Spanish R&B Singer IreneB Releases 2nd Album, “Welcome Back” | Avail Now

The artist from Barcelona released her first album, Metamorphosis, in 2009,
becoming then the first Spaniard to ever release an English R&B album worldwide.
The release and success of the record got her a feature in Jeff Lorber’s Grammy
Nominated album “Now Is The Time” (2010) where she performed not only with
Jeff himself, but with other legendary jazz musicians like Dave Koz, Dave Weckl or
Jimmy Haslip.

This second LP, Welcome Back, is a more intimate collection of songs and sounds
that remind us of singers and groups IreneB has listened to since she was a child,
those who shaped her essence as a singer: Mariah Carey, Aaliyah, TLC and Boyz
II Men.

A good example of this is the first track on this record, “Ride” —collaboration with
Canadian rapper/actor Rams Fax—, that sounds like a genuine Bad Boy Records
production, and takes us straight to the mid-nineties chart topping style created by
producer and rapper P. Diddy. Or the last one, “You” (only available as a
bonustrack in the digital version of the album), produced by young Spaniard Diana
Feria, that reminds us of TLC’s flagship song, “Waterfalls”.

In this record, we also find dancy songs like “Don’t Come Back”, that emulates late
eighties new jack swing in a tribute to its New York raised creator Teddy Riley; or
mid-tempos “Oh Baby” or “What Is Up With You?” (produced by Canadian Trey
Mills, that had already collaborated with the singer in her first LP); sensual ballads
such as “First Class Flight” or “Don’t Think About It”; and even touching on a more
intense subject on “Sober”, taking a glimpse to what a woman goes through in an
abusive relationship.

Production for the rest of the album is carried out by 2007 Latin Grammy winner
Frankie Biggz, also responsable for IreneB’s debut album, who admits: “It was so
much fun to work on this record, I had the chance to dust off some old keyboards
and “toys” and play with them again.”

With Metamorphosis, her first record, we witnessed IreneB’s transformation; with
“Welcome Back,” we experience a more mature artist, that experiments with
different registers and textures in her voice.

“Welcome Back” Tracklist:
1. Ride (feat. Rams Fax)
2. Don’t Come Back
3. What Is Up With You?
4. V.I.P. (feat. Nate Walka)
5. Take It Slow
6. First Class Flight
7. Don’t Think About It
8. Oh Baby
9. The Blame
10. Sober
11. Best Friends
12. You (Digital Bonustrack Only)