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 and Interscope Records.

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

Critical reception

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". The Telegraph said "This is an album that sounds like a world of music in itself", while The Guardian called the album "the work of an artist coming into his own". Writing for Exclaim!, Ryan B. Patrick lauded Kiwanuka's "introspective study of himself and his standing in a post-millennial world".

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the Love & Hate booklet.
Performers and musicians
Technical

Weekly charts

Year-end charts