The Love EP (Corinne Bailey Rae EP)

"Is This Love"
The Love EP
EP by Corinne Bailey Rae
Released	25 January 2011
Studio	9:30 Club (Washington, D.C.); Denzel Oscar Studio (Leeds, England); Studio 150 (Amsterdam, Netherlands);
Length	28:44
Label	Capitol
Producer	Steve Brown; Corinne Bailey Rae;
Corinne Bailey Rae chronology
Singles from The Love EP
	"Is This Love"; Released: 21 September 2010;

Last updated February 27, 2019

The Love EP is the fourth extended play (EP) by English singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae. It was released on 25 January 2011 by Capitol Records. The EP consists of five cover versions of love songs. Rae has described The Love EP as "an homage to some of my favourite musicians and a conversation between some of my musical influences".^[1] The first single, a cover of Bob Marley and the Wailers' "Is This Love", won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the 54th Grammy Awards.^[2]

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. EPs generally contain a minimum of four tracks and maximum of six tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well.

Corinne Jacqueline Bailey Rae is a British singer and songwriter from Leeds, West Yorkshire. Bailey Rae was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2006 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2006. She released her debut album, Corinne Bailey Rae, in February 2006, and became the fourth female British act in history to have her first album debut at number one. In 2007, Bailey Rae was nominated for three Grammy Awards and three Brit Awards, and won two MOBO Awards. In 2008, she won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Capitol Records, Inc. is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label in the United States in 1942 by Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, and Glenn E. Wallichs. Capitol was acquired by British music conglomerate EMI as its North American subsidiary in 1955. EMI was acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012 and was merged with the company a year later, making Capitol and the Capitol Music Group both a part of UMG. The label's circular headquarter building in Hollywood is a recognized landmark of California.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Consequence of Sound	C−^[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[6]
Okayplayer	89/100^[7]
PopMatters	6/10^[8]

The Love EP received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 69, based on six reviews.^[3] Andy Kellman of AllMusic viewed the EP as "a light stop-gap to hold fans over until Rae's third album", adding that "it's all the more enjoyable to hear the singer indulge herself and have a little fun with a set of favorites."^[4] Zach Gase of Okayplayer commended Rae for her versatility and wrote that "[t]here really isn't a weak moment on The Love EP."^[7] Greg Kot of Entertainment Weekly noted that Rae sounds "spunkier" than usual on the EP, citing her rendition of "Que Sera Sera" as a highlight.^[6]

Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of media products: films, TV shows, music albums, video games, and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged. Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It has been described as the video game industry's "premier" review aggregator.

In statistics, the standard score is the signed fractional number of standard deviations by which the value of an observation or data point is above the mean value of what is being observed or measured. Observed values above the mean have positive standard scores, while values below the mean have negative standard scores.

The weighted arithmetic mean is similar to an ordinary arithmetic mean, except that instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others. The notion of weighted mean plays a role in descriptive statistics and also occurs in a more general form in several other areas of mathematics.

Frank Mojica of Consequence of Sound stated, "While every cover on The Love may not be exceptional, Corinne Bailey Rae once again exhibits remarkable vocal and musical range."^[5] David Mine of PopMatters named "Que Sera Sera" the standout track of the EP, but felt that "[e]lsewhere, results are mixed", concluding, "If nothing else, Rae is to be commended for branching out and trying new styles, but it's that final song that really makes this record worthwhile."^[8]

Consequence of Sound (CoS) is a Chicago-based online magazine featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music and movies. In addition, the website also features the Festival Outlook micro-site, which serves as an online database for music festival news and rumors.

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Wanna Be Your Lover"	Prince Rogers Nelson	Steve Brown Corinne Bailey Rae	3:30
2.	"Low Red Moon"	Tanya Donelly	Brown Rae	5:01
3.	"Is This Love"	Bob Marley	Brown Rae	3:29
4.	"My Love"	Paul McCartney Linda McCartney	Brown Rae	3:17
5.	"Que Sera Sera" (live; recorded 13 May 2010 at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.)	Ray Evans Jay Livingston		13:27

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Love EP.^[9]

Corinne Bailey Rae – vocals (all tracks); percussion (tracks 1, 2); backing vocals (tracks 1–3); production (tracks 1–4); Marxophone (track 2); arrangement (track 3); glockenspiel (track 4); electric guitar, premix (track 5)
Bryan Adams – photography
Gerard Albo – mixing, recording (track 5)
Barny – mixing (track 2)
Jennifer Birch – guitar (track 2); backing vocals, electric guitar (track 5)
Steve Brown – percussion (track 1); engineering, production (tracks 1–4); keyboards (tracks 1, 4, 5); glockenspiel, Marxophone (track 2); synths (tracks 2, 3); arrangement, organ, piano, programming, Wurlitzer (track 3); backing vocals (tracks 3–5); premix (track 5)
Matt Colton – mastering
Ruadhri Cushnan – mixing (track 1)
Luke Flowers – drums (all tracks)
Kenny Higgins – bass (tracks 1, 3, 5); Spanish guitar (track 3); vocals (track 5)
Gordon H. Jee – creative director
Randall Leddy – design
Nelson Lugo – mix assistance (track 4)
John McCallum – guitar (track 1); acoustic guitar, additional electric guitar (tracks 2, 4); backing vocals (tracks 3, 4); electric guitar (tracks 3, 5); additional vocal arrangement (track 4); vocals (track 5)
Joeri Saal – engineering (track 3)
Ray Staff – mastering
Phil Tan – mixing (track 3)
Ghian Wright – mixing (track 4)

Marxophone fretless zither played via a system of metal hammers

The Marxophone is a fretless zither played via a system of metal hammers. It features two octaves of double melody strings in the key of C major, and four sets of chord strings. Sounding somewhat like a mandolin, the Marxophone's timbre is also reminiscent of various types of hammered dulcimers.

Glockenspiel percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano

A glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, thus making it a metallophone. The glockenspiel, moreover, is usually smaller and higher in pitch.

Bryan Guy Adams is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, photographer, philanthropist and activist.

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 ^[10]	86
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[11]	20

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Canada	25 January 2011	CD digital download	Capitol	^[12]^[13]
United States	25 January 2011		Capitol	^[14]
United Kingdom	14 February 2011		Virgin	^[1]^[15]

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v t e Corinne Bailey Rae
Studio albums	Corinne Bailey Rae The Sea The Heart Speaks in Whispers
Live albums	Live in London & New York
Extended plays	The Love EP
Singles	"Like a Star" "Put Your Records On" "Trouble Sleeping" "I'd Like To" "Breathless" "I'd Do It All Again" "Paris Nights/New York Mornings" "Closer"
Related	Discography
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