Don't Give Up on Love

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Don't Give Up on Love
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 12, 2017 (2017-05-12)
Length37:56
Label Fat Possum
Don Bryant chronology
It's All in the World
(2000)
Don't Give Up on Love
(2017)
You Make Me Feel
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 83/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Paste 8.7/10 [3]

Don't Give Up On Love is the second studio album by American rhythm and blues musician Don Bryant. [4] It was released on May 12, 2017, through Fat Possum Records

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."A Nickel and a Nail"4:46
2."Something About You"3:37
3."It Was Jealousy"4:12
4."First You Cry"4:33
5."I Got to Know"3:07
6."Don't Give Up on Love"5:05
7."How Do I Get There"3:55
8."One Ain't Enough"2:55
9."Can't Hide the Hurt"3:03
10."What Kind of Love"2:43

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5] 187

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