Love & Hate (Michael Kiwanuka album)

Love & Hate
Studio album by Michael Kiwanuka
Released 15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)[1]
Genre Soul, acoustic
Length 54:49
Label Polydor (UK)
Interscope (US)
Producer Danger Mouse, Inflo, Paul Butler
Michael Kiwanuka chronology
Home Again
(2012)		 Love & Hate
(2016)
Singles from Love & Hate
  1. "Black Man in a White World"
    Released: 28 March 2016[2]
  2. "Love & Hate"
    Released: 7 April 2016[3]
  3. "One More Night"
    Released: 14 April 2016[4]

Love & Hate is the second studio album by London-based singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka.[1] The album was released on 15 July 2016 by Polydor Records (UK) and Interscope Records (US). It is the follow-up to Kiwanuka's 2012 Mercury Prize-nominated album Home Again. The album was produced by Danger Mouse, Inflo, and Paul Butler.

The first single, "Black Man in a White World" was released on 28 March 2016, and was accompanied by a video directed by Hiro Murai. The second single, "Love & Hate", was released on 7 April 2016.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The A.V. ClubA[7]
Chicago Tribune[8]
The Daily Telegraph[9]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[10]
The Guardian[11]
NME4/5[12]
Pitchfork Media6.9/10[13]
Q[14]
Uncut8/10[15]

Upon its release, Love & Hate received widespread critical acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 86, based on 23 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[5] The Telegraph said "This is an album that sounds like a world of music in itself",[9] while The Guardian called the album "the work of an artist coming into his own".[11] Writing for Exclaim!, Ryan B. Patrick lauded Kiwanuka's "introspective study of himself and his standing in a post-millennial world".[16]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
The Guardian The Best Albums of 2016 2016
Mojo The 50 Best Albums of 2016 2016
NME NME's Albums of the Year 2016 2016
Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2016

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Cold Little Heart"   10:10
2. "Black Man in a White World"   4:18
3. "Falling"   4:16
4. "Place I Belong"   4:47
5. "Love & Hate"   7:07
6. "One More Night"   3:53
7. "I'll Never Love"   2:45
8. "Rule the World"   5:42
9. "Father's Child"   7:05
10. "The Final Frame"   4:59
Total length:
 55:08

Personnel

Performers and musicians
  • Michael Kiwanuka – vocals (all tracks); acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5); backing vocals (tracks 5); bass (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10); electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8); lead guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8)); guitar (tracks 2, 9, 10); piano (tracks 4, 9)
  • James Bateman – saxophone (track 6)
  • Paul Boldeau – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9)
  • Natalia Bonner – violin (track 2)
  • Brian Burton – bass (tracks 1, 5); percussion (tracks 1, 3); piano (track 3); organ (tracks 3, 5); synth pad (track 1)
  • Paul Butler – backing vocals, (track 6); cello (track 4); Clavinet (track 7); CS80 (track 7), drum machines (track 6); electric guitar (track 6; keys (track 6); Moog (track 7); percussion (tracks 4, 6, 7); piano (track 7); trumpet (track 4)
  • Gillon Cameron – violin (tracks 1, 5)
  • Nzomi Cohen – viola (tracks 1, 5)
  • Anna Croad – violin (tracks 1, 5)
  • Rosie Danvers – cello (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5); string arrangements (tracks 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10)
  • Phebe Edwards – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9)
  • Graham Godfrey – backing vocals, (track 6); drums (tracks 2, 4, 7); hand claps (track 2); percussion (tracks 2, 4, 5, 9); tape machine FX (track 7)
  • LaDonna Harley-Peters – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9)
  • Inflo – backing vocals (tracks 4, 5); Bass (tracks 5, 9); drums (tracks 1, 5, 8, 9, 10); piano (tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 10)
  • Sally Jackson – violin (tracks 1, 5)
  • Bryony James – cello (tracks 1, 5)
  • Miles James – electric guitar (track 4)
  • Becky Jones – viola (track 3)
  • Patrick Kieman – violin (tracks 1, 5)
  • Eleanor Mathieson – violin (tracks 1, 5)
  • Jay "J-Zone" Mumford – drums (track 3)
  • Emma Owens – viola (tracks 1, 2, 5)
  • Andy Parkin – violin (track 4)
  • Kerenza Peacock – violin (track 3)
  • Gary Plumley – flute (track 4); saxophone (tracks 4, 6)
  • Richard Pryce – double bass (tracks 1, 5)
  • Pete Randall – backing vocals, (track 6); bass (tracks 4, 7; double bass (track 4), Fender Bass 6 (track 7)
  • Jenny Sacha – violin (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5)
  • Kotono Sato – violin (tracks 1, 5)
  • Wired Strings – strings (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10)
  • Debbie Widdup – violin (tracks 1, 5)
  • Huw White – string arrangements (track 5)
Technical personnel
  • Paul Butler – engineering, mixing, production, vocal production
  • Guy Davie – mastering
  • Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) – production
  • Dave Granshaw – engineering
  • Inflo – production, string production
  • Samur Khouja – engineering
  • Jon McMullen – engineering, mix engineering
  • Jay "J-Zone" Mumford – engineering
  • Todd Monfalcone – engineering, Mixing assistant
  • Kennie Takahashi – engineering, Mixing, vocal engineering
  • Richard Woodcraft – engineering, string engineering, mixing

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[21] 35
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[22] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[23] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[24] 26
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[25] 8
French Albums (SNEP)[26] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 6
Irish Albums (IRMA)[28] 15
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[29] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC)[30] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 4
UK Albums (OCC)[32] 1
US Billboard 200[33] 170

References

  1. 1 2 "iTunes - Music - Love & Hate by Michael Kiwanuka".
  2. ↑ "You Tube - Video Music for Black Man in a White World by Michael Kiwanuka".
  3. ↑ "You Tube - Video Music for Love & Hate by Michael Kiwanuka".
  4. ↑ "You Tube - Video Music for One More Night by Michael Kiwanuka".
  5. 1 2 "Reviews for Love & Hate by Michael Kiwanuka". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Monger, Timothy. "Love & Hate – Michael Kiwanuka". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Moayeri, Lily (15 July 2016). "Michael Kiwanuka bests himself on his second album". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Kot, Greg (22 July 2016). "Michael Kiwanuka breaks out of retro-soul box in 'Love & Hate'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  9. 1 2 McCormick, Neil (19 July 2016). "Michael Kiwanuka's Love & Hate is a dazzling melting pot of sound – review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Farber, Jim (14 July 2016). "Michael Kiwanuka's Love and Hate: EW Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  11. 1 2 Petridis, Alexis (14 July 2016). "Michael Kiwanuka: Love & Hate review – soul-searching with the tang of authenticity". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  12. ↑ Cooper, Leonie (13 July 2016). "Michael Kiwanuka – 'Love & Hate' Review". NME. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  13. ↑ Moore, Marcus J. (25 July 2016). "Michael Kiwanuka: Love & Hate". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  14. ↑ Segal, Victoria (July 2016). "Higher Ground". Q (360): 102–03.
  15. ↑ "Michael Kiwanuka: Love & Hate". Uncut (229): 75. June 2016.
  16. ↑ Patrick, Ryan B. (July 15, 2016). "Michael Kiwanuka: Love & Hate". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  17. ↑ "The Best Albums of 2016: 40-31". The Guardian. November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  18. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2016". Mojo. November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
  19. ↑ "NME's Albums of the Year 2016". NME. November 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Albums of the Year". Rough Trade. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  22. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  23. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  24. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  25. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  26. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 29, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  27. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  28. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 29, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  29. ↑ "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  30. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  31. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Michael Kiwanuka – Love & Hate". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  32. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  33. ↑ "Michael Kiwanuka – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Michael Kiwanuka. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
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