Love & Life (Eric Benét album)

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Love & Life
Studio album by
Eric Benét
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2008
Studio
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
  • The Laboratory (Madison, Wisconsin)
  • SRM (Sherman Oaks, California)
  • Numina (Andy Duncan's Studio)
Length55:31
Label
Producer
Eric Benét chronology
Hurricane
(2005) 		Love & Life
(2008) 		Lost in Time
(2010)
Singles from Love & Life
  1. "You're the Only One"
    Released: May 13, 2008
  2. "The Hunger"
    Released: October 14, 2008
  3. "Chocolate Legs"
    Released: January 6, 2009

Love & Life is the fourth studio album by American R&B singer Eric Benét. It was released on September 9, 2008 on Friday and Reprise Records. The album debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200 and number two on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with first-week sales of 40,000 copies, making it his highest-charting album since A Day in the Life in 1999.[1] Love & Life also received two 2009 Grammy Award nominations, for Best R&B Album and for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "You're the Only One".

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Okayplayer(89/100)[3]

AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album three and a half stars out of five and wrote: "Benét returns to what he does best on Love & Life: making music for love-making. Slow and sultry and steeped in Stevie, Marvin, Luther, and especially Quincy Jones-produced Michael Jackson and Prince's forays into quiet storm, Love & Life is a consolidation of Benét's strengths as a seduction artist. Arriving after the turgid turmoil of Hurricane, this is frankly a relief, as Benét demonstrates a lighter touch throughout Love & Life, shedding any suggestion of personal revelation in favor of courting clichés without blushing."[2]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Love, Patience & Time"
  • Eric Benét
  • Demonté Possey
  • Benét
  • Possey
5:27
2."The Hunger"
  • Benét
  • Possey
  • Benét
  • Possey
4:04
3."You're the Only One"
  • Benét
  • Possey
  • Greg Gerard
  • George Nash, Jr.
  • Benét
  • Possey
  • Nash
4:13
4."Don't Let Go"
  • Benét
  • Possey
  • Benét
  • Possey
4:27
5."Everlove" (duet with Terry Dexter)
  • Benét
  • Possey
  • Benét
  • Possey
5:10
6."Chocolate Legs"
  • Crouch
  • Smith
4:29
7."Weekend Girl"
  • Benét
  • Possey
  • Benét
  • Possey
4:51
8."Iminluvwichoo" (duet with Linda Király)
  • Benét
  • Possey
  • Benét
  • Possey
4:39
9."Spanish Fly"
  • Benét
  • Vikter Duplaix
  • Pino Paladino
  • Fred Chalmers
  • Benét
  • Possey
4:30
10."Still I Believe"
  • Benét
  • Possey
  • Benét
  • Possey
4:10
11."Sing to Me"
  • Benét
  • Possey
  • Nash
  • Benét
  • Possey
  • Nash
4:44
12."One More Tomorrow"
  • Benét
  • Nash
  • Benét
  • Possey
5:17
Total length:55:31
ITunes only bonus track[4]
No.TitleLength
13."I Can't Stop"5:21

Cover versions[edit]

English band Blue released a cover version of "You're the Only One" on their album Colours in 2015.

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Metallica Scores Fifth Straight No. 1 Album". Billboard.com. 17 September 2008. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Allmusic review
  3. ^ Okayplayer review Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Love & Life by Eric Benét". 9 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Eric Benét Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  6. ^ "Eric Benét Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  7. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  8. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
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