Love (Aaron Carter album)
| LØVË | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | February 16, 2018 |
| Recorded | 2016–2017 |
| Genre | [1] |
| Length | 48:30 |
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Love (stylized as LØVË) is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriter Aaron Carter, released on February 16, 2018, by Sony Music. It is Carter's first studio album in sixteen years, since 2002's Another Earthquake.[2][3] The album was preceded by an EP of the same name, released in 2017.
Background
On April 1, 2016, Carter released "Fool's Gold" as the first single. Carter told Billboard:
"The "LØVË" and "Fool's Gold" era has been D.I.Y. hustle since day one. "Everything from the production, songwriting, mixing, photoshoots, music videos, packaging and distribution have been a collective involvement from a team I like to call 'Team Fool's Gold.'"
The second single, "Sooner or Later", was released on January 20, 2017. The song peaked at #4 on the Billboard Spotify Viral 50 chart.[4] The third single, "Don't Say Goodbye", was released on December 8, 2017, the day after Carter's 30th birthday.[5]
The album was formally announced on January 30, 2018, along with its release date. Carter revealed one song title per day via his Instagram account, leading up to the album's release.[6]
To celebrate Valentine's Day and promote the album's upcoming release, Carter released a newly recorded and remixed version of his top ten hit from 2000, "I Want Candy", on February 14, 2018.[7]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
AllMusic rated the album at three and a half stars, writing that Carter does "an admirable job grasping the contemporary pop trends of 2017 and 2018 while adjusting his lyrical content from that of teen party jams to reflective heartbreak anthems."[1]
Track listing
Track listing adapted from iTunes.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hard to LøVë" | Aaron Carter, Michel Schulz, Melanie Fontana & Taylor Helgeson | 3:35 |
| 2. | "Sooner or Later" | Carter, Jon Asher, Fontana, Helgeson & Schulz | 3:33 |
| 3. | "Bad 2 Good" | Carter, Gino "Farrago" Barletta, Asher, Fontana, Schulz & Skyler Stonestreet | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Same Way" | Carter, Asher, Fontana, Helgeson & Schulz | 3:07 |
| 5. | "What Did You Want to Say?" | Carter, Asher, Fontana, Helgeson, Schulz & Mike Molina | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Fool's Gold" | Carter, Asher, Fontana, Helgeson & Schulz | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Seattle TideZ" | Carter, Asher, Fontana, Helgeson & Schulz | 3:45 |
| 8. | "Let Me Let You Go" | Carter, Asher, Fontana, Helgeson & Schulz | 3:21 |
| 9. | "Don't Say Goodbye" | Carter, Asher, Fontana, Helgeson & Schulz | 3:17 |
| 10. | "Almost There" | Carter, Asher, Fontana, Helgeson & Schulz | 3:25 |
| 11. | "Champion" | Carter, Schulz & Fontana | 4:10 |
| 12. | "Dearly Departed" | Carter, Asher, Fontana, Helgeson & Schulz | 3:27 |
| 13. | "I Want Candy" (Remix) | Richard Gittehrer, Bert Berns, Bob Feldman & Jerry Goldstein | 2:53 |
| 14. | "Fool's Gold" (Lindgren Remix) | Carter, Asher, Fontana, Helgeson & Schulz | 3:35 |
References
- ^ a b c "LØVË - Aaron Carter - Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "LØVË by Aaron Carter on Apple Music". 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Aaron Carter Announces Tour, First Album in 15 Years". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Billboard Spotify Viral 50 - Aaron Carter". Billboard. Lynne Segall. May 14, 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Aaron Carter's 'Don't Say Goodbye' Debuts on Spotify's New Music Friday With Missing Vocals". Billboard. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Aaron Carter to Release First Album in Fifteen Years". VVN Music. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "So Aaron Carter Just Dropped an 'I Want Candy' Remix". Cosmopolitan. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.