The Letter (Avant album)

The Letter is the sixth studio album by American singer Avant. It was released by Verve Forecast Records on December 21, 2010 in the United States.^[2] The singer worked with The Avila Brothers, Mike City, duo The Pentagon, and others on The Letter which debuted and peaked at number 119 on the US Billboard 200, becoming his lowest-charting album to date. It produced three singles, including "Kiss Goodbye", "Your Body is the Business" and "Graduated."

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Background

Speaking in January 2011 to noted UK R&B writer Pete Lewis, assistant editor of Blues & Soul, Avant described his reasons for titling the album The Letter as being because it represents "a letter from me to my fans, to tell them what's going on in my life, what's going through my head, and my struggles as a man."^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Andy Kellman from Allmusic rated the album two and a half stars out of five. He wrote that "to put it lightly, none of these songs deserve placement in a best-of-Avant playlist. Otherwise, The Letter offers another ballad-heavy round of smooth, sophisticated, and occasionally raunchy R&B songs [...] for the thirty and up crowd. It's not one of the singer's best albums, but those who can wade through the miscues will have an EP's worth of solid Avant."^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"Graduated"	Myron Avant Cooper McGill	Coop the Truth	3:25
2.	"Hot 16"	Myron Avant Eric Dawkins Antonio Dixon	The Pentagon	3:55
3.	"Kiss Goodbye"	Avant Dawkins Dixon	The Pentagon	3:48
4.	"Had Enough"	Avant Kriss Johnson	Kajun	3:38
5.	"Body Police"	Johnson Issiah Avila, Jr. Bobby Ross Avila	Kajun The Avila Brothers	4:03
6.	"Nightlife"	Avant Michael Flowers	Mike City	3:05
7.	"Your Body is the Business"	Avant Berris Bolton A. Crawford Aaron Sledge	Bolton	3:49
8.	"Wake Up"	Avant Dawkins Dixon Damon Thomas	The Pentagon	3:50
9.	"That Dude"	Avant Leathers	Marshall Leathers	3:33
10.	"Where Did We Go?"	Avant Dawkins Dixon	The Pentagon	3:18
11.	"Walking On Water"	Avant Dawkins Dixon Patrick Smith Thomas	The Pentagon	4:02
12.	"Africa" (Bonus track)	David Paich Jeff Porcaro	The Pentagon	4:24

iTunes edition^[4]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Never Give Up the Fight"	Avant Brian Culbertson	Culbertson	4:28

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[5]	114
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[6]	19

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kellman, Andy Review: Avant. Allmusic. Retrieved on June 25, 2020.
^ "Avant Artist Page". Verve Music Group. October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
^ Avant interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' February 2011
^ "The Letter on Apple Music". iTunes (US). iTunes. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
^ "Avant Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
^ "Avant Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2020.

v t e Avant
Discography
Studio albums	My Thoughts Ecstasy Private Room Director Avant The Letter Face the Music The VIII Can We Fall in Love
Singles	"Separated" "My First Love" "You Know What" "Lie About Us" "Kiss Goodbye" "You & I"
Featured singles	"Nothing in This World" "Stickwitu (Avant Mix)"

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