Back to Then

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Back to Then
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 30, 2002 (2002-07-30)
Genre
Length51:13
Label Hidden Beach
Producer
Darius Rucker chronology
Back to Then
(2002)
Learn to Live
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C [3]
People (mixed) [4]
PopMatters (favorable) [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Back to Then is the first studio album by the American singer Darius Rucker, lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish. The album marks a stylistic departure of the alternative rock sound of Hootie & the Blowfish in favor of an R&B style.

Contents

The song "This Is My World" was used in the soundtrack for the film, Shallow Hal .

Track listing

Back to Then track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Wild One"
  • Vidal Davis
  • Andre "Dirty" Harris
3:38
2."Exodus"
  • Keith Pelzer
  • Darren Henson
  • Carvin Haggins
4:11
3."Sometimes I Wonder" (featuring Jill Scott)
  • Harris
  • Davis
4:14
4."Back to Then"
  • Harris
  • Kipper Jones
  • Rucker
  • Derek Washington
Harris4:58
5."This Is My World"
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
  • Rucker
  • Zemedkun
  • Henson
  • Pelzer
5:05
6."I'm Glad You're Mine" Al Green
  • Travis House
  • Jeeve
3:05
7."Butterfly"Peter Black
  • Jeeve
  • House
4:31
8."Hold On"
4:06
9."Ten Years"
  • Edward "Eddie F" Ferrell
  • Darren Lighty
3:56
10."One More Night"
  • Jazz Nixon
  • Rucker
Jazz Nixon4:17
11."Amazing Grace" (Interlude) 0:48
12."Somewhere"
  • Nixon
  • Rucker
  • Daniel Johnson
Nixon3:41
13."Sleeping in My Bed" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
  • Darrell Allamby
  • Rucker
  • Antoinette Roberson
  • Kenneth Dickerson
  • Calvin Broadus
  • Ivan Dupée
  • Darrell "Delite" Allamby [b]
  • Kenny "Kenny-Flav" Dickerson [b]
4:43
Total length:51:13
Japanese edition (bonus tracks) [6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Sexy Lover"3:42
15."When's the Last Time"
  • Rucker
  • Farrar
  • Taylor
3:53

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes. [7]

Chart performance

Chart (2002)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 127
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard) [9] 43

References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 PopMatters review
  3. Entertainment Weekly review
  4. People review
  5. Rolling Stone review
  6. "The Characters Audio Portrait - ASCAP". Archived from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  7. Back to Then (booklet). Hidden Beach. 2002.
  8. "Darius Rucker Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  9. ""Darius Rucker Chart History (Top R&B Albums)". Billboard.