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| Love & Life | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | September 20, 2005 |
| Length | 58:03 |
| Label | Peak |
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Love & Life is the debut studio album by LaToya London. It was released on September 20, 2005 through the record label Peak Records and distributed through Concord Records. The album features a mix of R&B, soul, jazz and hip-hop, and has sold approximately 73,000 copies since its release.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic [1] |   |
| WonderingSound.com [2] | favorable |
A reviewer[ who? ] from the San Francisco Chronicle called her "impassioned and polished" with "sumptuous, wondrously elastic mezzo pipes". [ citation needed ] A reviewer[ who? ] from People magazine called it one of the best post-American Idol albums[ citation needed ], and a reviewer[ who? ] from iTunes named it one of the best albums of 2005, and her song "Non A What'cha Do" as one of the best individual recordings of the year.[ citation needed ]
Love & Life sold 12,546 albums in its first week, landing at number 82 on Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and at number 27 on Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. To date[ when? ], it has sold approximately 58,000 copies, including 15,000 digital downloads. [3]
Love & Life spawned three singles: "Appreciate", "Every Part of Me", and "State of My Heart". "State of My Heart" reached number 40 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and number five on the radio industry periodical Friday Morning Quarterback's Adult Contemporary spin chart.[ citation needed ]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Scandalous" |
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| 4:18 |
| 2. | "Every Part of Me" |
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| 3:27 |
| 3. | "Learn to Breathe" | Peer Åström |
| 4:21 |
| 4. | "Appreciate" (featuring Black Thought) |
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| 3:41 |
| 5. | "State of My Heart" |
| 4:42 | |
| 6. | "Practice Makes Perfect" | Vertelney | 3:35 | |
| 7. | "Meet Me Halfway" |
| Eastmond | 4:02 |
| 8. | "Waiting for You" |
| Eastmond | 4:55 |
| 9. | "Anything" |
| Edwards | 5:19 |
| 10. | "Non a Whatcha Do" |
| Spalter | 4:15 |
| 11. | "I Can't Hide (What's in My Heart)" | Steve "Hollywood" Gaspár | Rex Rideout | 4:07 |
| 12. | "More" |
| Rideout | 4:14 |
| 13. | "How I Love the Rain" |
| Eastmond | 5:10 |
| 14. | "All by Myself" | Eric Carmen | Eastmond | 4:06 |
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| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200 [4] | 82 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [5] | 27 |
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