Righteous Love

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Righteous Love
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2000
Genre Rock
Label Interscope 069490737-2
Producer Joan Osborne, Mitchell Froom, Rick "Soldier" Will, Aaron Comess
Joan Osborne chronology
Early Recordings
(1996)
Righteous Love
(2000)
How Sweet It Is
(2002)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (59/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chicago Tribune (average) [3]
Entertainment Weekly B [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spin (4/10) [1]
Wall of Sound(70/100) [8]

Righteous Love is Joan Osborne's second studio album and fourth overall. It was released on September 12, 2000 by Interscope Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Running Out of Time" (Osborne, Louie Pérez) – 4:45
  2. "Righteous Love" (Osborne, Joseph Arthur) – 4:15
  3. "Safety in Numbers" (Osborne, Erik Della Penna) – 4:27
  4. "Love Is Alive" (Gary Wright) – 3:29
  5. "Angel Face" (Osborne, Arthur, Pérez, Andreas Uetz) – 3:35
  6. "Grand Illusion" (Osborne, Penna, Rainy Orteca, Jack Petruzzelli) – 4:02
  7. "If I Was Your Man" (Osborne, Arthur, Pérez, Rick Chertoff, Rob Hyman) – 4:57
  8. "Baby Love" (Osborne, Orteca, Penna, Petruzzelli) – 4:16
  9. "Hurricane" (Osborne, Michael Mangini, Penna, Petruzzelli) – 4:17
  10. "Poison Apples (Hallelujah)" (Osborne, Hyman, Chertoff) – 4:19
  11. "Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan) – 4:01

Track 9 was spelled as "Hurricaine" on album track listing. Correct title is "Hurricane". [9]

Personnel

Adapted from allmusic. [10]

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  10. Personnel list from AllMusic