Morning is the third studio album

Studio album

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 by American R&B

Contemporary R&B

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-soul

Soul music

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 singer-songwriter Amel Larrieux

Amel Larrieux

Amel Larrieux is an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Larrieux rose to fame in the mid 1990s as a founding member of the duo Groove Theory along with Bryce Wilson. After leaving the group in 1999, she released her debut solo album Infinite Possibilities the following year on...

, released in the United States on April 25, 2006. Larrieux's second album released on her own independent label, Blisslife Records, it peaked at number seventy-four on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 and number eight on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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, becoming the singer's highest-charting solo album on both charts to date. The album spawned the singles "Weary", which charted at number twenty-nine on the Billboard Hot Adult R&B Airplay and "No One Else", which was included on the soundtrack to Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry

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's 2007 film Why Did I Get Married?

Why Did I Get Married?

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Track listing

All songs written by Amel Larrieux and Laru Larrieux.

1. "Trouble" – 2:47
2. "Unanswered Question" – 3:34
3. "No One Else" – 3:24
4. "Earn My Affections" – 3:35
5. "Weary" – 3:52
6. "Morning" – 3:46
7. "Gills and Tails" – 4:59
8. "Magic" – 4:02
9. "Just Once" – 3:36
10. "Mountain of When" – 4:38

Musicians

• Amel Larrieux – vocals
  Singing
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Laru Larrieux – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , keyboards, sounds, instrumentation
  Instrumentation (music)
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• Carlos Henderson – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , double bass
  Double bass
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• Chris Parks – guitar
  Guitar
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• Daniel Walker – Gadulka
  Gadulka
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Production

• Amel Larrieux – art direction
  Art director
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  , stylist
• Laru Larrieux – producer
  Record producer
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  , engineer
  Audio engineering
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  , drum programming
  Drum machine
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  , art direction
• Mark Coston II – art direction, design
  Graphic design
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• Carlos Henderson – overdubs
  Overdubbing
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• Chris Parks – overdubs

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	74
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	8
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	5

Release history

Country	Date	Label
United Kingdom	April 21, 2006	Blisslife
United States	April 25, 2006
Canada		Sonic Unyon Sonic Unyon Sonic Unyon Recording Company is an independent record label based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The retail store is located on Wilson Street near James Street North)...
Australia	April 26, 2006	Blisslife
Japan	August 18, 2006	Pony Canyon Pony Canyon is a Japanese company, established on October 1, 1966 , which publishes music, DVD and VHS videos, movies and video games. It is a subsidiary of Japanese Media Group, Fujisankei Communications Group.-History:...
Germany	September 20, 2007	Blisslife