Face the Music (Avant album)

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Face the Music
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Studio album by
Avant
ReleasedFebruary 1, 2013
Length46:34
Label Mo-B
Producer
  • Avant (also exec.)
  • Tim & Bob
  • Dre Hen
  • Kajun (also co-exec.)
  • Tabetha Plummer (exec.)
  • Jerry "Big Jay" Woodard (exec.)
Avant chronology
The Letter
(2010)		Face the Music
(2013)		 The VIII
(2015)
Singles from Face The Music
  1. "You & I"
    Released: August, 2012
  2. "More"
    Released: June, 2013

Face the Music is the seventh studio album by American singer Avant. Released on February 1, 2013 in the United States, it marked his debut released on his own label Mo-B Entertainment. [1] Distribution was overseen by Caroline Distribution and EMI Records. [2] The album features collaborations with J'Lyn, Kriss "Kajun" Johnson and singer Keke Wyatt. As of August 2015, Face the Music has sold over 77,000 copies in the United States. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Andy Kellman from Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five. He wrote that Face the Music is "another set of sophisticated, adult-oriented R&B that occasionally veers into boilerplate belligerence without quite reaching "Break Ya Back" territory [...] Altogether, it's a pleasing, natural continuation, full of slow grooves that tend to be convincingly romantic." [4]

Singles

"You & I" featuring American R&B singer Keke Wyatt was released as the album's lead single in August, 2012. The song impacted urban radio in September, 2012. On December 1, 2012, the song peaked at number 46 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [5] The music video for "You & I" was released on Avant's YouTube channel on January 4, 2013. [6] The song debuted on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs Chart at number 23 later rising to number 1 on March 2, 2013 in its twenty third week. [7] [8] The song spent 41 weeks in the top 20 on the Adult R&B Songs Chart before leaving the chart on July 6, 2013. [9]

"More" was released as the album's second single on June, 2013. The song peaked at number 16 on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs Chart on September 21, 2013. [10] The song spent 23 weeks in the top 20 chart before leaving the Adult R&B Songs Chart on September 28, 2013. [11]

Commercial performance

In the United States, Face the Music debuted at number 40 on the Billboard 200, number 4 on the R&B Albums and at number 9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 14,000 copies in the first week. [12] [13] [14] [15]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Toast to Love"
  • Myron Avant
  • Andre Henry
  • Kriss Johnson
3:55
2."80 in a 30" (featuring J'Lyn & Kajun)
  • Avant
  • Henry
  • Johnson
3:44
3."You & I" (featuring Keke Wyatt)
  • Avant
  • Henry
  • Johnson
3:54
4."More"
  • Avant
  • Henry
  • Johnson
4:05
5."Excited"
4:03
6."Don't Know How"
  • Avant
  • Henry
  • Johnson
4:17
7."Nobody's Business"
  • Avant
  • Henry
  • Johnson
3:51
8."Best Friend"
  • Avant
  • Henry
  • Johnson
4:04
9."Like You"
  • Avant
  • Kelley
  • Robinson
 Tim & Bob 3:01
10."When Its Over"
  • Avant
  • Johnson
  • Kajun
  • Avant [a]
4:06
11."No"
  • Avant
  • Henry
  • Johnson
3:51
12."Gratitude"
  • Avant
  • Kelley
  • Robinson
  • Johnson
 Tim & Bob 3:37

Notes

Credits and personnel

Album credits taken from Allmusic. [16]

Performers and musicians
Technical personnel

Charts

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats and label
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef
United KingdomFebruary 1, 2013 Digital download
  • Mo-B Entertainment
  • EMI
[1]
United States [2]
United KingdomFebruary 5, 2013 CD [20]
United States [21]

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