Before Love Came to Kill Us | ||||
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Released | March 27, 2020 | |||
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Length | 46:52 | |||
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Singles from Before Love Came to Kill Us | ||||
Before Love Came to Kill Us is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez. [4] It was released on March 27, 2020, by FMLY and Island Records. [5] The record was prefaced with the singles "Figures", "Imported" with 6lack, and "Love in the Dark", and the promotional single "Ankles". [6] [7] A deluxe edition with three additional songs was made available digitally on April 9, 2020. [8] A super deluxe edition of the album was released on September 25, 2020. [9]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 82/100 [10] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [11] |
Clash | 8/10 [12] |
Exclaim! | 9/10 [13] |
NME | [14] |
The Guardian | [15] |
Pitchfork | 6.8/10 [16] |
The Telegraph | [17] |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ ( ) [1] |
Before Love Came to Kill Us was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on nine reviews. [10]
For AllMusic, Andy Kellman wrote that "Although it's all over the place, Before Love Came to Kill Us radiates conviction from front to back, and is without doubt a true representation of its creator." [11] Exclaim! 's Ryan B. Patrick affirms that the album "has been built to last" and is "one of the better albums in an already interesting 2020." [13] Rhian Daly of NME called it "heart-stoppingly good" and a "beautiful, heart-wrenching debut that sees its creator come good on her early promise." [14] Writing for Clash , Narzra Ahmed complimented Reyez's versatility and adjectived the album "an excellent debut". [12] Kathryn St. Asaph of Pitchfork pointed out that the album's genre range works in a "satisfying" way "not because she whizzes across multiple genres, but because of the skill she displays at each". [16] The singer's uniqueness was praised by The Guardian 's Kitty Empire, who labeled the tracks as "largely excellent". [15]
The album was shortlisted for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize, [18] and for the Juno Award for Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021. [19] For the Polaris Music Prize, which followed a unique format of commissioning filmmakers to make short films inspired by the shortlisted albums due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada preventing the staging of a traditional gala, the album's film was directed by Alicia K. Harris. [20]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Do You Love Her" |
| 3:16 | |
2. | "Deaf (Who Are You)" |
| Suby | 2:53 |
3. | "Intruders" |
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| 3:05 |
4. | "Coffin" (featuring Eminem) |
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| 4:22 |
5. | "Ankles" |
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| 2:49 |
6. | "Imported" (with 6lack) |
| Hennedub | 3:45 |
7. | "La Memoria" |
| 3:18 | |
8. | "Same Side" |
| Suby | 3:10 |
9. | "Roof" |
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| 1:46 |
10. | "Dope" |
| Djupström | 2:38 |
11. | "Before Love Came to Kill Us [upper-alpha 1] " |
| 4:06 | |
12. | "Love in the Dark" |
| 3:59 | |
13. | "I Do" |
| 3:52 | |
14. | "Figures" |
|
| 3:58 |
Total length: | 46:57 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Far Away II" (featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie and JID) |
| 3:35 | |
16. | "Ankles" (featuring Rico Nasty and Melii) |
| 4:42 | |
17. | "Worth Saving" |
| Suby | 3:24 |
Total length: | 58:38 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Sugar at Night" | 2:57 | ||
16. | "No One's in the Room" | 4:08 | ||
17. | "Far Away" |
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| 2:41 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "No One's in the Room" | 4:08 | ||
2. | "Sugar at Night" | 2:57 | ||
3. | "Before Love Came to Kill Us [upper-alpha 1] " |
| 4:06 | |
4. | "Roof" |
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| 1:46 |
5. | "Coffin" (featuring Eminem) |
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| 4:22 |
6. | "Worth Saving" |
| Suby | 3:24 |
7. | "I Do" |
| 3:52 | |
8. | "Intruders" |
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| 3:05 |
9. | "Ankles" |
| 2:49 | |
10. | "La Memoria" |
| 3:18 | |
11. | "Same Side" |
| Suby | 3:10 |
12. | "Figures" |
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| 3:58 |
13. | "Dope" |
| Djupström | 2:38 |
14. | "Imported" (with 6lack) |
| Hennedub | 3:45 |
15. | "Far Away II" (featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie and JID) |
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| 3:35 |
16. | "Do You Love Her" |
| 3:16 | |
17. | "Love in the Dark" |
| 3:59 |
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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Canadian Albums (Billboard) [21] | 17 |
French Albums (SNEP) [22] | 198 |
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [23] | 10 |
US Billboard 200 [24] | 13 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [25] | 9 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [26] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Edition | Label | Ref. |
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Various | March 27, 2020 | Standard |
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CD | Target exclusive | ||||
April 9, 2020 |
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September 25, 2020 | Super deluxe |
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