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Before Love Came to Kill Us is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez.[4] It was released on March 27, 2020, by FMLY and Island Records.[5] The record was prefaced with the singles "Figures", "Imported" with 6lack, and "Love in the Dark", and the promotional single "Ankles".[6][7] A deluxe edition with three additional songs was made available digitally on April 9, 2020.[8] A super deluxe edition of the album was released on September 25, 2020.[9]

Before Love Came to Kill Us
Studio album by Jessie Reyez
Released	March 27, 2020
Genre	Pop hip hop[1] R&B[2]
Length	46:52
Label	FMLY Island
Producer	Jessy Aaron Fred Ball Bizness Boi Rogét Chahayed Alexander Delicata Björn Djupström Eminem Tobias Frelin Andre Harris Hennedub Blvk Jvck Kamo Lazuli Mura Masa The Monarch P2J Jessie Reyez R!o Tim Suby Vegyn YogiTheProducer
Jessie Reyez chronology
Being Human in Public (2018) Before Love Came to Kill Us (2020) Yessie (2022)
Singles from Before Love Came to Kill Us
"Figures" Released: August 26, 2016 "Imported" Released: April 19, 2019 "Love in the Dark" Released: January 23, 2020 "Intruders" Released: June 19, 2020[3] "Before Love Came to Kill Us" Released: August 7, 2020

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[10]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[11]
Clash	8/10[12]
Exclaim!	9/10[13]
NME	[14]
The Guardian	[15]
Pitchfork	6.8/10[16]
The Telegraph	[17]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ()[1]

Before Love Came to Kill Us was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on nine reviews.[10]

For AllMusic, Andy Kellman wrote that "Although it's all over the place, Before Love Came to Kill Us radiates conviction from front to back, and is without doubt a true representation of its creator."[11] Exclaim!'s Ryan B. Patrick affirms that the album "has been built to last" and is "one of the better albums in an already interesting 2020."[13] Rhian Daly of NME called it "heart-stoppingly good" and a "beautiful, heart-wrenching debut that sees its creator come good on her early promise."[14] Writing for Clash, Narzra Ahmed complimented Reyez's versatility and adjectived the album "an excellent debut".[12] Kathryn St. Asaph of Pitchfork pointed out that the album's genre range works in a "satisfying" way "not because she whizzes across multiple genres, but because of the skill she displays at each".[16] The singer's uniqueness was praised by The Guardian's Kitty Empire, who labeled the tracks as "largely excellent".[15]

The album was shortlisted for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize,[18] and for the Juno Award for Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.[19] For the Polaris Music Prize, which followed a unique format of commissioning filmmakers to make short films inspired by the shortlisted albums due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada preventing the staging of a traditional gala, the album's film was directed by Alicia K. Harris.[20]

Track listing

Notes

• ^{^[a]} indicates an additional producer
• ^{^[b]} indicates a co-producer
• ^{^[c]} indicates a vocal producer
• The track's titles are stylized in all caps.

Charts

Charts performance for Before Love Came to Kill Us

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[21]	17
French Albums (SNEP)[22]	198
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[23]	10
US Billboard 200[24]	13
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[25]	9

Release history

Release formats for Before Love Came to Kill Us

Region	Date	Format(s)	Edition	Label	Ref.
Various	March 27, 2020	CD cassette digital download streaming vinyl	Standard	FMLY Island	[26]
		CD	Target exclusive		[27]
	April 9, 2020	Digital download streaming	Deluxe		[8]
	September 25, 2020		Super deluxe		[9]

See also

• List of 2020 albums

Notelist

References

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