Album: A Time To Love
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A Time To Love
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Released: | 12 October 2005 (pre-release with The Complete Stevie Wonder) 18 October 2005 (official release) |
Length: | 77:39 |
Label(s): | Motown Records |
Studio(s): | Wonderland Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
A Time To Love is the 25th studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder; his first in ten years. The album contains So What The Fuss, featuring Prince on guitar (also featuring a reunited En Vogue on background vocals). The album also featured contributions by Kim Burrell, Hubert Laws, Kirk Franklin, India.Arie and Paul McCartney, marking Prince's only appearance on record with each of these musicians (although they appear on separate tracks).
The album produced four singles, So What The Fuss (which preceded the album), Positivity, From The Bottom Of My Heart and Shelter In The Rain. The album reached number 5 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, and number 2 on the Billboard R&B Chart.
The album was also available as part of a $189.99 "digital box-set", The Complete Stevie Wonder, sold exclusively on iTunes, sold the week before the album's official release.
Track listing
Details given for Prince-related tracks only:
CD
- If Your Love Cannot Be Moved - featuring Kim Burrell
- Sweetest Somebody I Know
- Moon Blue
- From The Bottom of My Heart
- Please Don't Hurt My Baby
- How Will I Know - featuring Aisha Morris
- My Love Is On Fire
- Passionate Raindrops
- Tell Your Heart I Love You
- True Love
- Shelter In The Rain
- So What The Fuss (5:04) *
- Can't Imagine Love Without You
- Positivity - featuring Aisha Morris
- A Time To Love - featuring India.Arie
* Written by Stevie Wonder
Personnel
Musicians
- Stevie Wonder – vocals, drums, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion
- Prince - guitar
- Dawn Robinson - background vocals (credited as "En Vogue")
- Maxine Jones - background vocals (credited as "En Vogue")
- Terry Ellis - background vocals (credited as "En Vogue")
- Cindy Herron - background vocals (credited as "En Vogue")
Production
- Stevie Wonder - producer
- Femi Jiya - mixing engineer
- Brian Gardner - mastering
- Other production credits needed.
Singles released
- So What The Fuss
- Positivity
- From The Bottom Of My Heart
- Shelter In The Rain
Charts
Chart, Country | Entry Date | Peak Position | Weeks In Chart |
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Gallup Top 40 Album Chart, UK | 29 Oct. 2005 | 24 | 3 |
Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, USA | 5 Nov. 2005 | 2 | 22 |
Billboard 200, USA | 5 Nov. 2005 | 5 | 18 |
Releases
Country | Format | Cat. Number | Comments | Front | Back | Label1 | Label2 |
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USA | LP x2 | 9882-091 | |||||
USA | CD | B0002402-02 | |||||
Europe | Sampler | 12MOW13 | |||||
Europe | CD | 988 2094-0 | |||||
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Variants, special editions and re-releases
- The album had a digital pre-release as the 36th "disc" of The Complete Stevie Wonder iTunes exclusive set. Digital "cover art" shown below:
- A 12" vinyl album sampler (cat. # 12MOW13) was available in Europe, containing the following tracks:
- A1. If Your Love Cannot Be Moved - featuring Kim Burrell
- A2. Sweetest Somebody I Know
- A3. Please Don't Hurt My Baby
- A4. Tell Your Heart I Love You
- B1. So What The Fuss (5:04) *
- B2. Positivity - featuring Aisha Morris
- B3. A Time To Love - featuring India.Arie
Album promotion
Time-of-release
- A Time To Love was publicized heavily in the music world as Stevie Wonder's first studio album in ten years.
Awards, nominations, and certifications
- Information needed.
Quotations and trivia
- None.
References
2005 Remixes |
All Albums | All Related Artists Albums | 2006 RS2 |