Love & Life (Eric Benét album)

Love & Life is the fourth studio album by American R&B singer Eric Benét. It was released on September 9, 2008 on Friday and Reprise Records. The album debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200 and number two on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with first-week sales of 40,000 copies, making it his highest-charting album since A Day in the Life in 1999.^[1] Love & Life also received two 2009 Grammy Award nominations, for Best R&B Album and for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "You're the Only One".

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Okayplayer	(89/100)^[3]

AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album three and a half stars out of five and wrote: "Benét returns to what he does best on Love & Life: making music for love-making. Slow and sultry and steeped in Stevie, Marvin, Luther, and especially Quincy Jones-produced Michael Jackson and Prince's forays into quiet storm, Love & Life is a consolidation of Benét's strengths as a seduction artist. Arriving after the turgid turmoil of Hurricane, this is frankly a relief, as Benét demonstrates a lighter touch throughout Love & Life, shedding any suggestion of personal revelation in favor of courting clichés without blushing."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Love, Patience & Time"	Eric Benét Demonté Possey	Benét Possey	5:27
2.	"The Hunger"	Benét Possey	Benét Possey	4:04
3.	"You're the Only One"	Benét Possey Greg Gerard George Nash, Jr.	Benét Possey Nash	4:13
4.	"Don't Let Go"	Benét Possey	Benét Possey	4:27
5.	"Everlove" (duet with Terry Dexter)	Benét Possey	Benét Possey	5:10
6.	"Chocolate Legs"	Benét Keith Crouch John "Jubu" Smith	Crouch Smith	4:29
7.	"Weekend Girl"	Benét Possey	Benét Possey	4:51
8.	"Iminluvwichoo" (duet with Linda Király)	Benét Possey	Benét Possey	4:39
9.	"Spanish Fly"	Benét Vikter Duplaix Pino Paladino Fred Chalmers	Benét Possey	4:30
10.	"Still I Believe"	Benét Possey	Benét Possey	4:10
11.	"Sing to Me"	Benét Possey Nash	Benét Possey Nash	4:44
12.	"One More Tomorrow"	Benét Nash	Benét Possey	5:17
Total length:				55:31

ITunes only bonus track^[4]
No.	Title	Length
13.	"I Can't Stop"	5:21

Cover versions

English band Blue released a cover version of "You're the Only One" on their album Colours in 2015.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[5]	11
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[6]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[7]	58
Chart (2009)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[8]	70

References

^ "Metallica Scores Fifth Straight No. 1 Album". Billboard.com. 17 September 2008. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
^ ^a ^b Allmusic review
^ Okayplayer review Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Love & Life by Eric Benét". 9 September 2008.
^ "Eric Benét Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
^ "Eric Benét Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2020.

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Awards Discography
Studio albums	True to Myself A Day in the Life Hurricane Love & Life Lost in Time The One From E to U: Volume 1 Eric Benét
Singles	"Georgy Porgy" "Spend My Life with You" "Sometimes I Cry" "Almost Paradise" "After the Love Has Gone"

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