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During the decade that followed her split from major-label Elektra, Tamia recorded only two independent albums. Both releases had no trouble peaking in the Top 10 of Billboard's R&B chart, however, and the title track from the latter one, Beautiful Surprise, was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best R&B Song. That success led to a new major-label alliance with Epic, who evidently offered a larger recording budget. Beautiful Surprise featured some high-level co-songwriters and producers, but Love Life involves top guns Andrew "Pop" Wansel and Warren "Oak" Felder, as well as Tricky Stewart and the-Dream, to complement material made with collaborators like Claude Kelly, Chuck Harmony, and Shep Crawford. Refreshingly, there are no club jams or theatrical breakup ballads. In fact, there is neither conflict nor negativity of any kind. Ten of the 11 songs regard monogamous intimacy, seduction, and longing, and only a couple of them resemble routine adult contemporary R&B fare. Even some of the most relaxed songs, like the flirty Pop and Oak collaboration "Sandwich and a Soda" and the Polow da Don-produced "Stick with Me," generate steam, and Tamia sounds fully invested in each one without doing any overselling. That 11th song is the finale, a faithful version of "Black Butterfly," the proud Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil composition popularized by Deniece Williams in 1984. Tamia does not to attempt to hit those high notes that Williams and few others have been able to reach, but she gets the feeling across. It's a fine finish to her best album yet.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Kevin Davis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Warren "Oak" Felder, ComposerLyricist - TAMIA, MainArtist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Brown, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Oakwud, Producer - Tamia Hill, ComposerLyricist - Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Alicia Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronnie Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Davis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - TAMIA, MainArtist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Brown, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LiL Ronnie, Producer - Tamia Hill, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Alexander Hodge, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Alicia Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Felder, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Davis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - TAMIA, MainArtist - Andrew Wansel, ComposerLyricist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Edwards, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Autoro Whitfield, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Brown, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Oakwud, Producer - Tamia Hill, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Mostyn, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew "Pop" Wansel, Producer - Mike Sal, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alicia Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Smith III, Programmer - TAMIA, MainArtist - Andrew Wuepper, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - The-Dream, Programmer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tricky Stewart, Programmer - Jeremy Brown, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Oriole, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Drucker, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bart Schoudel, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Harding, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
C. Kelly, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Davis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Harmony, Producer - TAMIA, MainArtist - Charles Harmony, ComposerLyricist - Jaramye Daniels, ComposerLyricist - Kyle Kashiwagi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Christopher Stewart, ComposerLyricist - TAMIA, MainArtist - Andrew Wuepper, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - C. "tricky" Stewart, Producer - The-Dream, Programmer - Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tricky Stewart, Programmer - Jeremy Brown, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ken Oriole, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Drucker, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bart Schoudel, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brandon Harding, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ronnie Jackson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Davis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - TAMIA, MainArtist - Patrick "Guitarboy" Hayes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - LiL Ronnie, Producer - Tamia Hill, ComposerLyricist - Tyler Kumpee, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryan Anzel, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Lynah Jr., AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Alicia Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin Davis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jamal Jones, ComposerLyricist - Polow Da Don, Producer - TAMIA, MainArtist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kesia Hollins, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Brown, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Assil, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Claude Kelly, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Davis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Yip, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Reeves, ComposerLyricist - Ray Romulus, ComposerLyricist - TAMIA, MainArtist - Ray McCullough, ComposerLyricist - Stereotypes, Producer - Rob Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tamia Hill, ComposerLyricist - Kyle Kashiwagi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Claude Kelly, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Davis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - TAMIA, MainArtist - Rob Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Lardieri, ComposerLyricist - Tamia Hill, ComposerLyricist - John "Johnny Blk" Lardieri, Producer - Kyle Kashiwagi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shep Crawford, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Davis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Mann, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Weil, ComposerLyricist - TAMIA, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - LeMar Carter, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ace Nicklutz, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mario "Rio" Moore, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Phil "P3" Scott, Engineer, Drum Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dimitrius Collins, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sheri Hauck, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin Davis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - TAMIA, MainArtist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dillon Pace, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jenna Andrews, ComposerLyricist - Tamia Hill, ComposerLyricist - Outer Earth, Producer
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kevin Davis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - TAMIA, MainArtist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dillon Pace, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jenna Andrews, ComposerLyricist - Tamia Hill, ComposerLyricist - Rory Andrew, ComposerLyricist - Outer Earth, Producer
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
During the decade that followed her split from major-label Elektra, Tamia recorded only two independent albums. Both releases had no trouble peaking in the Top 10 of Billboard's R&B chart, however, and the title track from the latter one, Beautiful Surprise, was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best R&B Song. That success led to a new major-label alliance with Epic, who evidently offered a larger recording budget. Beautiful Surprise featured some high-level co-songwriters and producers, but Love Life involves top guns Andrew "Pop" Wansel and Warren "Oak" Felder, as well as Tricky Stewart and the-Dream, to complement material made with collaborators like Claude Kelly, Chuck Harmony, and Shep Crawford. Refreshingly, there are no club jams or theatrical breakup ballads. In fact, there is neither conflict nor negativity of any kind. Ten of the 11 songs regard monogamous intimacy, seduction, and longing, and only a couple of them resemble routine adult contemporary R&B fare. Even some of the most relaxed songs, like the flirty Pop and Oak collaboration "Sandwich and a Soda" and the Polow da Don-produced "Stick with Me," generate steam, and Tamia sounds fully invested in each one without doing any overselling. That 11th song is the finale, a faithful version of "Black Butterfly," the proud Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil composition popularized by Deniece Williams in 1984. Tamia does not to attempt to hit those high notes that Williams and few others have been able to reach, but she gets the feeling across. It's a fine finish to her best album yet.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:28
- Main artists: Tamia
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Plus One Music Group - Def Jam
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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