The Way is the eighth full-length studio album by American recording artist
Macy Gray, released on October 7, 2014, on
Kobalt Records.[1] The record follows her
Stevie Wonder tribute album Talking Book. Gray supported the album with a
North American and
Australian tour.[1] The album was molded around the idea that there is little music in today's mainstream for a mature audience.[2]
The Way received generally positive reviews from music critics. At
Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[8]