The Art of Love & War

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Allmusic
Billboard	(not rated)
The Guardian
The New York Times	(favorable)
NOW	(not rated)
PopMatters	(6/10)
Prefix Magazine	(8/10)

The Art of Love & War is the fourth studio album (fifth overall) by American R&B-soul singer–songwriter Angie Stone, released in the United States on October 16, 2007 by Stax Records. The album debuted and peaked at number eleven on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart selling 45,000 copies in its first week, becoming Stone's highest-charting album to date. Its lead single, "Baby" (featuring Betty Wright), debuted at number eighteen on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, later peaking at number three, and also peaked at number twenty-two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs after debuting on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles at number twenty and jumping to the main chart at number seventy-three.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Take Everything In"	Stone Jonathan Richmond Juanita Wynn Shamora Crawford	Richmond	3:52
2.	"Baby" (featuring Betty Wright)	Stone Corey Tatum K. Norton Curtis Mayfield	5 Star Co-T	4:50
3.	"Here We Go Again"	Stone Richmond	Richmond	3:33
4.	"Make It Last"	Stone Richmond Wynn Crawford	Richmond	3:46
5.	"Sometimes"	Stone Richmond Wynn Crawford	Richmond	3:21
6.	"Go Back to Your Life"	Stone	Stone	1:22
7.	"Half a Chance" (featuring Chino)	Stone Richmond Thomas Seabrooks	Stone	4:06
8.	"These Are the Reasons"	Derek Allen Saleem Asad Crawford	The Designated Hitters	4:58
9.	"My People" (James Ingram)	Stone Ingram Idris Elba Birdell Fitch Duke Ellington	Dris MJ McClain Jon Nettlesbey	5:58
10.	"Sit Down"	Stone Elijah "Vato" Harris	Harris	4:32
11.	"Play wit It"	Stone Chris Hutch Victor Flores Patrice Rushen	Stone Hutch[a] Flores[a]	2:50
12.	"Pop Pop"	Stone Wynn Ervin Pope	Pope	3:51
13.	"Wait for Me"	Stone Richmond Gordon Chambers	Richmond	4:50
14.	"Happy Being Me'" (featuring Pauletta Washington)	Stone Allen Asad	The Designated Hitters	4:28

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies a co-producer

Sampling credits

• "Baby" contains elements of "Give Me Your Love (Love Song)" by Curtis Mayfield.
• "My People" contains elements from "My People" by Duke Ellington.
• "Play wit It" contains elements of Patrice Rushen's "Hang It Up".

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)	122
US Billboard 200	11
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	1

Release history

Country	Date	Label
United Kingdom	October 15, 2007	Concord
United States	October 16, 2007	Stax
Japan	October 17, 2007	Universal
Germany	October 26, 2007
Canada	October 30, 2007
Australia	November 17, 2007