Victim of Love (Charles Bradley album)
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| Studio album by Charles Bradley | ||||
| Released | April 2, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 40:21 | |||
| Label | Daptone/Dunham Records | |||
| Producer | Thomas Brenneck | |||
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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. | Title | Writer(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
- Charles Bradley . vocals
- Menahan Street Band - featured artist
- Additional personnel
- Kisha Bari - back cover photo
- Thomas Brenneck - engineer, mixing engineer, producer
- JJ Golden - mastering engineer
- Catherine Orchard - design
- Gabriel Roth - executive producer, mixing engineer
- Homer Steinweiss - design
- Sugarman - executive producer
- Elizabeth Weinberg - cover photo
- Ron Wolf - Egg shaker - "Strictly Reserved For You" (one take)
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 2 "Charles Bradley - Victim of Love". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Victim of Love". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ↑ Kelly, Jennifer (April 11, 2013). "CHARLES BRADLEY - Victim of Love | Blurt Magazine". Blurt. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Madden, Mike (April 5, 2013). "Album Review: Charles Bradley - Victim of Love | Consequence of Sound". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Petridis, Alexis (March 28, 2013). "Charles Bradley: Victim of Love - review | Music | The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Burgess, Andrew (March 27, 2013). "Charles Bradley - Victim of Love | Album Reviews | musicOMG". musicOMH. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Bort, Ryan (April 2, 2013). "Charles Bradley: Victim of Love :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste". Paste. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Van Nguyen, Dean (April 5, 2013). "Charles Bradley; Victim of Love | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Faulkner, Brent (April 4, 2013). "Charles Bradley: Victim of Love | PopMatters". Pop Matters. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Rosen, Jody (April 2, 2013). "Victim of Love | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Studarus, Laura (May 6, 2013). "Charles Bradley: Victim of Love (Daptone) | Under The Radar". Under the Radar. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Charles Bradley – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Charles Bradley. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Charles Bradley – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Charles Bradley. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Charles Bradley – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Charles Bradley. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
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