Back to Me (Fantasia album)

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Back to Me
Fantasia backtome cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 24, 2010
Genre
Length47:20
Label J
Producer
Fantasia chronology
Fantasia
(2006)
Back to Me
(2010)
Side Effects of You
(2013)
Singles from Back to Me
  1. "Bittersweet"
    Released: May 11, 2010
  2. "I'm Doin' Me"
    Released: September 28, 2010
  3. "Collard Greens & Cornbread"
    Released: April 11, 2011 [3]

Back to Me is the third studio album by American singer Fantasia. It was released by J Records on August 24, 2010. Her first project in four years, much of the album was conceived after Fantasia had ventured into musical acting, starring as Celie in the Broadway musical The Color Purple , with production provided by Chuck Harmony, Jim Jonsin, Los Da Mystro, Pop & Oak and others. The album's title was suggested to her by comedian Steve Harvey, when Barrino visited his morning radio program. [4]

Contents

The album earned largely positive reviews from music critics who declared it a strong comeback. Back to Me sold 117,000 in its first week, debuting at number two on the US Billboard 200 and at number one on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, becoming her highest-charting album by then. The album received a Best R&B Album nod at the Grammy Awards, while lead single "Bittersweet" won in the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category. To promote the album, Barrino embarked on her first solo concert tour, Back to Me Tour in the fall of 2010. [5]

Background

Fantasia received two Grammy Award nominations for her self titled sophomore release (2006). [6] In 2008, she began work on her then-untitled third studio album. In June 2008, Bruce Waynne and Kevin Risto from production duo Midi Mafia announced that they would produce the majority of the project. [7] Also, duo Rock City and songwriter-producers Rich King, Eric Hudson and Raphael Saadiq became involved on the project. Fantasia confirmed that about 75 percent of the album was complete by mid-2009, and that fans should've expected a new single by the fall of 2009, [8] with the album due to be released in early 2010. [9]

This was later delayed, and while recording additional material, Fantasia decided to do a great deal of it the "old fashioned way," inviting a live orchestra to record in the studio with her. [8] In addition, J Records recruited Claude Kelly to add a more contemporary, commercial sound to the album. [10] In May 2010, the album was announced to be released on July 27, 2010. [11] It was later again pushed back to August 10, 2010, [12] and finally to August 24, 2010. [13] To promote the album, Barrino embarked on her first solo concert tour, Back to Me Tour in the fall of 2010. [14]

Promotion

"Even Angels", produced by The Stereotypes and first performed on The Oprah Winfrey Show on February 3, 2010, [15] was issued as the album's first single, [16] though it was later demoted and replaced by "Bittersweet" as the album's leading single. "Bittersweet Bittersweet," released on May 11, 2010, and then performed the next day on American Idol , [17] became Fantasia's third chart topper on the US Adult R&B Songs chart, [18] [19] It spent five weeks at number-one and also reached number seven on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [20]

"I'm Doin' Me, produced by Chuck Harmony, was released as Back to Me's second single. [21] [22] [23] It peaked at number 11 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [20] The song also reached the top three on the Adult R&B Songs chart. [19] "Collard Greens & Cornbread," produced by Pop & Oak, served as the album's third single. Fantasia performed the song on American Idol 's result night on March 31, 2011, [24] [25] and it was officially released as a radio single on April 11, 2011. [26] It peaked at number nine on the Adult R&B Songs chart. [19]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (70/100) [27]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [28]
Entertainment Weekly B [29]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [30]
New York Daily News Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [31]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [32]

Upon its release, Back to Me received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, it has so far received an average score of 70 based on 7 reviews. [27] Boston Globe critic Ken Capobianco declared the record "a strong comeback" and went on to say that "Fantasia has matured [and] appears to be an artist reborn." [33] Jim Farber with The New York Daily News called it "a wail of a comeback". He found that it "outperforms the singer's first two works, with meatier hooks, firmer melodies, and a more shrewdly focused point of view." [2] Mariel Concepcion, writing for Billboard , called it the project a "soulful, laid-back album with tinges of gospel" and noted that "her distinct voice is most enjoyable when singing heartfelt ballads." [34]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic called Back to Me Fantasia's "most interesting album" which had her "reconnecting with her roots." He found that "everybody expands upon the cool stainless sheen of 2006's Fantasia, keeping the surfaces smooth and giving Barrino plenty of room to emote, smudging all the slickness with her throaty growl, grabbing attention even as the music drifts toward the generic." [28] Exclaim! 's Matt Bauer described Back to Me as a "commercial, mainstream, admittedly slick album that doesn't suck. In fact, this is a pretty damn good album showcasing a more refined, yet vocally uninhibited, Barrino [...] Back to Me is a definite step forward." [35] Los Angeles Times critic Margaret Wappler felt that "there is nothing here that hasn't been heard or seen before, but it's done with integrity and focus [...] At 26, she sounds like she's learning what to let go of and what to keep, a long journey to be sure; on Back to Me, she sounds up for the task." [30]

SoulTracks editor Melody Charles called the album "a good place for her to dwell and, for the fans, an authentic, if not exciting, journey to endeavor." [36] Mikael Wood with Entertainment Weekly gave it a "B" rating, commenting "Fantasia's rough-hewn vocals shine best on "The Thrill Is Gone." [29] Michaelangelo Matos from Rolling Stone found that the "revelations are few on Back to Me and noted that "on her third album, she's more contained as a singer than the Idol norm, which fits the modestly scaled material." [31] Melanie Sims from Associated Press felt that while Fanastia "shows off her bellowing, raspy vocals on the latest album, [...] the singer reveals nothing of herself. She wastes her golden vocals on tin-can pop songs." [1] In his review for Slant Magazine Jonathan Keefe stated "the material [Fantasia] has been saddled with has been extraordinarily awful" but still described her positively as an "uninhibited, intuitive soul singer with a truly distinctive sense of phrasing and boundless passion". [32]

Accolades

The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Album. It marked Fantasia's third consecutive album to receive a nomination in the Best R&B Album or Best Contemporary R&B Album category. [37]

Commercial performance

Back to Me sold 117,000 copies in its debut week, earning Barrino a number two debut on the US Billboard 200 chart. [38] The album also topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, becoming Fantasia's first album to do so. [39] [40] By April 2013, it had sold 490,000 copies in the United States. [41]

Track listing

Back to Me track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I'm Doin' Me" Chuck Harmony 3:56
2."Bittersweet"
  • Harmon
  • Kelly
Harmony3:58
3."Man of the House"
3:20
4."Who's Been Lovin' You?" Los Da Mystro 3:38
5."Collard Greens & Cornbread" Pop & Oak 3:52
6."Teach Me"
4:12
7."Move on Me"
  • Barrino
  • Ho
  • Prather
  • Wilson
  • Malay
  • KP
4:08
8."Trust Him"
3:12
9."The Thrill Is Gone" (featuring CeeLo Green)
  • Malay
  • KP
3:38
10."Falling in Love Tonight"
3:58
11."Even Angels" The Stereotypes 3:52
12."I'm Here" (from The Color Purple musical)
  • Russell
  • Willis
  • Bray
5:28
Total length:45:59
Japan bonus track [42]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."The Worst Part Is Over"
  • Kelly
  • Felder
3:15

Notes

Sample credits

Personnel

Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for Back to Me
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesAugust 24, 2010
[11] [13]

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