Eric Benet spent the better part of a decade carving out a niche for his laid-back loverman R&B, notching a minor hit in 1999 with "Spend My Life with You," before he hooked up with actress Halle Berry.
The couple married in 2001 and things almost immediately started to unravel for the singer.
He started to pursue an acting career in earnest by appearing in Mariah Carey's legendary bomb Glitter, released the very year Berry starred in the gritty Monster's Ball, a career-making role that landed her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
That soul-baring performance, combined with her chest-baring performance in Swordfish, made Berry a superstar and a sex symbol, which overshadowed Benet's perfectly respectable career as a quiet storm crooner and C-level actor, resulting in a downward spiral of jealousy manifesting itself in a lot of sleeping around.
All this came to light in 2003, when Berry filed for divorce from Benet.
Not long afterward, Benet's serial infidelities were revealed, and while he claimed to suffer from sex addiction, he was quickly pegged as the idiot who cheated on Halle Berry by both tabloids and the public, and nothing he did, including a gloriously weepy interview on Primetime Live in the summer of 2004, erased that perception.
Hurricane -- his long-gestating third album, delivered in the summer of 2005, delivered well over six years after his second, A Day in the Life -- won't rehabilitate his image, either.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be Myself AgainHod David, Eric Benét, Andrew Wyatt | Eric Benét | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 2 | Pretty BabyEric Benét, George Nash, Jr. | Eric Benét | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 3 | HurricaneEric Benét | Eric Benét | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | Where Does the Love GoHod David, Eric Benét, Andrew Wyatt | Eric Benét | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 5 | My PrayerWalter Afanasieff, Eric Benét, John Lang | Eric Benét | Play | 05:09 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 6 | Man Enough to CryEric Benét, Dean Parks | Eric Benét | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 7 | I KnowEric Benét, Andrew Ramsey, Shannon Sanders | Eric Benét | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | IndiaEric Benét, Dean Parks, Danny Peck | Eric Benét | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 9 | The Last TimeEric Benét | Eric Benét | Play | 03:41 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | In the EndEric Benét | Eric Benét | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 11 | Making LoveMichael Carney, Andy Duncan, Eric Benét | Eric Benét | Play | 04:23 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 12 | Cracks of My Broken HeartWalter Afanasieff, Tim Blixseth, Jonathan Clark, Eric Benét | Eric Benét | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| 13 | I Wanna Be LovedEric Benét | Eric Benét | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 14 | Still With YouWalter Afanasieff, Tim Blixseth, Eric Benét | Eric Benét | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 60 mins | 137 MB | |||||
| 60 mins | 383 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Afanasieff | Arranger, Audio Production, Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming |
| 2 | Spanky Alford | Guitar, Soloist |
| 3 | Steve B. | Engineer |
| 4 | Eric Benét | Audio Production, Bass (Vocal), Bass Instrument, Composer, Main Personnel, Percussion, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals |
| 5 | Tim Blixseth | Composer, Executive Producer |
| 6 | Chris Boardman | String Arrangements |
| 7 | Chris Botti | Guest Artist, Main Personnel, Soloist, Trumpet |
| 8 | Randall Bowland | Guitar, Main Personnel |
| 9 | Lee Bridges | Assistant |
| 10 | David Campbell | String Arrangements |
| 11 | Michael Carney | Audio Production |
| 12 | Michael Carney | Composer, Producer |
| 13 | Jonathan Clark | Composer |
| 14 | Vinnie Colaiuta | Drums, Guest Artist, Main Personnel |
| 15 | Larry Corbett | Cello |
| 16 | Hod David | Audio Production, Bass, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Main Personnel, Mixing, Producer |
| 17 | Kevin KD Davis | Mixing |
| 18 | Rich Davis | Production Coordination |
| 19 | Neil Devor | Engineer |
| 20 | Andy Duncan | Audio Production, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Mixing, Producer |
| 21 | Danny Duncan | Engineer |
| 22 | Nathan East | Bass |
| 23 | Olivia Fischa | Make-Up |
| 24 | Dave Foster | Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, String Arrangements |
| 25 | David Foster | Audio Production, Guest Artist, Keyboards, Main Personnel |
| 26 | Humberto Gatica | Audio Production, Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 27 | Larry Gold | String Arrangements |
| 28 | Bernie Grundman | Mastering |
| 29 | Dawn Haynes | Stylist |
| 30 | Anthony Johnson | Drums |
| 31 | Jef Lee Johnson | Guitar, Main Personnel |
| 32 | Kaori Kinoshita | Assistant Engineer |
| 33 | Emanuel Kiriakou | Digital Editing, Engineer, Programming |
| 34 | Viktor Krauss | Bass |
| 35 | Frank Lacy | Horn |
| 36 | Michael Landau | Guitar (Electric) |
| 37 | John Lang | Composer |
| 38 | Manny Marroquin | Mixing |
| 39 | Lucia Micarelli | Violin |
| 40 | Brian Frazier Moore | Drums, Main Personnel |
| 41 | George Nash, Jr. | Audio Production, Composer, Producer |
| 42 | Dan Needham | Drums |
| 43 | Mike O'Connor | Engineer |
| 44 | Pino Palladino | Bass, Bass Instrument, Main Personnel |
| 45 | Dean Parks | Composer, Guitar |
| 46 | Van Dyke Parks | Arranger, Conductor |
| 47 | Juan Patino | Mixing, Percussion |
| 48 | Danny Peck | Composer |
| 49 | Csaba Petocz | Engineer |
| 50 | Kathleen Philpott | Design |
| 51 | Tim Pierce | Guitar |
| 52 | Demonté Posey | Audio Production, Keyboards, Main Personnel, Organ, Producer |
| 53 | James Poyser | Keyboards, Main Personnel |
| 54 | Andrew Ramsey | Composer |
| 55 | Drew Ramsey | Audio Production |
| 56 | Alejandro Rodriguez | Engineer |
| 57 | Alex Rodriguez | Assistant Engineer |
| 58 | William Ross | Arranger, Conductor |
| 59 | Aldo Ruggiero | Assistant |
| 60 | Jochem van der Saag | Programming |
| 61 | Shannon Sanders | Audio Production, Composer, Organ, Piano, Producer, Programming, Synthesizer |
| 62 | Jacques Schwarz-Bart | Horn |
| 63 | F. Reid Shippen | Mixing |
| 64 | John Sneltz | Engineer |
| 65 | Norbert Stachel | Saxophone |
| 66 | Jorge Vivo | Engineer |
| 67 | Stephen Walker | Art Direction, Design |
| 68 | Shelley Wiseman | Production Coordination |
| 69 | Joe Wohlmuth | Engineer |
| 70 | Patrick Woodward | Engineer, Mixing |
| 71 | Andrew Wyatt | Composer, Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |