Victim of Love (Charles Bradley album)

Victim of Love
Studio album by Charles Bradley
Released April 2, 2013 (2013-04-02)
Genre Soul
Length 40:21
Label Daptone/Dunham Records
Producer Thomas Brenneck
Charles Bradley chronology
No Time for Dreaming
(2011)
Victim of Love
(2013)
Changes
(2016)
Singles from Victim of Love
  1. "Strictly Reserved for You"
    Released: January 29, 2013

Victim of Love is American soul singer Charles Bradley's second album, released in 2013.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Blurt[3]
Consequence of Sound[4]
The Guardian[5]
musicOMH[6]
Paste8.4/10[7]
Pitchfork Media6.8/10[8]
Pop Matters[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Under the Radar8/10[11]

Victim of Love received universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 20 reviews.[1]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Strictly Reserved For You"  Charles Bradley, Thomas Brenneck, Adam Feeney 3:43
2. "You Put the Flame On It"  Bradley, Brenneck, David Guy, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon 3:49
3. "Let Love Stand A Chance"  Bradley, Brenneck 3:59
4. "Victim of Love"  Bradley, Brenneck 3:29
5. "Love Bug Blues"  Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, Homer Steinweiss, Holland–Dozier–Holland 3:00
6. "Dusty Blue"  Victor Axelrod, Brenneck, Guy, Michels, Movshon, Steinweiss 3:22
7. "Confusion"  Bradley, Brenneck, Guy, Michels 3:45
8. "Where Do We Go From Here"  Bradley, Brenneck, Feeney, Guy, Daniel Foder, Michels, Steinweiss 3:11
9. "Crying in the Chapel"  Bradley, Brenneck 3:55
10. "Hurricane"  Bradley, Brenneck, Michael Deller, Guy, Michels, Movshon, Steinweiss 3:32
11. "Through the Storm"  Bradley, Brenneck 4:32
Note

All writing credits are taken from LP back cover.

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12] 17
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[14] 31

References

  1. 1 2 "Charles Bradley - Victim of Love". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  2. Jurek, Thom. "Victim of Love". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  3. Kelly, Jennifer (April 11, 2013). "CHARLES BRADLEY - Victim of Love | Blurt Magazine". Blurt. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  4. Madden, Mike (April 5, 2013). "Album Review: Charles Bradley - Victim of Love | Consequence of Sound". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  5. Petridis, Alexis (March 28, 2013). "Charles Bradley: Victim of Love - review | Music | The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  6. Burgess, Andrew (March 27, 2013). "Charles Bradley - Victim of Love | Album Reviews | musicOMG". musicOMH. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  7. Bort, Ryan (April 2, 2013). "Charles Bradley: Victim of Love :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste". Paste. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  8. Van Nguyen, Dean (April 5, 2013). "Charles Bradley; Victim of Love | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  9. Faulkner, Brent (April 4, 2013). "Charles Bradley: Victim of Love | PopMatters". Pop Matters. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  10. Rosen, Jody (April 2, 2013). "Victim of Love | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  11. Studarus, Laura (May 6, 2013). "Charles Bradley: Victim of Love (Daptone) | Under The Radar". Under the Radar. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  12. "Charles Bradley – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Charles Bradley. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  13. "Charles Bradley – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Charles Bradley. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
  14. "Charles Bradley – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Charles Bradley. Retrieved July 11, 2013.

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