Rhythm Of Love | ||||
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Studio album by Anita Baker | ||||
Released | September 13, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1993–1994 | |||
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Length | 61:20 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Anita Baker, Tommy LiPuma, Gerard Smerek, Barry J. Eastmond, Arif Mardin | |||
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Singles from Rhythm of Love | ||||
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Robert Christgau | |
Entertainment Weekly | A- |
Rolling Stone |
Rhythm of Love is the fifth album by the American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. Released in 1994, the album peaked at #2 on Billboard 200 and #1 on Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop chart. The album was certified double platinum giving Baker her fourth platinum selling album.
This is the first studio album by Anita Baker not to be produced by longtime collaborator Michael J. Powell. The album's first single, "Body and Soul", gave Baker her first top 40 hit since 1989. "You Belong To Me" is the second such-titled song recorded by Baker; the first appears on the Giving You the Best That I Got album.
Baker also received a Grammy Award in 1995 for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for I Apologize. Body And Soul was nominated for 1995 Grammy Awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song, and Rhythm of Love was nominated for Best R&B Album.
Rhythm of Love is Baker's last album for Elektra Records. Because of dissatisfaction with the album's promotion, Baker filed a lawsuit against Elektra, requesting a transfer to another label within Warner Music Group. Finally she signed with Atlantic Records in September 1996.
Singles