Back to Love (Anthony Hamilton album)

Back to Love is the fifth studio album by American R&B singer, Anthony Hamilton. It was released on December 13, 2011, by RCA Records. The album's lead single "Woo", which was released on October 11, 2011. The album features writing and production from Babyface, Dre & Vidal, Kelvin Wooten, Mike City, Avila Brothers, as well as Hamilton himself.

Singles

The album's lead single "Woo", which was released on October 11, 2011.
The album's second single "Pray for Me" was released on March 27, 2012.
The album's third single "Best of Me" was released on February 4, 2013.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Back to Love"	A. Hamilton, S. Remi, V. Henry	Salaam Remi	3:20
2.	"Writing on the Wall"	A. Hamilton, M. Flowers	Mike City	3:28
3.	"Woo"	A. Hamilton, A. Dixon, B. Coleman, K. Edmonds, P. Smith	Babyface, Antonio Dixon	3:15
4.	"Pray for Me"	A. Hamilton, A. Dixon, K. Edmonds, P. Smith	Babyface, Antonio Dixon	4:40
5.	"Best of Me"	A. Hamilton, J. Mozee	Jairus Mozee	3:46
6.	"Never Let Go" (featuring Keri Hilson)	A. Hamilton, C. Johnson, J. Wonda	Jerry Wonda	3:40
7.	"Mad"	A. Hamilton, A. Dixon, K. Edmonds, P. Smith	Babyface, Antonio Dixon	3:43
8.	"I'll Wait (To Fall in Love)"	A. Hamilton, B. Avila, I. Avila	Avila Brothers	4:15
9.	"Sucka for You"	A. Hamilton, K. Wooten	Kelvin Wooten	4:19
10.	"Baby Girl"	A. Hamilton, K. Wooten	Kelvin Wooten	3:34
11.	"Who's Loving You"	A. Hamilton, A. Heard, M. Anzel, Victoria "Bekele" Tollossa	Andreao Heard	3:47
12.	"Life Has a Way"	A. Hamilton, J. Poyser	James Poyser	4:15
Total length:				46:00

Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Broken Man"	A. Hamilton, A. Harris, V. Davis	Dre & Vidal	4:50
14.	"I'm Ready"	A. Hamilton	Anthony Hamilton	3:54
15.	"Fair in Love"	A. Hamilton, C. Soper, J. Singer, N. Banns	Christopher Soper	5:32
16.	"More Than Enough"	A. Hamilton, K. Wooten	Kelvin Wooten	4:10
Total length:				64:00

Reception

Critical reception

Back to Love has received generally favorable reviews from music critics. According to critic review aggregator Metacritic, the album has received a score of 82 out of 100, based on 10 reviews.^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[2]
Allmusic	^[3]
The AV Club	A-^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A–^[5]
Los Angeles Times	^[6]^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]
Pop Matters	6/10^[9]
Spin	8/10^[10]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling over 63,000 copies in the first week.^[11]

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
UK R&B Albums Chart^[12]	38
US Billboard 200^[13]	12
US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[13]	3

References

↑ "Critic Reviews for Back to Love". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
↑ "Allmusic Review".
↑ "About Review".
↑ "AV Club Review".
↑ "AV Club Review".
↑ Hardy, Ernest. Review: Comin' from Where I'm From. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2009-11-09.
↑ "LA Times Review". Los Angeles Times. December 12, 2011.
↑ "LA Times Review".
↑ "Pop Matters Review".
↑ "Pop Matters Review".
↑ Caulfield, Keith (2011-12-21). "Michael Buble's 'Christmas' Hits Fourth Week at No. 1". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
↑ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/17/2011-12-24/
↑ 13.0 13.1 Back to Love - Anthony Hamilton: Chart history. Billboard. Retrieved on 2013-08-06.

Anthony Hamilton

Studio albums	XTC (1996) Comin' from Where I'm From (2003) Ain't Nobody Worryin' (2005) The Point of It All (2008) Back to Love (2011) Home for the Holidays (2014)

Other albums	Soulife (2005) Southern Comfort (2007)

Singles	"Nobody Else" "Comin' from Where I'm From" "Charlene" "Can't Let Go" "Sista Big Bones" "Struggle No More (The Main Event)" "Do You Feel Me" "Cool" "The Point of It All" "Woo"