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Back to Love is the fifth studio album by American R&B singer Anthony Hamilton. It was released on December 13, 2011, by RCA Records. The album features writing and production from Babyface, Dre & Vidal, Kelvin Wooten, Mike City, Jairus Mozee, Avila Brothers, as well as Hamilton himself.

Back to Love
Studio album by Anthony Hamilton
Released	December 13, 2011 (2011-12-13)
Length	46:00 (standard edition) 64:00 (deluxe edition)
Label	RCA
Producer	Anthony Hamilton (exec.), Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Mike City, Bobby Ross & Issiah Avila, Kelvin Wooten, Dre & Vidal, Antonio Dixon, Salaam Remi, Jairus Mozee
Anthony Hamilton chronology
The Point of It All (2008) Back to Love (2011) Home for the Holidays (2014)
Singles from Back to Love
"Woo" Released: October 11, 2011 "Pray for Me" Released: March 27, 2012 "Best of Me" Released: February 4, 2013

It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album in 2013.[1] The album's lead single "Woo", which was released on October 11, 2011. The second single "Pray For Me" was also Grammy nominated in 2013 for Best R&B Song and reached number one on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart.[1][2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[4]
Allmusic	[5]
The A.V. Club	A−[6]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[7]
Los Angeles Times	[8][9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Pop Matters	6/10[11]
Spin	8/10[12]

Back to Love has received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on seven reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim."[3] Allmusic editor Andy Kellman found that Back to Love "is clearly viewed as a fresh start, even though it offers no more surprises than Ain't Nobody Worryin' or The Point of It All [...] That Back to Love is not a major shake-up is not a bad thing. Most of the songs are instantly ingratiating in some way, with none of the lighter, upbeat numbers the least bit out of character. There are some sad-cat moments that come very close to the standard Hamilton set."[5]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling over 63,000 copies in the first week.[13] The album has sold 372,000 copies in the US as of February 2016.[14]

Singles

• The album's lead single "Woo", which was released on October 11, 2011.
• The album's second single "Pray for Me" was released on March 27, 2012.
• The album's third single "Best of Me" was released on February 4, 2013.

Track listing

Charts

References

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