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)


Alternate cover
Re-release cover
Re-release cover

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

[edit] Original release

  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

[edit] 2006 Re-release

  1. "Please" – 3:57
  2. "Trippin' (That's The Way Love Works)" – 4:05
  3. "What's Good" – 4:14
  4. "Suddenly" – 4:43
  5. "Take This Ring" – 4:35
  6. "Midnite" – 4:09
  7. "I Wanna Be (Your Baby)" – 3:48
  8. "Sposed To Be" – 4:07
  9. "Stupid" – 3:36
  10. "Finally" – 3:30
  11. "I Hate You" – 4:01
  12. "Shadowless" – 3:56
  13. "Long Way Home" – 4:32
  14. "The Time Of Our Lives" – 4:44
    • Il Divo with Toni Braxton

[edit] Chart positions

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


[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] References

  1. ^ Almost There - ASCAP