| Artist | Brick & Lace |
|---|---|
| Cover | Love is Wicked (Brick & Lace album) coverart.jpg |
| Released | September 4, 2007 |
| Label | Geffen · 180 · Kon Live |
| Producer | Akon · will.i.am · Cool & Dre · Supa Dups · Jazze Pha · Tony Kelly · Raphael Saadiq · Full Force · Midi Mafia · Rock City · Ron Fair · Chris Birch · Delano Thomas · Eddie O |
Love Is Wicked is the only studio album by Jamaican-American duo Brick & Lace. It had an initial release date of August 21, 2007, then it got moved to December 4, 2007, but then was pushed back further to 2008. It was eventually[when?] released in the United Kingdom and France. The album was also released in other countries (such as Belgium) in September 2007. Love Is Wicked is a mix of R&B and dance music with hip hop and reggae-dancehall elements.
Production came from Akon, as well as will.i.am, Cool & Dre, Jazze Pha and many others. Cham made a guest appearance on the remix of the album's lead single, "Never Never". Akon produced three songs for the album.[1] The album was the first release on Akon's Kon Live Distribution label.
Track listing
Re-release
- "Love Is Wicked"
- "Bad to Di Bone" (produced by Chris Birch)
- "Buss a Shot"
- "Take Me Back"
- "Cry on Me" (produced by Delano Thomas)
- "Room Service" (produced by Chris Birch)
- "Get That Clear (Hold Up)"
- "Push It Up"
- "Why'd You Lie?"
- "Don't Stop"
- "U and Me"
- "Never Never"
Personnel
- Adam Alexander: Composer
- Perry Alexander: Producer
- Mark Barnes: Marketing Coordinator
- James "Chip" Bunton: Composer
- David Cabrera: Bass, Guitar
- Manu Chao: Composer
- AJ Crimson: Makeup
- Charlene Curry: Studio Assistant
- Nabil Elderkin: Photography
- Ron Fair: Bass, Composer, Executive Producer, Keyboards, Producer, String Arrangements, String Conductor
- Full Force: Composer, Engineer, Guest Appearance, Performer, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Background Vocals
- Marcus T. Grant: Management
- Maurice Gregory: Composer
- Hylah Hedgepeth: Art Direction
- Tal Herzberg: Producer
- Daria Hines: Stylist
- Shawn "Tubby" Holiday: A&R
- Anthony Kelly: Composer
- Padraic Kerin: Engineer
- Abraham Laboriel, Sr: Producer
- Mateo Laboriel: Producer
- Steven "Lenky" Marsden: Composer, Producer
- Peter Mokran: Mixing
- Eddie Montilla: Keyboards
- Dave Pensado: Mixing
- Chris Perry: Composer
- Paul Simon: Composer
- Devyne Stephens: Creative Assistance
- Adonis Stropshire: Composer
- Aliaune Thiam: Bass, Composer, Drums, Guest Appearance, Producer, Programming
- Giorgio Tuinfort: Composer, Producer, Programming
- Andrew Van Meter: Production Coordination
- Seth Waldman: Mixing Assistant
- Eric Weaver: Mixing Assistant
- Josh Wilbur: Engineer
- will.i.am: Drum Programming, Producer
- Gita Williams: Marketing
- Kiyah Wright: Hair Stylist[2]
Singles
Singles from Love Is Wicked:[3]
- "Get That Clear (Hold Up)"
- "Never, Never"
- "Love Is Wicked"
- "Take Me Back"
- "Bad to Di Bone"
Charts
| Chart (2007–08) | Peak position |
|---|
Release history
| Region | Date | Label(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | September 4, 2007 | Geffen Records · 180 Entertainment · Kon Live Distribution |
| France | October 27, 2008 | |
| United Kingdom | May 23, 2009 |
References
- ^ "Brick & Lace : Artists". Archived from the original on 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ^ "Love is Wicked - Brick & Lace | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic
- ^ singles Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine