The Return (Ruben Studdard album)

The Return
Studio album by Ruben Studdard
Released	October 17, 2006 (2006-10-17)
Recorded	2005-2006
Genre	R&B, pop, soul
Length	50:19
Label	J Records/19 Recordings
Producer	Scott Storch Shea Taylor Stargate Bryan Michael Cox The Underdogs Ne-Yo
Ruben Studdard chronology
I Need An Angel (2004) The Return (2006) Love Is (2009)

The Return is the third album by R&B-pop artist Ruben Studdard and was released on October 17, 2006. The first single, "Change Me", was released on July 31, 2006.

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The album debuted and peaked at number eight in the Billboard 200, with 71,000 copies sold in its first week of release. The album has sold only 237,000 copies in the U.S. It subsequently became his last album with J Records, having been dropped from their line-up in December 2007.

Track listing

1. "The Return (Of the Velvet Teddy Bear)" – 4:14
2. "Change Me" (Harvey Mason Jr, Damon Thomas, Steve Russell, Tank) – 3:50
3. "Make Ya Feel Beautiful" (Shaffer Smith, Shea Taylor) – 3:27
4. "Get U Loose" (Harvey Mason Jr, Damon Thomas, Steve Russell, Tank) – 3:54
5. "Our Story" – 3:50
6. "One Side" (Mikkel SE, T Hermansen and Harold Lilly) – 3:55
7. "What tha Business Is" – 3:26
8. "Rather Just Not Know" (Shaffer Smith, Jason Boyd) – 3:38
9. "Ain't No Party" – 3:40
10. "Listen to Ya Heart" – 3:35
11. "I'm Not Happy" – 4:09
12. "To Da Crib" – 3:33
13. "Blow Ya Mind" – 4:02
14. "If Only for One Night" (originally recorded by Brenda Russell and made popular by Luther Vandross) (Brenda Russell) – 3:46

Controversy

Sony Music was accused of the unauthorized use of Louis Vuitton's copyrighted Toile as part of the disc's design. An undisclosed settlement was reached between Sony and LVMH, the parent company of Louis Vuitton.