Landing on a Hundred

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Landing on a Hundred
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 30, 2012
Genre Soul [1]
Length53:11
Label
Producer
Cody Chesnutt chronology
Black Skin No Value
(2010)
Landing on a Hundred
(2012)
My Love Divine Degree
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
This Is Fake DIY 8/10 [5]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The A.V. Club B [1]
Blurt Magazine 7/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7/10 [8]

Landing on a Hundred is the sophomore studio album by American R&B artist Cody Chesnutt. It was released in October 2012 under Vibration Vineyard and One Little Indian Records. The album was recorded at Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee and SuPow Studios in Cologne, Germany. [4]

Track list

No.TitleLength
1."'Til I Met Thee"4:25
2."I've Been Life"4:37
3."That's Still Mama"4:13
4."What Kind of Cool"5:06
5."Don't Follow Me"4:10
6."Everybody's Brother"2:44
7."Love Is More Than a Wedding Day"6:10
8."Under the Spell of the Handout"4:09
9."Don't Wanna Go the Other Way"3:44
10."Chips Down"6:02
11."Where Is All The Money Going"2:46
12."Scroll Call"5:05

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