Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?

Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist K. Michelle. It was released on December 9, 2014, by Atlantic Records.[1]

Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
Studio album by
K. Michelle
ReleasedDecember 9, 2014
Recorded2013–14
Genre
Length48:25
LabelAtlantic
Producer
K. Michelle chronology
Rebellious Soul
(2013)		 Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
(2014)		 More Issues Than Vogue
(2016)
Singles from Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
  1. "Love 'Em All"
    Released: September 16, 2014
  2. "Maybe I Should Call"
    Released: November 3, 2014
  3. "Something About the Night"
    Released: 2014
  4. "Hard to Do"
    Released: May 18, 2015

Background

Following the release of her debut album Rebellious Soul and her departure from the VH1's reality hit shows Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta and Love & Hip Hop, Pate revealed that she is getting her own show, titled K. Michelle: My Life, while she's working on the album's lead single for her second album, titled "Love Em All". The trailer for her second album was released, along with the album cover artwork, which revealed few hours later. Upon the album's release, she performed the single "Hard to Do" at the 2015 BET Awards.

Singles

"Love 'Em All" was released as the album's lead single on September 16, 2014. The album's second single "Maybe I Should Call" was released on November 3, 2014, and also it was made available on iTunes, when the album was pre-ordered. The album's fourth single "Hard to Do" was later released on May 18, 2015.

Other songs

The song "How Do You Know?" was unlocked on iTunes, along with the song "Going Under". The music video for "Something About the Night" was released.

Critical response
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Billboardpositive[3]
Complex[4]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[5]

Upon its release, Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? received positive reviews. The Washington Post called it "a great album", stating that K. Michelle "continues to distinguish herself from her reality television peers, who seem to stay in the studio but never release music — let alone good music."[6] Billboard deemed it one of 2014's best R&B albums, writing, "There's a serrated ferocity to K. Michelle that sends her songs past saccharine territory and into compelling unstable territory."[3]

Complex rated the album 3.5 stars out of 5: "...[W]hile it may have taken her longer than she’d like to make this known, it cannot be denied any longer: K. Michelle is leaps and bounds ahead of many of her peers."[4] Rolling Stone listed AWBAH as one of the top 20 R&B albums of 2014.[5] The Philadelphia Inquirer gave AWBAH 3.5 of our four stars, writing, "...[t]his powerhouse tenor vocalist, pianist, and songwriter also is capable of great tenderness, nuance, and understatement." [7]

Commercial performance

On December 27, 2014 the album debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, with 87,000 album equivalent units (over 84,000 in sales) in the first week in the United States.[8][9] Billboard ranked the album as the best-selling R&B album of 2014. Although, it debuted lower than her previous album Rebellious Soul (2013), on its debut week outsold her previous album, became the highest debut from a R&B album in 2014. During its second week the album dropped 23 places to number 29.[10] In its third week the album dropped another 14 places to number 43.[11] In its fourth week the album dropped two places to number 45.[12] The album spent 15 weeks overall before leaving the Billboard 200.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes[22]

Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? – Standard edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Judge Me"
  • Curtis Wilson
  • Jerrold Wizzard
  • Jesse Wilson
  • C. Wilson
  • J. Wilson
  • Atterberry[a]
3:08
2."Love 'Em All"
  • Pate
  • Atterberry
4:05
3."Going Under"
  • Colson
  • Felder
  • Atterberry[a]
  • Richard[c]
  • Kevin Guardado[c]
3:45
4."Cry"
  • B.A.M.
  • Jackson
  • John T. Smith
  • Phillip Cornish
  • B.A.M.
  • Jackson
  • Atterberry[a]
4:45
5."How Do You Know?"
  • Pate
  • Atterberry
  • B.A.M.
  • Jackson
  • Timothy Bloom
3:35
6."Hard to Do"
  • Derek Blythe
  • Kenneth Coby
3:58
7."Maybe I Should Call"
  • Pate
  • Atterberry
  • Guordan Banks
  • Hudson
  • Atterberry[a]
3:28
8."Something About the Night"
  • Pate
  • Atterberry
  • Colson
  • Felder
  • Steve Mostyn
  • Colson
  • Felder
  • Mostyn
  • Atterberry[a]
  • Guardado[c]
3:30
9."Miss You, Goodbye"
  • Pate
  • Atterberry
  • Muhammad
3:05
10."Build a Man" (includes "Build a Man" intro)
J. Wilson
  • J. Wilson
  • B.A.M.
  • Jackson
  • Atterberry[a]
6:02
11."Drake Would Love Me"
  • Pate
  • Atterberry
  • Colson
  • Felder
  • Mostyn
  • Colson
  • Felder
  • Mostyn
  • Atterberry[a]
4:19
12."God I Get It"
  • Pate
  • Atterberry
  • B.A.M.
  • Jackson
  • Duplessis
  • Atterberry[a]
  • Cornish[b]
  • Altino[b]
4:38
Total length:48:25
Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? – Best Buy edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
13."Silhouettes"
  • The Underdogs
  • Atterberry[a]
  • Stewart[b]
3:33
14."Get in My Bed"
  • Pate
  • Atterberry
  • Luca Masini
  • Travis Kr8ts
  • Masini
  • Kr8ts
  • Atterberry[a]
3:02
Total length:55:00
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies a vocal producer
  • ^[b] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[c] signifies an additional producer
Sampling credits

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References
  1. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/anybody-wanna-buy-a-heart/id931180022
  2. Kellman, Andy. "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? - K. Michelle : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  3. Leight, Elias. "The 10 Best R&B Albums of 2014". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. Arceneaux, Michael. "K. Michelle Trades Brashness for Subtlety on "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?"". Complex. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  5. Reeves, Mosi. "20 Best R&B Albums of 2014: #16 K. Michelle, 'Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  6. Godfrey, Sarah. "K. Michelle can't escape the drama, but at least she still makes good music". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  7. "New Recordings: Charli XCX; K. Michelle; Dan Montgomery". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  8. "Billboard 200 Album Chart Archive December 27, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  9. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.31788/title.hip-hop-album-sales-j-cole-eminem-prhyme
  10. "Billboard 200 Album Chart Archive January 3, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  11. "Billboard 200 Album Chart Archive January 10 2015". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
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  21. "Billboard 200 Album Chart Archive March 21, 2015". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  22. Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? (booklet). Atlantic. 2014.
  23. https://www.billboard.com/artist/276636/k-michelle/chart?f=305
  24. http://www.billboard.com/artist/276636/k-michelle/chart?f=333
  25. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
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