Full Circle (Angie Stone album)

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Full Circle
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 12, 2019 (2019-07-12)
Studio
Length35:54
Label
  • Conjunction
  • Cleopatra
Producer
Angie Stone chronology
Covered in Soul
(2016)
Full Circle
(2019)
Love Language
(2023)
Singles from Full Circle
  1. "Dinosaur"
    Released: March 13, 2019

Full Circle is the ninth studio album by American singer Angie Stone. Initially set for a June 7 release, [1] it was released on July 12, 2019, by Conjunction Entertainment and Cleopatra Records. [2] [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic editor Andy Kellman found that on Full Circle "Stone is at her best here when she is granted material that wouldn't make half as much sense handled by any other artist. These moments include a burning and conflicted throwback ballad with Jaheim ("Gonna Have to Be You"), the strutting summertime groove "Perfect," and the reflectively frank "Neverbride." It gets a little too candid on "Grits," a graphic slow jam in which Stone acts as a voyeuristic sex therapist for a younger couple. The album's slightly reedy mix unfortunately diminishes the richness of Stone's voice." [4]

Singles

"Dinosaur" was released as the first single from Full Circle on March 13, 2019. [5]

Track listing

Full Circle track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Perfect"
  • Millsap
  • Nelson
  • KayGee
  • Abney
  • Brailsford
  • Muhammad
3:48
2."Same Number"
  • Millsap
  • Nelson
  • Muhammad
  • Rick Watford
  • Toby Davis
  • James Jones
  • Ellerby
  • Kipnis
  • Millsap
  • Sheldon "Coz" Ellerby
  • Nelson
  • Muhammad
3:46
3."Dinosaur"
  • Millsap
  • Nelson
  • Muhammad
  • Teak Underdue
  • Ellerby
  • Kipnis
  • Millsap
  • Underdue
  • Nelson
  • Muhammad
3:27
4."Gonna Have to Be You" (featuring Jaheim)
  • Millsap
  • Nelson
  • Muhammad
  • Underdue
  • Ellerby
  • Kipnis
  • Millsap
  • Underdue
  • Nelson
  • Muhammad
3:58
5."Neverbride"
  • Millsap
  • Nelson
  • Xavier T. Gordon
  • Ellerby
  • Kipnis
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • Nelson
  • Muhammad
3:28
6."Ain't Nobody Got Time for That"
Shivers3:58
7."Recipe"
  • Millsap
  • Nelson
  • Ellerby
  • Davis
  • Rashon Murphy
  • Muhammad
  • Kipnis
  • Millsap
  • Ellerby
  • Nelson
  • Muhammad
3:25
8."Grits"
  • Millsap
  • Nelson
  • Gordon
  • Muhammad
  • Ellerby
  • Kipnis
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • Nelson
  • Muhammad
3:35
9."While We Still Can"
  • Millsap
  • Nelson
  • Muhammad
  • Jason Rome
  • Calvin M. Frazier
  • Ellerby
  • Kipnis
  • Millsap
  • Rome
  • Tubbyoung
  • Nelson
  • Muhammad
3:51
10."Let Me Know"
  • Millsap
  • Nelson
  • Gordon
  • Muhammad
  • Ellerby
  • Kipnis
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • Nelson
  • Muhammad
2:43

Charts

Chart performance for Full Circle
Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [6] 34

Notes

  1. 1 2 Tracks 1–5 and 7–10

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