Before Love Came to Kill Us

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Before Love Came to Kill Us
Jessie Reyez - Before Love Came to Kill Us.png
Studio album by
Jessie Reyez
ReleasedMarch 27, 2020
Genre
Length46:52
Label
Producer
Jessie Reyez chronology
Being Human in Public
(2018)		Before Love Came to Kill Us
(2020)		 Yessie
(2022)
Singles from Before Love Came to Kill Us
  1. "Figures"
    Released: August 26, 2016
  2. "Imported"
    Released: April 19, 2019
  3. "Love in the Dark"
    Released: January 23, 2020
  4. "Intruders"
    Released: June 19, 2020 [3]
  5. "Before Love Came to Kill Us"
    Released: August 7, 2020

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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Clash 8/10 [12]
Exclaim! 9/10 [13]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [16]
The Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [17]
Tom Hull – on the Web B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [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]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Do You Love Her"
3:16
2."Deaf (Who Are You)"
  • Reyez
  • Suby
Suby2:53
3."Intruders"
  • Akil King
  • Darius Ginn Jr.
  • Reyez
  • John Thomas Roach
  • Mario Jefferson
3:05
4."Coffin" (featuring Eminem)
  • Bizness Boi
  • Frelin
  • Eminem [a]
4:22
5."Ankles"
2:49
6."Imported" (with 6lack)
 Hennedub 3:45
7."La Memoria"
  • Björn Djupström
  • Reyez
  • Johann Deterville
  • Savannah Ré
  • Tobias Frelin
3:18
8."Same Side"
  • Reyez
  • Suby
Suby3:10
9."Roof"
  • Robertson
  • Reyez
  • Richard Isong
  • Bizness Boi
  • P2J
1:46
10."Dope"
  • Djupström
  • Reyez
Djupström2:38
11."Before Love Came to Kill Us [upper-alpha 1] "
4:06
12."Love in the Dark"
  • Reyez
  • Djupström
  • Suby
  • Frelin
  • Suby
  • Djupström [b]
  • Frelin [b]
3:59
13."I Do"
  • King
  • Andre Harris
  • Ginn Jr.
  • Jaramye Daniels
  • Reyez
  • Jefferson
3:52
14."Figures"
  • Reyez
  • Djupström
  • Shy Carter
  • Frelin
  • Djupström
  • Frelin
3:58
Total length:46:57
Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Far Away II" (featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie and JID)
  • Chahayed
  • Vegyn
3:35
16."Ankles" (featuring Rico Nasty and Melii)
  • Blvk Jvck
  • Delicata [a]
  • The Monarch [a]
4:42
17."Worth Saving"
  • Reyez
  • Suby
Suby3:24
Total length:58:38
Target edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Sugar at Night"  2:57
16."No One's in the Room"  4:08
17."Far Away"
  • Reyez
  • Chahyaed
  • Vegyn
  • Chahayed
  • Vegyn
2:41
Before Love Came to Kill Us+
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
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] "
  • Alexander Crossan
  • Reyez
  • Suby
  • Suby
  • Reyez
  • Jessy Aaron [a]
  • Mura Masa [a]
4:06
4."Roof"
  • Robertson
  • Reyez
  • Richard Isong
  • Bizness Boi
  • P2J
1:46
5."Coffin" (featuring Eminem)
  • Andre Robertson
  • Reyez
  • Marshall Mathers
  • Tobias Frelin
  • Bizness Boi
  • Frelin
  • Eminem [a]
4:22
6."Worth Saving"
  • Reyez
  • Suby
Suby3:24
7."I Do"
  • King
  • Andre Harris
  • Ginn Jr.
  • Jaramye Daniels
  • Reyez
  • Jefferson
3:52
8."Intruders"
  • Akil King
  • Darius Ginn Jr.
  • Reyez
  • John Thomas Roach
  • Mario Jefferson
3:05
9."Ankles"
  • Alexander Delicata
  • Andre Davidson
  • Andrew Harr
  • Jermaine Jackson
  • Reyez
  • Sean Davidson
  • Blvk Jvck
  • Delicata [a]
  • The Monarch [a]
2:49
10."La Memoria"
  • Björn Djupström
  • Reyez
  • Johann Deterville
  • Savannah Ré
  • Tobias Frelin
3:18
11."Same Side"
  • Reyez
  • Suby
Suby3:10
12."Figures"
  • Reyez
  • Djupström
  • Shy Carter
  • Frelin
  • Djupström
  • Frelin
3:58
13."Dope"
  • Djupström
  • Reyez
Djupström2:38
14."Imported" (with 6lack)
  • Reyez
  • Henrik Bryld Wolsing
  • Jaramye Daniels
  • Ricardo Valentine
Hennedub3:45
15."Far Away II" (featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie and JID)
  • Artist Julius Dubose
  • Destin Choice Route
  • Reyez
  • Rogét Chahayed
  • Chahayed
  • Vegyn
3:35
16."Do You Love Her"
  • Fredrik Ball
  • Jessie Reyez
  • Rui Afonso
  • Tim Suby
3:16
17."Love in the Dark"
  • Reyez
  • Djupström
  • Suby
  • Frelin
  • Suby
  • Djupström [b]
  • Frelin [b]
3:59
Notes

Charts

Charts performance for Before Love Came to Kill Us
Chart (2020)Peak
position
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

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Before Love Came to Kill Us
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [26] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release formats for Before Love Came to Kill Us
RegionDateFormat(s)EditionLabelRef.
VariousMarch 27, 2020Standard
CD Target exclusive
April 9, 2020
  • Digital download
  • streaming
Deluxe
[8]
September 25, 2020Super deluxe
[9]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 The song was initially titled “Kill Us”.

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