Love & War | |
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Studio album by Daniel Merriweather | |
Released | 1 June 2009 |
Genre | R&B, pop, soul |
Length | 41:53 |
Label |
Columbia (UK) Marlin (AUS) |
Producer |
Mark Ronson Eg White |
Singles from Love and War | |
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
BBC Music | (favorable) |
Digital Spy | |
The Guardian | |
HipHopSite.Com | |
The Times | |
Yahoo! Music UK |
Love & War is the debut studio album by Australian recording artist Daniel Merriweather, the album was released on 1 June 2009, on Marlin Records/Universal (AUS), Allido/Columbia/RCA (UK). The success of singles "Change" and "Red", both of which cracked the UK top ten was enough to propel the album to number two on the UK Albums Chart. The album was released on 23 February 2010 in the United States under J Records and Allido Records. It features string arrangements by David Campbell.
Love & War has generally received positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 66, based on five reviews.
The album debuted at #2 on the UK Albums Chart selling 43,000 copies in its first week and was the third highest first week sales for a debut album in 2009 at the time. The album was certified Platinum in the United Kingdom after selling 300,000 copies.