the music Baby don't stop the rock Sexy Sexy lady Damn she's so hot Please don't stop the music Baby don't stop the rock Sweaty, Sexy, Crazy Sexy Sexy Tell me that you dare me To do the things that scare me When I'm next to you, baby Flow and take it slowly There's not need to hurry I'm yours all night
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Naughty feat. Nile Rodgers 04:09
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Can you feel it, baby? I can... Darlin', I was wondering If I can get a piece of you The piece you wanna give me, too What if I ask nicely, baby? If you knew that I would do it, Would you do it? Let me ride inside your favorite car You can drive and I will take you far Everybody looks at you They want their chance But only you and I can do This dirty dance If we slip through the night, when it's right I can be your all I can be so.. Naughty, nasty, instigator, trouble-maker, dominator Gonna get into it, Get into it Gonna groove it through it Baby, are you satisfied? I'll take you up into a place so high That you and I will touch the sky My lips drip my kisses, baby Your fingers slide electric (I can handle it) Let's just slide inside this secret hall Your body's moving, you have me on the wall Everybody looks at you They want their chance But only you and I can do This dirty dance If we slip through the night, when it's right I can be your all I can be so.. Naughty, nasty, instigator, trouble-maker, dominator Gonna get into it, Get into it Gonna groove it through it
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Gigolo feat. Nile Rodgers & Vernon Reid 04:37
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Why are you looking Hooking me to look around your way? You know I'm taken But you have so much you want to say It's like The Raven Knock-knock-knocking right outside my door Cause if I touch you I am lost forever, evermore [STOP] Please don't do it I'm on fire baby wanting you [STOP] Please don't do it Once it's done I'll be so into you I know it's wrong But I've waited oh so long Here you come You're coming over here, so close again Pressed against me Like a devil burning in my skin Not and angel Won't pretend I'm working out my sin Look what you've done It's gonna hurt so good, so deep within [STOP] Please don't do it I'm on fire baby wanting you [STOP] Please don't do it Once it's done I'll be so into you I know it's wrong But I've waited oh so long I'm just a Gigolo I know it's so And I don't want to let go I'm just a Gigolo I know it's so I don't know how to say no This corner's perfect And you know just what you want to do I feel you touch me, you're so dirty I'm so into you Oh baby please don't I can't take your sex against the door My mind is saying no But I just want you on the floor [STOP] Please don't do it I'm on fire baby wanting you [STOP] Please don't do it Once it's done I'll be so into you I know it's wrong But I've waited oh so long I'm just a Gigolo I know it's so And I don't want to let go I'm just a Gigolo I know it's so I don't know how to say no Got your eye on the prize [and that's the game] With your brand new idea [to all you Mrs. Fame] You've got your target on me [in the line of sight] That's why you call me in the middle of the night I'm just a Gigolo, I'm just a Gigolo - oh, oh I'm just a Gigolo, I'm just a Gigolo - oh, oh, oh I'm just a Gigolo I know it's so And I don't want to let go I'm just a Gigolo I know it's so I don't know how to say no
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All For You (In 1220) 05:51
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How do I tell you, baby? Where do I begin? With one look, I'm devastated With one kiss you do me in Never, ever felt such pleasure Never drowned in so much rain With you melted on my fingers Your sound is driving me insane You whisper your sex is on fire Blindfolds in the dark Come and get me Give me all your lovin' Up against the door 'Til the cops come knocking, baby Don't it make you want me more? Give me all your lovin' 'Til the walls crash the floor Say my name again, now baby Don't it make you want me more? You know I'm not a jealous lover But with you, it comes with ease Don't want nobody else to touch you You're mine, you just belong to me There will never be another Make you come the way I do So be good tell me, baby My d*ck's the only one for you Your body is my new obsession Bound in silk & ties There on your knees Give me all your lovin' Up against the door 'Til the cops come knocking baby Don't it make you want me more? Give me all your lovin' 'Til the walls crash the floor Say my name again, now baby Don't it make you want me more? Cuando no estas aqui No hay desahogo sin ti En un beso sabrás todo lo que he callado Te amo, corazón In 1220, you remember? Kidney Thieves played soft and tender I was lost in you And you, lost in me Give me all your lovin' Up against the door 'Til the cops come knocking baby Don't it make you want me more? Give me all your lovin' 'Til the walls crash the floor Say my name again, now baby Don't it make you want me more? In 1220, you remember? Making love so sweet and tender It was all for you, all for you It was all for you, baby In 1220, you remember? You were mine and I surrendered It was all for you, all for you And you were all for me...
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The Fight 04:16
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You don't hear a word I say Are you gonna lie to me? Create another mystery? I cannot hear a word you say You're like someone I never knew I would've never lied to you Can you look at me again? Has it become so much that you are not my friend? Can you see the you in me? Or is it so far that it could never ever be... Never be? 'Cuz every time you come around My world is spinning upside down I cannot sleep at night and think and sleep at night tonight and sleep at night and dream What else can I do? It's because of you Please don't say the words you say You twist my stomach inside out Fill my head with endless doubt Then you look the other way It's like my heart's an empty space Filled without amazing grace Can't you look at me again? Is your heart so lost that it will never mend? When you say these words you do Like there's a ghost inside this room I'm losing... losing u... Losing you... 'Cuz every time you come around My world is spinning upside down I cannot sleep at night and think and sleep at night tonight and sleep at night and dream What else can I do? Baby, baby, baby please I've gotten down on my knees Begging and pleading so hard that I'm bleeding inside 'Cuz every time you come around My world is spinning, spinning upside down I can't sleep at night and think and sleep at night tonight and sleep at night and dream What else can I do? Because of you... It's because of you...
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Lies [Interlude] 00:31
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Better Than You feat. Vernon Reid 03:41
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Hey! You! So What!? Ooh, you're walking away now, baby Walking away like you do D-D-Dangerous game that you're playing, honey Kn-Kn-Knowing I can walk away too Gentle Jezebel, so from hell Wishing on a wishing well Whatcha think I'm gonna do? Fo-fo-fo-fo-follow you? Do you think you're so much more Than I've ever had before? Let me break the news, it's true I can do better than you Hey! You! What are you thinkin'? Textin' for a hookup while you're drivin' and drinkin' So What?! It doesn't matter "Glamoured" is no longer true I can do better than... You, you're lying your way out baby Lying the way that you do D-D-Dangerous game that you're playing, honey Kn-Kn-Knowing I can lie to you, too Gentle Jezebel, so from hell Wicked witch, you cast a spell Whatcha think I'm gonna do? Fa-fa-fa-fa-fall for you? Do you think you're so much more Cause we laid down twice before? Let me break the news, it's true I can do better than you Hey! You! What are you thinkin'? Textin' for a hookup while you're drivin' and drinkin' So What?! It doesn't matter "Glamoured" is no longer true I can do better than you Now you know I miss you baby Yes, I miss you more than ever Now, you know that's just not really true I would rather die than be with you So I took back my key And I locked you out FOREVER Hey! You! What are you thinkin'? Textin' for a hookup while you're drivin' and drinkin' So What?! It doesn't matter "Glamoured" is no longer true I can do better than... you
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Videotape [Interlude] 00:43
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3:25AM 06:42
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3:25am, I wipe my sweat away Awake to try to find myself, again Can't eat, can't sleep, can't dream This bitterness inside of me has got a hold on three I drowning in the sea Do you know what it's like to love you? Had to break my heart and watch you walk away Do you know what it's like to watch you live a lie? When I know there's nothing I can do to make you see the light You're walking dangerously close to the edge I cry all night don't know where you've been And so I want to choose my words closely then Cause something ain't right Please tell me why I keep on falling I keep on coming back to you Is this forever? Can we forget what we've been through? 'Cuz I keep on falling I keep on coming back to you Is this forever? I'll never forget what you put me through Falling for you 3:25, I wipe my sweat away Awake cause I can't hide this pain, again Can't eat, can't sleep, can't be I'm falling deeper, can't you see you've got a hold on me? Your love is killing me Do you know what it's like to love you? I'm bleeding love inside I'm dying every day Do you know what it's like to want you in my life? When I know there's nothing I can do to make you see the light You're walking dangerously close to the edge I cry all night, don't know where you've been And so I want to choose my words closely then Cause something ain't right... please tell me why... Tell me are you happy now? That you fooled the world somehow to think Everything that you had done to me Was everything that I had done to you You painted me like I'm a fool Like a Rockstar just being so damn cool Only sent you flowers to apologize There's so many lies Are you fucking kidding me? Treated you like you were queen of the scene Behind my back, sneak attack, you're so damn mean Still I wanted to give you The things that I told you Now I forgive you Now I forgive you Please tell me Tell me why I keep on falling I keep on coming back to you Is this forever? Can we forget what we've been through? 'Cuz I keep on falling I keep on coming back to you Is this forever? I'll never forget what you put me through Falling for you... Falling for you...

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Jean Morisson's "Beauty In the Breakdown", is a collection of stories, impeccably set to song, chronicling the singer-songwriter's journey of the many human layers of a relationship from passion, love and the broken end. Once upon a time, Jean met "L" on a hot, steamy night. Their connection was only slightly more instant than the sex, and the romance was a whirlwind of passion, ghosts and broken mirrors. Four years, many tears and masquerades of deceit later, Jean rises out of her own heartbreak to tell her honest story of a love that should never have been, a person that never was, and how it brought her to her own defining moment of "Beauty in the Breakdown"

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released April 2, 2013

Produced by: Diego Paul Sánchez & Jean Morisson

FEATURING:
Nile Rodgers, Vernon Reid, Raymond Angry. With mixes by: Bob Clearmountain, Jason Goldstein & James Lugo

Jean Morisson: Vocals, Background Vocals, Percussion, Keyboards
Diego Paul Sánchez: Background Vocals, Keyboards, Bass
Michael Sullivan III: Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Darion Alexander: Bass
Nick Baglio: Drums, Bass

Executive Producer: Matthew Kenner

Mastered by: Brent Lambert at Kitchen Mastering

Cover Photography: Dimitri Williams Photography
Design: Burning6

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