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.

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)Length
1."Wild One"3:38
2."Exodus"
4:11
3."Sometimes I Wonder" (featuring Jill Scott)
4:14
4."Back to Then"
  • Harris
  • Kipper Jones
  • Rucker
  • Derek Washington
4:58
5."This Is My World"
5:05
6."I'm Glad You're Mine" Al Green 3:05
7."Butterfly"Peter Black4:31
8."Hold On"
4:06
9."Ten Years"3:56
10."One More Night"
  • Jazz Nixon
  • Rucker
4:17
11."Amazing Grace" (Interlude)0:48
12."Somewhere"
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Nixon
  • Rucker
3:41
13."Sleeping in My Bed" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
  • Darrell Allamby
  • Calvin Broadus
  • Kenneth Dickerson
  • Antoinette Roberson
  • Rucker
4:43
Total length:51:13

Personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes. [6]

Chart performance

Chart (2002)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 127
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard) [8] 43

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References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 PopMatters review
  3. Entertainment Weekly review
  4. People review
  5. Rolling Stone review
  6. Back to Then (booklet). Hidden Beach. 2002.
  7. "Darius Rucker Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  8. ""Darius Rucker Chart History (Top R&B Albums)". Billboard.