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Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter K. Michelle. It was released on December 9, 2014, by Atlantic Records.[3]
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| Released | December 9, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013–2014 | |||
| Genre | R&B[1][2] | |||
| Length | 48:25 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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Background
editFollowing the release of her debut album Rebellious Soul (2013) and her departure from the VH1's reality hit shows Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta and Love & Hip Hop: New York, Pate revealed that she is getting her own show, titled K. Michelle: My Life, while she's working on the album's lead single for her second album, titled "Love Em All". The trailer for her second album was released, along with the album cover artwork, which revealed few hours later. Upon the album's release, she performed the single "Hard to Do" at the 2015 BET Awards.
Singles
edit"Love 'Em All" was released as the albums lead single on September 16, 2014. The album's second single "Maybe I Should Call" was released on November 3, 2014, and also it was made available on iTunes, when the album was pre-ordered. The album's fourth single "Hard to Do" was later released on May 18, 2015.
Other songs
editThe song "How Do You Know?" was unlocked on iTunes, along with the song "Going Under". The music video for "Something About the Night" was released.[citation needed]
Critical response
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Complex |  [5] |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | [6] |
Upon its release, Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? received positive reviews. The Washington Post called it "a great album", stating that K. Michelle "continues to distinguish herself from her reality television peers, who seem to stay in the studio but never release music — let alone good music."[7] Billboard deemed it one of 2014's best R&B albums, writing, "There's a serrated ferocity to K. Michelle that sends her songs past saccharine territory and into compelling unstable territory."[1]
Complex rated the album 3.5 stars out of 5: "...[W]hile it may have taken her longer than she'd like to make this known, it cannot be denied any longer: K. Michelle is leaps and bounds ahead of many of her peers."[5] Rolling Stone listed Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? as one of the top 20 R&B albums of 2014.[2] The Philadelphia Inquirer gave Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? 3.5 of our four stars, writing, "...[t]his powerhouse tenor vocalist, pianist, and songwriter also is capable of great tenderness, nuance, and understatement."[6]
Commercial performance
editOn December 27, 2014 the album debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, with 87,000 album equivalent units (over 84,000 in sales) in the first week in the United States.[8][9] Billboard ranked the album as the best-selling R&B album of 2014. Although, it debuted lower than her previous album Rebellious Soul (2013), on its debut week outsold her previous album, became the highest debut from a R&B album in 2014.[citation needed]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Judge Me" |
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| 3:08 | |
| 2. | "Love 'Em All" |
| 4:05 | ||
| 3. | "Going Under" |
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| 3:45 | |
| 4. | "Cry" |
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| 4:45 |
| 5. | "How Do You Know?" |
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| 3:35 | |
| 6. | "Hard to Do" |
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| 3:58 | |
| 7. | "Maybe I Should Call" |
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| 3:28 |
| 8. | "Something About the Night" |
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| 3:30 | |
| 9. | "Miss You, Goodbye" |
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| 3:05 |
| 10. | "Build a Man" (includes "Build a Man" intro) |
| J. Wilson |
| 6:02 |
| 11. | "Drake Would Love Me" |
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| 4:19 |
| 12. | "God I Get It" |
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| 4:38 | |
| Total length: | 48:25 | ||||
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| 13. | "Silhouettes" |
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| 3:33 |
| 14. | "Get in My Bed" |
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| 3:02 |
| Total length: | 55:00 | ||||
Notes
Sampling credits
- "Going Under" samples elements of "The Message", written by Clifton Chase, Edward Fletcher, Melvin Glover and Sylvia Robinson.
- "Hard to Do" samples elements of "Kissin' You", written by Brian James, Janice Johnson, Julian Jackson, Maurice Simmonds and Raphael Saadiq.
Charts
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Weekly chartsedit
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Year-end chartsedit
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References
edit- ^ a b Leight, Elias. "The 10 Best R&B Albums of 2014". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ a b Reeves, Mosi (15 December 2014). "20 Best R&B Albums of 2014: #16 K. Michelle, 'Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
- ^ "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? By K. Michelle". iTunes. 9 December 2014.
- ^ Kellman, Andy. "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? - K. Michelle : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
- ^ a b Arceneaux, Michael. "K. Michelle Trades Brashness for Subtlety on "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?"". Complex. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
- ^ a b "New Recordings: Charli XCX; K. Michelle; Dan Montgomery". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ Godfrey, Sarah. "K. Michelle can't escape the drama, but at least she still makes good music". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ "Billboard 200 Album Chart Archive December 27, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ "Hip Hop Album Sales: J. Cole, Eminem, PRhyme". 17 December 2014.
- ^ "K. Michelle Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ "K. Michelle Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved July 9, 2020.