The Art of Love & War

Infobox Album
Name = The Art of Love & War
Type = studio
Artist = Angie Stone


Released = Start date|2007|10|15
(see release history)
Recorded =
Genre = R&B, soul
Length = 56:47
Label = Stax
Producer = Angie Stone (also executive), Co T, Dris, Five Star, Victor Flores, Elijah Harris, Chris Hutch, Jon Nettlesbey, Jonathan D. Richmond, Collin Stanback
Reviews = *"Billboard" [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3if4ef26bbb490c2c54345b1d62d116fab link]
*"NOW" (NNNN) [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-11-15/music_feature4.php link]
*PopMatters rating-10|6 [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/49801/angie-stone-the-art-of-love-war/ link]
*Prefix Magazine rating-10|8 [http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/cds/A/angie-stone/the-art-of-love-&-war/3342 link]
*"The Guardian" Rating|3|5 [http://music.guardian.co.uk/urban/reviews/story/0,,2188891,00.html link]
*"The New York Times" [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/arts/music/15choi.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin link]
Last album = ""
(2005)
This album = "The Art of Love & War"
(2007)
Next album =
Misc = Singles
Name = The Art of Love & War
Type = studio
Single 1 = Baby
Single 2 = Sometimes

"The Art of Love & War" is the fourth studio album (fifth overall) by American R&B/soul singer Angie Stone, released on October 16 2007 (see 2007 in music) in the United States on Stax Records. The album debuted and peaked at number eleven on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 chart, selling about 45,000 copies in its first week [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003662234 |title=Springsteen Returns To No. 1 In Slow Sales Week |accessdate=2007-10-25 |last=Hasty |first=Katie |date=October 24 2007 |work=Billboard] and becoming Stone's highest-charting album to date. Its lead single, "Baby" (featuring Betty Wright), debuted at number eighteen on the "Billboard" Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, later peaking at number three, and also peaked at number twenty-two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs after debuting on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles at number twenty and jumping to the main chart at number seventy-three.

Track listing

#"Take Everything In" – 3:50
#"Baby" ¹ (featuring Betty Wright) – 4:50
#"Here We Go Again" – 3:32
#"Make It Last" – 3:45
#"Sometimes" – 3:20
#"Go Back to Your Life" – 1:22
#"Half a Chance" (featuring Chino) – 4:05
#"These Are the Reasons" – 4:58
#"My People" ² (featuring James Ingram) – 5:57
#"Sit Down" – 4:31
#"Play wit It" ³ – 2:50
#"Pop Pop" – 3:48
#"Wait for Me" – 4:50
#"Happy Being Me" (featuring Pauletta Washington) – 4:29

¹ Contains elements of "Give Me Your Love (Love Song)" written and performed by Curtis Mayfield.
² Contains elements of "My People" written and performed by Duke Ellington.
³ Contains elements of "Hang It Up" written and performed by Patrice Rushen.

Charts

Release history

References

External links

*allmusicguide|id=10:kbfwxzqgldhe|label="The Art of Love & War"