Love Language (Angie Stone album)

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Love Language
Angie Stone - Love Language.png
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 19, 2023 (2023-05-19)
Length37:43
Label
  • Conjunction
  • SoNo
Angie Stone chronology
Full Circle
(2019)
Love Language
(2023)
Singles from Love Language
  1. "Kiss You"
    Released: February 10, 2023 [1]

Love Language is the tenth studio album by American singer Angie Stone, released on May 19, 2023, by Conjunction Entertainment and SoNo Recording. [2] The songs "Kiss You" and "The Gym" featuring Musiq Soulchild were released prior to the album. [3] The album includes an additional collaboration with Stone's son Swayvo Train. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic editor Andy Kellman rated the album three and half stars out of five. He found that Love Language was "in the same mode" as Stone's previous album Dream (2015) and Full Circle (2019), calling it "another serving of feel-good songs brightly colored with shades of classic Southern R&B and Philly soul." He noted that "the slight increase of grain in Stone's voice isn't at the expense of power." [4]

Track listing

Love Language track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Love Is Real"
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
3:25
2."The Gym" (featuring Musiq Soulchild)
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
  • Franklin
  • Teak Underdue
  • Millsap
  • Millsap
  • Underdue
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
3:19
3."Kiss You"
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
  • Franklin
  • McCloud
  • Sai
  • Underdue
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • Kiara White
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
3:45
4."Good Man"
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
  • Underdue
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • White
  • Millsap
  • Underdue
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
3:32
5."High"
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
  • Lewis
  • Donte Lamar Perkins
  • Millsap
  • White
  • Millsap
  • Lewis
  • Tae Beast
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
3:47
6."Love Language"
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
  • Aaron P. Burns-Lyles
  • George "G-Smoove" McDonald
  • Kevin J. Bridges
  • Marco Richh
  • Nathaniel C. Stallworth
  • Tanisha Blacks
  • Millsap
  • Millsap
  • Burns-Lyles
  • Stallworth
  • Scantlebury
  • Bridges
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
2:57
7."All I Need"
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
  • Richh
  • Nathaniel C. Stallworth
  • Blacks
  • Tierre Maurice Harris
  • Millsap
  • Millsap
  • Harris
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
3:30
8."Love the Feeling"
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
  • McDonald
  • Richh
  • Blacks
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
3:54
9."Old Thang Back" (featuring Swayvo Train)
  • Angie Stone
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
  • McDonald
  • Richh
  • Blacks
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
3:27
10."Kiss You" (X mix)
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
  • Franklin
  • McCloud
  • Sai
  • Underdue
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • White
  • Millsap
  • Gordon [a]
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
3:48
11."Kiss You" (Jersey club mix)
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
  • Franklin
  • McCloud
  • Sai
  • Underdue
  • Millsap
  • Gordon
  • White
  • Millsap
  • Gordon [a]
  • Muhammad
  • Nelson
2:20
Total length:37:43

Notes

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