Rhythm of Love (Anita Baker album)

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Rhythm Of Love
Rhythm of Love cover.jpg
Studio album by
Anita Baker
ReleasedAugust 23, 1994
Recorded1993–1994
Genre
Length61:20
Label Elektra
Producer Anita Baker, Tommy LiPuma, Gerard Smerek, Barry J. Eastmond, Arif Mardin
Anita Baker chronology
Compositions
(1990)		Rhythm Of Love
(1994)		 The Best of Anita Baker
(2002)
Singles from Rhythm of Love
  1. "Body and Soul"
    Released: August 1994
  2. "I Apologize"
    Released: October 1994
  3. "It's Been You"
    Released: March 1995
  4. "You Belong to Me"
    Released: 1995
  5. "My Funny Valentine"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Cash Box (favorable) [2]
Chicago Reader (favorable) [3]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Entertainment Weekly A− [6]
The Guardian (favorable) [7]
Knoxville News Sentinel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME 3/10 [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin (favorable) [11]

Rhythm of Love is the fifth album by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker, released in 1994. The album peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 [12] and #1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop chart and was certified double platinum, giving Baker her fourth platinum selling album.

Contents

This is the first album since 1983's The Songstress by Baker not to be produced by longtime collaborator Michael J. Powell, who had agreed to split the arrangement after the release of Baker's 1990 album, Compositions . The album's first single, "Body and Soul", gave Baker her first top 40 hit since 1989. "You Belong to Me" is a cover of the Carly Simon classic, not to be confused with the song of the same title that Baker recorded for her 1988 album Giving You the Best That I Got .

Baker also received a Grammy Award in 1995 for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "I Apologize". "Body and Soul" was nominated for 1995 Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song, and Rhythm of Love was nominated for Best R&B Album.

Rhythm of Love is Baker's last album for Elektra Records. Because of dissatisfaction with the album's promotion, Baker filed a lawsuit against Elektra, requesting a transfer to another label within Warner Music Group. Finally she signed with Atlantic Records in September 1996. [13]

Track listing

  1. "Rhythm of Love" (Anita Baker, Patrick Moten) - 5:50
  2. "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 4:47
  3. "Body and Soul" (Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley) - 5:42
  4. "Baby" (Baker) - 4:25
  5. "I Apologize" (Baker, Barry J. Eastmond, Gordon Chambers) - 5:09
  6. "Plenty of Room" (Baker) - 4:57
  7. "It's Been You" (Sami McKinney, Michael O'Hara, Mary Unobsky) - 4:59
  8. "You Belong to Me" (Carly Simon, Michael McDonald) - 4:41
  9. "Wrong Man" (Baker) - 5:51
  10. "Only for a While" (Dawn Thomas) - 5:16
  11. "Sometimes I Wonder Why" (Mike Reid, Mack David) - 4:37
  12. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:06

Personnel

Production

Technical
Studios

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [26] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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