Late Registration
The orchestrated follow-up, made with Jon Brion, with Gold Digger on top of the Hot 100.
Kanye West, 2005
- Released
- 30 August 2005
- Recorded
- 2004-2005
- Studio
- Chalice, Grandmaster, Record Plant (Hollywood) and Sony Music Studios (New York)
- Label
- Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam
- Producer
- Kanye West, Devo Springsteen, Jon Brion, Just Blaze, Warryn Campbell
- Length
- 70:25
It cost about $2 million and took over a year. West was inspired by Portishead's Roseland NYC Live, and Jon Brion served as co-executive producer. It opened at number 1 in the United States with 860,000 copies and has sold five times platinum there. The singles were Touch the Sky, Heard 'Em Say and Gold Digger, which reached number 1 on the Hot 100. Metacritic gives it 85, and it won the Grammy for Best Rap Album after eight nominations. Craig Bauer, who mixed the record, described the sessions to Sound On Sound.
More from Kanye West
The College Dropout (2004), Graduation (2007), 808s & Heartbreak (2008), My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010), Yeezus (2013)
Sources
- Late Registration, Wikipedia
- Recording and Mixing Kanye West: Craig Bauer, Sound On Sound (2006-02)