Judgement Days is the second studio album

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 by English R&B

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/hip hop

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 singer and rapper Ms. Dynamite

Ms. Dynamite

Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley , who performs as Ms. Dynamite, is a double BRIT Award and three time MOBO Awards winning UK garage, R&B and hip hop singer and rapper.-Biography:...

, released in 2005 on Polydor Records

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. Chink Santana

Chink Santana

Chink Santana is an American R&B musician and producer. His achievements include co-producing Ashanti, the award-winning debut album from the singer of the same name. He also worked on her follow-up, Chapter II, and has recently co-written and produced tracks on Judgement Days, the second album...

, Stephen Marsden, Christian Karlsson, and Lil Wayne

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 collaborated on several tracks.

Reception

Judgement Days is similar to Ms. Dynamite's first work, drawing inspiration from a number of personal themes in her life as a basis for humane political commentary in a climate of increasing paranoia. However, it also supposedly reflected the fact she had matured as a performer, including having performed at Live 8

Live 8

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 earlier that year.

Upon its release in the United Kingdom and Ireland in October 2005, the album peaked at number forty-three on the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

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, staying inside the music charts for just two weeks. In Ireland, it reached number sixty-six, then fell outside the top one hundred. It sold around 50,000 copies in the two countries combined.

It was not promoted well in Europe or Australia; and so later that year Polydor officially dropped Ms. Dynamite from the record label.

Track listing

1. "Judgement Day
   Judgement Day (Ms. Dynamite song)
   "Judgement Day" is Ms Dynamite's first single from her second album Judgement Days. "Judgement Day" was released on 26 September, 2005 as a double A-side single with "Father"...
   
   " – 4:23
2. "Father
   Father (Ms. Dynamite song)
   "Father" is the first single taken from Ms. Dynamite's second studio album Judgement Days. "Father" was released on 26 September, 2005 as a double A-side single with "Judgement Day"...
   
   " – 3:56
3. "Put Your Gun Away" (featuring Sincere) – 4:11
4. "Back Then" – 3:47
5. "Fall In Love Again
   Fall in Love Again
   "Fall in Love Again" is Ms. Dynamite's second and final single from her second album Judgement Days.-Track listing:-Credits and personnel:*Lead vocals – Ms. Dynamite*Producers – Chink Santana*Lyrics – Chink Santana, Niomi McLean-Daley...
   
   " – 3:32
6. "Not Today" – 3:32
7. "You Don't Have to Cry" (featuring Lil Wayne
   Lil Wayne
   Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...
   
   ) – 4:46
8. "Unbreakable" – 3:30
9. "Pain" – 4:23
10. "Shavaar" – 4:08
11. "Gotta Let It Go" – 4:12
12. "She Don't Live Here Anymore" (featuring Chink Santana
    Chink Santana
    Chink Santana is an American R&B musician and producer. His achievements include co-producing Ashanti, the award-winning debut album from the singer of the same name. He also worked on her follow-up, Chapter II, and has recently co-written and produced tracks on Judgement Days, the second album...
    
    ) – 5:00
13. "Mr Prime Minister" – 4:45

Disc 1

1. "Judgement Day"
2. "Father"
3. "Put Your Gun Away" (featuring Sincere)
4. "Back Then"
5. "Fall in Love Again"
6. "Not Today"
7. "You Don't Have to Cry" (featuring Lil Wayne)
8. "Unbreakable"
9. "Pain"
10. "Shavaar"
11. "Self Destruct" (featuring Assassin) – 4:49
12. "Gotta Let It Go"
13. "She Don't Live Here Anymore" (featuring Chink Santana)
14. "Mr Prime Minister"
15. "Redemption Song" – 3:08

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
French SNEP Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...  Albums Chart	72
Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically...	66
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	43