Love & Hate (Michael Kiwanuka album)

Love & Hate is the second studio album by London-based singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka. The album was released on 15 July 2016 by Polydor Records (UK) and Interscope Records (US).

Love & Hate
Studio album by Michael Kiwanuka
Released	15 July 2016 (2016-07-15)
Studio	Various The Sound Factory (Los Angeles) Metropolis Studios (London) Miloco Studios (London) Chale Abbey Studios (Isle of Wright) Panoramic Studios (Los Angeles) Seahorse Studios (Los Angeles) RAK Studios (London)
Genre	Indie rock, folk rock
Length	54:49
Label	Polydor (UK) Interscope (US)
Producer	Danger Mouse, Inflo, Paul Butler
Michael Kiwanuka chronology
You've Got Nothing to Lose (2014) Love & Hate (2016) Kiwanuka (2019)
Singles from Love & Hate
"Black Man in a White World" Released: 28 March 2016[1] "Love & Hate" Released: 7 April 2016[2] "One More Night" Released: 14 April 2016[3]

Background

The album is the follow-up record to Kiwanuka's 2012 Mercury Prize-nominated album Home Again. The album was produced by Danger Mouse, Inflo, and Paul Butler. Love & Hate also released three singles. The first single, "Black Man in a White World" was released on 28 March 2016, and was accompanied by a video directed by Hiro Murai. The second single, "Love & Hate", was released on 7 April 2016.

Usage in media

The song "Cold Little Heart" is also known for being the opening theme of the HBO television series Big Little Lies.[4]

The song Love & Hate featured in the Netflix docudrama "When They See Us".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.1/10[5]
Metacritic	86/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
The A.V. Club	A[8]
Chicago Tribune	[9]
The Daily Telegraph	[10]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[11]
The Guardian	[12]
NME	4/5[13]
Pitchfork	6.9/10[14]
Q	[15]
The Times	[16]

Upon its release, Love & Hate received widespread critical acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 86, based on 23 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[6] The Telegraph said "This is an album that sounds like a world of music in itself",[10] while The Guardian called the album "the work of an artist coming into his own".[12] Writing for Exclaim!, Ryan B. Patrick lauded Kiwanuka's "introspective study of himself and his standing in a post-millennial world".[17]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank
Banquet Records	Albums of the Year	2016	1[18]
American Songwriter	Top 50 Albums of 2016	2016	2[19]
Mojo	The 50 Best Albums of 2016	2016	2[20]
BBC Radio 6	Albums of the Year	2016	4[21]
Chicago Tribune	Top Albums of 2016	2016	4[22]
GQ	10 Best Albums of 2016	2016	7[23]
Les Inrockuptibles	50 Best Albums of 2016	2016	16[24]
Rough Trade	Albums of the Year	2016	17[25]
NME	NME's Albums of the Year 2016	2016	23[26]
The Guardian	The Best Albums of 2016	2016	27[27]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cold Little Heart"	10:10
2.	"Black Man in a White World"	4:18
3.	"Falling"	4:16
4.	"Place I Belong"	4:47
5.	"Love & Hate"	7:07
6.	"One More Night"	3:53
7.	"I'll Never Love"	2:45
8.	"Rule the World"	5:42
9.	"Father's Child"	7:05
10.	"The Final Frame"	4:59
Total length:		55:08

Personnel

Adapted from the Love & Hate booklet.[28]

Performers and musicians Michael Kiwanuka – vocals (all tracks); acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5); backing vocals (track 5); bass (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10); electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8); lead guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 8); guitar (tracks 2, 9, 10); piano (tracks 4, 9) James Bateman – saxophone (track 6) Paul Boldeau – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9) Natalia Bonner – violin (track 2) Brian Burton – bass (tracks 1, 5); percussion (tracks 1, 3); piano (track 3); organ (tracks 3, 5); synth pad (track 1) Paul Butler – backing vocals (track 6); cello (track 4); Clavinet (track 7); CS80 (track 7), drum machines (track 6); electric guitar (track 6); keys (track 6); Moog (track 7); percussion (tracks 4, 6, 7); piano (track 7); trumpet (track 4) Gillon Cameron – violin (tracks 1, 5) Nzomi Cohen – viola (tracks 1, 5) Anna Croad – violin (tracks 1, 5) Rosie Danvers – cello (tracks 1–3, 5); string arrangements (tracks 1–3, 8–10) Phebe Edwards – backing vocals (tracks 1–3, 5, 8, 9) Graham Godfrey – backing vocals, (track 6); drums (tracks 2, 4, 7); hand claps (track 2); percussion (tracks 2, 4, 5, 9); tape machine FX (track 7) LaDonna Harley-Peters – backing vocals (tracks 1–3, 5, 8, 9) Inflo – backing vocals (tracks 4, 5); bass (tracks 5, 9); drums (tracks 1, 5, 8–10); piano (tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 10) Sally Jackson – violin (tracks 1, 5) Bryony James – cello (tracks 1, 5) Miles James – electric guitar (track 4) Becky Jones – viola (track 3) Patrick Kieman – violin (tracks 1, 5) Eleanor Mathieson – violin (tracks 1, 5) Jay "J-Zone" Mumford – drums (track 3) Emma Owens – viola (tracks 1, 2, 5) Andy Parkin – violin (track 4) Kerenza Peacock – violin (track 3) Gary Plumley – flute (track 4); saxophone (tracks 4, 6) Richard Pryce – double bass (tracks 1, 5) Pete Randall – backing vocals (track 6); bass (tracks 4, 7; double bass (track 4), Fender Bass 6 (track 7) Jenny Sacha – violin (tracks 1–3, 5) Kotono Sato – violin (tracks 1, 5) Wired Strings – strings (tracks 1–3, 5, 8–10) Debbie Widdup – violin (tracks 1, 5) Huw White – string arrangements (track 5)

Technical Paul Butler – engineering, mixing, production, vocal production Guy Davie – mastering Brian Burton – production Dave Granshaw – engineering Inflo – production, string production Samur Khouja – engineering Jon McMullen – engineering, mix engineering Jay "J-Zone" Mumford – engineering Todd Monfalcone – engineering, mixing assistant Kennie Takahashi – engineering, mixing, vocal engineering Richard Woodcraft – engineering, string engineering, mixing

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2016) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[29] 35 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[30] 11 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[31] 9 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[32] 26 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[33] 8 French Albums (SNEP)[34] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[35] 6 Irish Albums (IRMA)[36] 15 New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[37] 4 Scottish Albums (OCC)[38] 4 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 4 UK Albums (OCC)[40] 1 US Billboard 200[41] 170

Year-end charts Chart (2016) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[42] 108

References

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9. Kot, Greg (22 July 2016). "Michael Kiwanuka breaks out of retro-soul box in 'Love & Hate'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
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External links

• Kiwanuka's homepage