Timeless (Kenny Lattimore album)

In October 2001, Lattimore released Weekend, his third studio album and debut with Arista Records. It opened and peaked at number 63 on the US Billboard 200 and number 24 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, becoming his highest entry on the Billboard 200 yet. While Things That Lovers Do was particularly successful, becoming the highest-charting album for both singers, In 2008, Lattimore signed with Verve Records to release Timeless, his first solo project in seven years. Compromising eleven tracks and produced by longtime contributor Barry Eastmond, the cover album found the singer reinterpreting classic songs by artists ranging from The Beatles and Jeff Buckley to Aretha Franklin. == Promotion==

"You Are My Starship," a 1976 hit single by Norman Connors and Michael Henderson, was issued as the album's lead single. Follow-up "And I Love Her," a rendition of the 1964 Beatles original, became Lattimore's first top ten hit on the US Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, reaching number seven. Third and final single, a cover of Jeff Buckley's 1998 single "Everybody Here Wants You," peaked at number number 32 on the US Adult R&B Songs chart. == Critical reception ==

AllMusic editor Andy Kellman gave Timeless a three out of five stars rating. He found that the album "is another set lacking in fresh material must be a point of soreness for the singer's fans, but, taken on its own, the disc is hardly worth disregarding." ==Commercial performance==

Timeless opened and peaked at number 53 on the US Billboard 200, becoming Lattimore's highest-charting solo album. It also reached number six on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making it his first solo project to reach the chart's top ten. ==Track listing==

• John Anderson – synthesizer • Ray Bardani – mixing • Jerry Barnes – bass guitar • Sherrod Barnes – guitar, wah-wah guitar • Eddie Cole – background vocals • Wilburn "Squidley" Cole – drums • Amanda Dandy – background vocals • Tabetha Dandy – background vocals • Barry Eastmond – Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards • George Fontenette – trumpet, programming, drum programming • Mark Gross – alto saxophone • Omar Hakim – drums • Everette Harp – tenor saxophone • Bashiri Johnson – percussion • Kenny Lattimore – vocals • Keith Loftis – tenor saxophone • Jason Marshall – baritone saxophone • Chedrick Mitchell – organ • Dustin Moore – bass guitar • Rafael Padilla – percussion • Tamika Peoples – background vocals • Ralph Rolle – drums • Saunders Sermons – trombone • Ira Siegel – guitar, sitar • John Smith – acoustic guitar • Michael White – drums • Gordon Williams – mixing, percussion, programming ==Charts==