Time to Grow

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Time to Grow
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Studio album by
Lemar
Released29 November 2004
Length48:34
Label Sony BMG
Producer
Lemar chronology
Dedicated
(2003)
Time to Grow
(2004)
The Truth About Love
(2006)
Singles from Time to Grow
  1. "If There's Any Justice"
    Released: 15 November 2004
  2. "Time to Grow"
    Released: 28 March 2005
  3. "Don't Give It Up"
    Released: 1 August 2005

Time to Grow is the second studio album by English singer Lemar. It was released by Sony BMG on 29 November 2004 in the United Kingdom. The album has been certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian found that after "a dismissable first album," Time to Grow "will divest [Lemar] of the reality-TV albatross. The single "If There's Any Justice" [...] is a yearning piece of trad-soul that gives the rest of the album something to live up to. By and large, it does." [2] AllMusic rated the album four stars out of five. [1]

Track listing

Time to Grow track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Soulman" (Intro)
  • Lemar Obika
  • Adam Midgeley
  • Fitzgerald Scott
  • Bradley Reddington
First Man Productions3:18
2."Better Than This"
  • Andy Whitmore
  • Darren Brown
  • Giles Craig
  • Obika
  • Paul Jervier
  • Steve Jervier
  • Whitmore
  • P. Jervier
  • S. Jervier
3:22
3."I Don't Mind That"
  • Dicky Klein
  • Johannes Jørgensen
  • Obika
Deekay 3:34
4."What If?"
3:28
5."Call Me Daddy"
Soulpower Productions3:19
6."If There's Any Justice"
  • Mick Leeson
  • Peter Vale
3:49
7."Don't Give It Up"
  • D. Brown
  • Obika
  • T. Brown
  • Wirlie "Wyl-e" Morris
Morris3:43
8."Time to Grow"
  • Scott
  • Obika
Scott3:43
9."Complicated Cupid"
  • Obika
  • Morris
Morris3:37
10."Maybe Just Maybe"McKnight3:35
11."Feels Right"
  • D. Brown
  • Obika
  • T. Brown
Mike Pela 4:09
12."All I Ever Do"/"My Boo (Part II)"
  • Whitmore
  • Obika
  • P. Jervier
  • S. Jervier
  • Whitmore
  • P. Jervier
  • S. Jervier
4:10
Bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
  • Obika
  • Marcus Killian Thompson
3:33

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Time to Grow
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [12] 2× Platinum600,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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