Public Displays of Affection: The Album

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Public Displays of Affection: The Album
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2022 (2022-09-23)
Length54:29
Label
Producer
Muni Long chronology
Coloured
(2018)
Public Displays of Affection: The Album
(2022)
Revenge
(2024)
Singles from Coloured
  1. "No R&B"
    Released: October 13, 2021
  2. "Ain't Easy"
    Released: November 5, 2021
  3. "Hrs and Hrs"
    Released: February 1, 2022
  4. "Time Machine"
    Released: February 8, 2022
  5. "Another"
    Released: April 22, 2022
  6. "Pain"
    Released: May 13, 2022
  7. "Baby Boo"
    Released: June 10, 2022

Public Displays of Affection: The Album is the third studio album by American singer Muni Long. It was released on September 23, 2022, and marked her first album under the Muni Long name.

Contents

Critical reception

A. D. Amorosi, writing for Variety , called Public Displays of Affection: The Album a "remarkably seasoned and strong debut" as well as a "long, luxurious album." He found that "although Muni Long isn't a belter and does put on the bedroom voice on a couple of tracks, her first full-length album is a blast of vintage ‘90s R&B that isn’t trying to be cute: It’s filled with frank lyrics about of love and sex from an artist who’s been around for more than a minute." [1]

Commercial performance

Public Displays of Affection: The Album debuted and peaked at number five on the US Top Heatseekers chart in the week of October 8, 2022, [2] becoming Long's first top ten entry on the chart. [2]

Track listing

Public Displays of Affection: The Album track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Conversation"
3:08
2."Cartier"
  • Renea
  • Matty Spats
  • Shaun Thomas
  • S. Dot
  • Spats
3:16
3."Crack"
2:41
4."Lemons" Pop & Oak 4:03
5."Ain't Easy"
  • Renea
  • Lorenzo Nelson, Jr.
  • Nicholas Humes
  • Raysean Hairston
  • Nelson
  • Humes
3:03
6."To Do List"
  • Renea
  • Trevon Campbell
  • Beau Strawder
  • LeShawn Rogers
  • Simon Kempner
  • Campbell
  • Kempner
3:26
7."Hrs and Hrs"
  • Renea
  • Brandon John-Baptiste
  • Dylan Graham
  • Hamadi Aaabi
  • Isaac Wriston
  • Justin Nathaniel Zim
  • Harrell
  • Ralph Tiller
  • Graham
3:24
8."Plot Twist"
  • Renea
  • Charlie Coffeen
  • Horace Bray
  • Hairston
  • Coffeen
  • Bray
2:32
9."Plot Twist" (Interlude)
  • Renea
  • Coffeen
  • Bray
  • Hairston
  • Coffeen
  • Bray
1:33
10."Time Machine"
  • Renea
  • Chad Norman
  • Dante Carter
  • Harrell
  • Zachary Young
  • DJ Money
  • Norman
  • Carter
3:42
11."Butterfly Effect"
  • Brown
  • Mr. Franks
2:38
12."The Words"
  • Brown
  • Mr. Franks
  • Gitelman
3:52
13."Pain"
  • Renea
  • Strawder
  • James Easton Brooks
  • Kaspar Jalily
  • Hairston
  • Harrell
  • JayUncut
  • Jalily
2:33
14."Another"
  • Renea
  • Isaac Earl Bynum
  • Robert Mandell
  • Strawder
  • Jean Baptiste Kouame
  • Karl Rubin
  • Louise Chantál
  • Hairston
  • Harrell
  • Jean-Baptiste
  • Earl on the Beat
  • Rubin
  • G Koop
2:32
15."No Signal"
  • Renea
  • Campbell
  • Harrell
  • LeShawn Rogers
  • Kempner
  • Campbell
  • Kempner
2:43
16."No R&B" (with Ann Marie)
Pierce3:34
17."IMU"
  • Renea
  • Alice Aera
  • Daniel Sturridge
  • Eugene Tsai
  • Harrell
  • Calvin Tarvin
  • William Repko IV
  • Tsai
  • Tiggi
3:08
18."Baby Boo" (with Saweetie)
  • Brown
  • Mr. Franks
  • Tommy Parker
  • Rohaim
2:32
Total length:54:29

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Public Displays of Affection: The Album
Chart (2022)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 170
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [4] 21
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [2] 5

Release history

Public Displays of Affection: The Album release history
RegionDateFormatLabelRef(s)
VariousSeptember 23, 2022
[5]

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References

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