Libra (album)

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Libra
Libra cover
Studio album by Toni Braxton
Released September 27, 2005 (US)
Recorded 2004-2005
Genre R&B/Pop
Length 40:00
Label Blackground Records
Producer(s) Rich Harrison
Scott Storch
Bryan Michael Cox
The Underdogs
Babyface
Soulshock & Karlin
Cory Rooney
Keri Lewis
Dan Shea
Professional reviews
Toni Braxton chronology
Un-Break My Heart: The Remix Collection
(2005)
Libra
(2005)


Libra is the fifth studio album (ninth in total) by American R&B singer Toni Braxton. Released in September of 2005, the album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart selling 114,593 copies in its first week. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard Hot R&B Albums Chart. On November 4, 2005 "Libra" was certified Gold by the RIAA.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. Please – 3:57
  2. Trippin' (That's The Way Love Works) – 4:05
  3. What's Good – 4:14
  4. Take This Ring – 4:35
  5. Midnite – 4:11
  6. I Wanna Be (Your Baby) – 3:48
  7. Sposed To Be – 4:07
  8. Stupid – 3:36
  9. Finally – 3:30
  10. Shadowless – 3:57
  11. Long Way Home – 4:32
    • International bonus track
  12. Suddenly – 4:43
    • International bonus track
  13. I Hate You – 4:01
    • International bonus track
  14. The Time Of Our Lives – 4:42
    • Il Divo with Toni Braxton - only re-released version

[edit] Personnel

  • Nuno Bettencourt - guitar
  • Kendrick Dean - strings
  • Greg Phillinganes - piano
  • Cory Rooney - piano
  • Dan Shea - piano

[edit] Production

  • Executive producers: Toni Braxton, Keri Lewis, Barry Hankerson, Jomo Hankerson, Vincent Herbert
  • Producer: Rich Harrison, Scott Storch, Bryan Michael Cox, The Underdogs, Babyface, Soulshock & Karlin, Cory Rooney, Keri Lewis, Dan Shea
  • Vocal producer: Eric Dawkins
  • Vocal assistance: Johnta Austin, Tamar Braxton, Eric Dawkins, Keri Hilson, Tavia Ivey, Kim Moore Johnson, Makeba Riddick, Latrell Simmons
  • Engineers: Peter Wade Keusch, Paul Boutin, Morgan Garcia, Paul Foley, Dabling Harward, Kameron Houff, Tom Kelly, Thom "TK" Kidd, Dave Russell, Sam Thomas
  • Assistant engineers: Terrence Cash, Mike Guidotti, Saro Lyn Killian, Rob Skipworth, Anthony Terrabonne
  • Mixing: Saro Lyn Killian, Manny Marroquin, Dave Russell, Sam Thomas
  • Mastering: Chris Gehringer, Gene Grimaldi
  • Photography: Daniela Federici, Jonathan Mannion, Michael Muller, John Ricard

[edit] Leftover tracks

  • "Almost There" (written by Melvin Coleman, Traci Hale, Keri Hilson, Patrick Smith) [1]
  • "Happily Unhappy"
  • "I Like It Like That"
  • "Places"
  • "Shake & Move"

[edit] Chart Position

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Billboard Top 200 4
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 2

[edit] References

  1. ^ Almost There - ASCAP