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"Open Letter (To a Landlord)" is a power ballad[5] by Living Colour from their 1988 debut album Vivid. The song reached #82 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6]

"Open Letter (To a Landlord)"
Single by Living Colour
from the album Vivid
Released	1988
Recorded	1987 - 1988
Genre	Hard rock[1] funk rock[2][3] power rock[4]
Length	5:30
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Vernon Reid, Tracie Morris
Producer(s)	Ed Stasium
Living Colour singles chronology
"Glamour Boys" (1988) "Open Letter (To a Landlord)" (1988) "Funny Vibe" (1988)

Critical reception

Malu Halasa, reviewer of British music newspaper Record Mirror, called Vernon Reid a "reputed virtuoso in the axe licks department" and described "Open Letter" as "practically atonal with not a pop melody in sight".[7] Ian Gittins of Melody Maker expressed similar opinion on single. As per him "Living Colour also deserve far more applause than they've often had in these pages". But critic thought that musicians are too straight and wished them to "have some more fun".[8]

Track listings

7" single

1. "Open Letter (To a Landlord)" — 5:30
2. "Cult of Personality" (Live) — 5:06

12" single

1. "Open Letter (To a Landlord)" — 5:30
2. "Cult of Personality" (Live) — 5:06
3. "Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution" — 4:29

Charts

Chart	Peak
U.S. Mainstream Rock	11	[9]
RIANZ Singles Chart	11	[10]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	82	[11]

References

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