Victim of Love (Charles Bradley album)

Victim of Love
Studio album by Charles Bradley
Released April 2, 2013
Genre Soul
Length 40:21
Label Daptone/Dunham Records
Producer Thomas Brenneck
Charles Bradley chronology

No Time for Dreaming
(2011)		 Victim of Love
(2013)
Singles from Victim of Love
  1. "Strictly Reserved for You"
    Released: January 29, 2013

Victim of Love is American soul singer Charles Bradley's second album, released in 2013.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 81/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Blurt [3]
Consequence of Sound [4]
The Guardian [5]
musicOMH [6]
Paste 8.4/10[7]
Pitchfork Media 6.8/10[8]
Pop Matters [9]
Rolling Stone [10]
Under the Radar 8/10[11]

Victim of Love received universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 20 reviews.[1]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Strictly Reserved For You"  Charles Bradley, Thomas Brenneck, Adam Feeney 3:43
2. "You Put the Flame On It"  Bradley, Brenneck, David Guy, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon 3:49
3. "Let Love Stand A Chance"  Bradley, Brenneck 3:59
4. "Victim of Love"  Bradley, Brenneck 3:29
5. "Love Bug Blues"  Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, Homer Steinweiss, Holland–Dozier–Holland 3:00
6. "Dusty Blue"  Victor Axelrod, Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, Steinweiss 3:22
7. "Confusion"  Bradley, Brenneck, Guy, Michels 3:45
8. "Where Do We Go From Here"  Bradley, Brenneck, Feeney, Guy, Daniel Foder, Michels, Steinweiss 3:11
9. "Crying in the Chapel"  Bradley, Brenneck 3:55
10. "Hurricane"  Bradley, Brenneck, Michael Deller, Guy, Michels, Movshon, Steinweiss 3:32
11. "Through the Storm"  Bradley, Brenneck 4:32
Note

All writing credits are taken from LP back cover.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12] 17
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[14] 31

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Charles Bradley - Victim of Love". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Victim of Love". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Kelly, Jennifer (April 11, 2013). "CHARLES BRADLEY - Victim of Love | Blurt Magazine". Blurt. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ Madden, Mike (April 5, 2013). "Album Review: Charles Bradley - Victim of Love | Consequence of Sound". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (March 28, 2013). "Charles Bradley: Victim of Love - review | Music | The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  6. ↑ Burgess, Andrew (March 27, 2013). "Charles Bradley - Victim of Love | Album Reviews | musicOMG". musicOMH. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  7. ↑ Bort, Ryan (April 2, 2013). "Charles Bradley: Victim of Love :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste". Paste. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  8. ↑ Van Nguyen, Dean (April 5, 2013). "Charles Bradley; Victim of Love | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  9. ↑ Faulkner, Brent (April 4, 2013). "Charles Bradley: Victim of Love | PopMatters". Pop Matters. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  10. ↑ Rosen, Jody (April 2, 2013). "Victim of Love | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  11. ↑ Studarus, Laura (May 6, 2013). "Charles Bradley: Victim of Love (Daptone) | Under The Radar". Under the Radar. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Charles Bradley Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Charles Bradley. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Charles Bradley Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Charles Bradley. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Charles Bradley Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Independent Albums for Charles Bradley. Retrieved July 11, 2013.

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