Affirmation (Beverley Knight album)

Affirmation is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Beverley Knight. It was released by Parlophone Records on 28 June 2004 in the United Kingdom. The album peaked at number 11 on the UK Albums Chart, while reaching number 83 in Switzerland. Affirmation was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 2 July 2004, less than a week after the album was released, and had reached gold staus by December 2004. It features three hit singles, "Come As You Are", "Not Too Late for Love" and "Keep This Fire Burning", which all entered the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart.

Reception
Affirmation received generally mixed to positive reviews. AllMusic editor Jon O'Brien rated the album three and a half stars out of five and remarked that "Affirmation clearly has one eye on dominating the airwaves." He found that "inevitably, with the attempt to cover several bases, [it] may alienate fans of her more soulful first two records [...] But overall, there are enough gems on here to suggest that Affirmation may achieve the commercial success it so obviously craves."

Main personnel

 * Beverley Knight – vocals, production, backing vocals, producer, piano
 * Guy Chambers – piano, keyboards, production, bass guitar, arrangement, organ, synthesizer, clavinet, acoustic guitar
 * Chris Braide – production, keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
 * Dominic Glover – trumpet
 * Richard Flack – drum programming, production, arrangement, engineer, mixer
 * Phil Spalding – electric guitar, bass guitar
 * Jimmy Hogarth – guitar, production, programming, percussion
 * Andy Ross – saxophone
 * Julian Burdock – electric guitar
 * Sam Dixon – bass guitar
 * David Nicholson – keyboards, programming, guitar
 * Jeremy Stacey – drums
 * Paul Reid – guitar
 * Frank Ricotti – percussion
 * Peter John Vettese – drums, guitar, production, programming
 * Ghost – production
 * Martin Slattery – piano
 * Al Di Meola – guitar
 * Ashley Kingsley – keyboards, electric piano
 * Paul Stanborough – additional acoustic guitar
 * DJ Munro – production
 * Ian Thomas – drums
 * Billie Godfrey – backing vocals
 * Bryan Chambers – backing vocals