Love & Hate
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| Studio album by Michael Kiwanuka | ||||
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Publication |
2016 |
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Polydor Interscope Records |
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Format (s) |
CD |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
55:08 min |
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Love & Hate is the second studio album by British soul singer Michael Kiwanuka . It was released on July 15, 2016 on the Polydor and Interscope Records labels .
Track list
- Cold Little Heart - 10:10
- Black Man in a White World - 4:18
- Falling - 4:16
- Place I Belong - 4:47
- Love & Hate - 7:07
- One More Night - 3:53
- I'll Never Love - 2:45
- Rule the World - 5:42
- Father's Child - 7:05
- The Final Frame - 4:59
reception
Charts
Love & Hate reached number 1 on the UK album charts. With position 6 it was also successful in the German charts. On the US Billboard 200 , Love & Hate was ranked 170th.
criticism
The e-zine Laut.de rated Love & Hate with five out of a possible five points. In the opinion of the editor Sven Kabelitz, Kiwanuka, unlike many other artists, does not break when compared to legends such as Marvin Gaye , Curtis Mayfield , Isaac Hayes and Bill Withers . Love & Hate keep the promise that his debut album Home Again made. In this way he lifts “ himself and his songwriting [...] haunting, vulnerable, rough and full of grace ” to a “ new level. “The album combines“ lavish string arrangements, Kiwanuka's stubborn fuzz guitars, warm bass lines, Hammond organs and dynamic percussions. "Already the first piece Cold Little Heart represents an" opening to kneel down, close to perfection ". It sounds like a" long-lost collaboration between Isaac Hayes and [...] Pink Floyd "to which" an Ennio Morricone choir “Fellow. Against the “ background of increasing racial unrest in America ”, Black Man In A White World is an “ urgent hymn in the tradition of 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised' ( Gil Scott-Heron ), 'Niggers Are Scared Of Revolution' (The Last Poets) and 'Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud' ( James Brown ) ”.
Leaderboard
In the list of the best "Hip Hop albums of the year" 2016 by Laut.de, Love & Hate was ranked 9th. Michael Kiwanuka fully bring the " huge feat " next to " legends not puny or equal completely out of place to work " by which he is worthy "in the list Hip Hop to be accepted." Laut.de's Love & Hate also ranked 9th in the list of “50 Albums of the Year”. Michael Kiwanukas is “ thanks to his cozy, warm, gentle baritone and these unbelievable songs [...] at the age of just 23 already in soul- and Folk Olympus. "
The title "Cold Little Heart" became known to a wide audience as the theme song for the series " Big Little Lies ".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Officialcharts.com: Official Albums Chart Top 100 - July 22, 2016 - July 28, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016 .
- ^ Officialcharts.de: Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate. Retrieved December 27, 2016 .
- ^ Billboard.com: Billboard 200 - Michael Kiwanuka. Retrieved December 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Laut.de: What he promised four years ago, he is now keeping. Retrieved December 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Laut.de: The Hip Hop Albums of the Year - 9th place - Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate. Retrieved December 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Laut.de: The 50 Albums of the Year - 9th place - Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate. Retrieved December 28, 2016 .
- ↑ Matt Miller: The 'Big Little Lies' Theme Song Is Actually an Awesome 10-Minute Soul Ballad. March 23, 2017, Retrieved December 2, 2019 (American English).