Released February 1, 2013 Face The Music
(2013) The VIII
(2015) Release date 1 February 2013 | Length 46:34 Artist Avant Genre Contemporary R&B | |
Label MO-B Entertainment, EMI Producer Avant, Tim & Bob, Jerry Woodard, Kriss "Kajun" Johnson, Tabetha Plummer Similar Avant albums, Contemporary R&B albums | ||
Face the Music, is the seventh studio album by R&B singer Avant, released on February 1, 2013 through Capitol/EMI-distributed independent label Mo-B Entertainment. The album features collaborations with J'Lyn, Kriss "Kajun" Johnson and Keke Wyatt. As of August 25, 2015 the album has sold over 77,000 copies in the United States.
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Critical reception
Andy Kellman from Allmusic stated in a review of the album "The Letter was the weakest and least successful of Avant's first six albums. None of his previous releases missed the Top Ten of Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart, but it fell short at number 19. In 2012, Avant bounced back by reuniting with Keke Wyatt, with whom he had scored a Top Five hit -- a cover of René & Angela's quiet storm masterpiece "My First Love"—12 years prior. The classy duet "You & I" peaked at 46, but it deserved a much higher position and makes for an attractive centerpiece on Face the Music. It's another set of sophisticated, adult-oriented R&B that occasionally veers into boilerplate belligerence ("If you go home with me, I'm-a hit it," for instance) without quite reaching "Break Ya Back" territory. Avant either wrote or co-wrote all of the songs and co-produced the majority of them with either Dre Hen or Kajun. Altogether, it's a pleasing, natural continuation, full of slow grooves that tend to be convincingly romantic. There are a couple changes of pace. On "Nobody's Business," Avant morphs into a soul shouter over a brassy neo-Motown stomp. "NO," near the album's end, is more of a pop power ballad than anything drawn from the legacies of Avant's longtime inspirations."
Singles
"You & I" featuring American R&B singer Keke Wyatt was released as the album's lead single in August, 2012. The song impacted urban radio in September, 2012. On December 1, 2012, the song peaked at number 46 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The music video for "You & I" was released on Avant's YouTube channel on January 4, 2013. The song debuted on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs Chart at number 23 later rising to number 1 on March 2, 2013 in its twenty third week. The song spent 41 weeks in the top 20 on the Adult R&B Songs Chart before leaving the chart on July 6, 2013.
"More" was released as the album's second single on June, 2013. The song peaked at number 16 on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs Chart on September 21, 2013. The song spent 23 weeks in the top 20 chart before leaving the Adult R&B Songs Chart on September 28, 2013.
Commercial performance
"Face the Music" debuted at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 200 Album Chart, number 4 on the R&B Album Chart ad number 9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart selling 14,000 copies in the first week.
Credits and personnel
Album credits taken from AllMusic website.
Songs
1Toast To Love3:55
280 In A 303:44
3You & I3:54