Album: Love & Hate by Michael Kiwanuka (2016)
Genre: Soul | Style: Urban/R&B | Mood: Gentle
Record Label: Polydor
Format: Album

Description: "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). It is the follow-up to Kiwanuka's 2012 Mercury Prize-nominated album Home Again. The album was produced by Danger Mouse, Inflo, and Paul Butler.
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".

Artist Background: Michael Kiwanuka is a British soul musician who is signed to Communion Records. He has been compared to Bill Withers, Randy Newman, and Otis Redding, as well as Van Morrison and the Temptations. In January 2012 he won the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll. Kiwanuka grew up in Muswell Hill, North London, the son of Ugandan parents who had escaped the Amin regime. He attended Fortismere School, leaving there in 2005 after completing his A-Levels. He was regarded as a very friendly and modest student wit... Part of the Newton Abbot, England music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Soul movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Related Artists: Curtis Harding, Son Little, Black Pumas, Leon Bridges

Music Scene: Part of the Newton Abbot, England music scene. Emerged in the contemporary era. Associated with Soul movement. Known for Urban/R&B style.

Tags: Soul, Urban/R&B, Gentle, 2010s, Album, Polydor

Additional Context: Rating score: 10. Based on 1 votes


"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). It is the follow-up to Kiwanuka's 2012 Mercury Prize-nominated album Home Again. The album was produced by Danger Mouse, Inflo, and Paul Butler.
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".

Love & Hate

Michael Kiwanuka

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