Love & Life (LaToya London album)

Love & Life
Studio album by
La Toya London
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2005
Length58:03
LabelPeak
Producer

Love & Life is the debut studio album by LaToya London. It was released on September 20, 2005 through the record label Peak Records and distributed through Concord Records. The album features a mix of R&B, soul, jazz and hip-hop, and has sold approximately 73,000 copies since its release.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
WonderingSound.com[2]favorable

A reviewer[who?] from the San Francisco Chronicle called her "impassioned and polished" with "sumptuous, wondrously elastic mezzo pipes". [citation needed] A reviewer[who?] from People magazine called it one of the best post-American Idol albums[citation needed], and a reviewer[who?] from iTunes named it one of the best albums of 2005, and her song "Non A What'cha Do" as one of the best individual recordings of the year.[citation needed]

Commercial performance

Love & Life sold 12,546 albums in its first week, landing at number 82 on Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and at number 27 on Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. To date[when?], it has sold approximately 58,000 copies, including 15,000 digital downloads.[3]

Singles

Love & Life spawned three singles: "Appreciate", "Every Part of Me", and "State of My Heart". "State of My Heart" reached number 40 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and number five on the radio industry periodical Friday Morning Quarterback's Adult Contemporary spin chart.[citation needed]

Track listing

Love & Life track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Scandalous"
  • Bradley Spalter
  • Lambert Waldrip II
  • Philip White
  • B-RAD
  • Stereo
4:18
2."Every Part of Me"
3:27
3."Learn to Breathe"Peer Åström
  • Walden
  • Sir Philippe Saisse[a]
4:21
4."Appreciate" (featuring Black Thought)
  • Spalter
  • 3
3:41
5."State of My Heart"
  • Walden
  • John Burk
4:42
6."Practice Makes Perfect"
Vertelney3:35
7."Meet Me Halfway"
Eastmond4:02
8."Waiting for You"
  • Eastmond
  • London
Eastmond4:55
9."Anything"
  • Omar Edwards
  • London
Edwards5:19
10."Non a Whatcha Do"
  • London
  • Simmons
  • Andre Morton
  • Antwan "Amadeus" Thompson
  • Spalter
  • David Cochrane
  • Deborah Thomas
Spalter4:15
11."I Can't Hide (What's in My Heart)"Steve "Hollywood" GaspárRex Rideout4:07
12."More"
  • London
  • Rideout
Rideout4:14
13."How I Love the Rain"
Eastmond5:10
14."All by Myself"Eric CarmenEastmond4:06

Notes

  • ^[a] denotes an associate producer

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Love & Life
Chart (2005) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 82
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5] 27

References

  1. ^ Chisling, Matthew. "All Music Review". Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Banks, Robin. "WonderingSound Review". Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  3. ^ The Ultimate SoundScan Sales/Download Checklist - Idol Chatter - USATODAY.com Archived 2009-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "LaToya London Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  5. ^ "LaToya London Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2021.


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