Soulife

Soulife
Compilation album by Anthony Hamilton
Released	June 20, 2005 (see release history)
Recorded	1999–2001 at Chung King Studios (New York City, New York) Larrabee North Studios (North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) Mama Jo's Studio (North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) Ocean Studios (Burbank, California) Reflection Sound Studios (Charlotte, North Carolina) Right Track Recording (New York City, New York) Westlake Recording Studios (West Hollywood, California)
Genre	R&B, soul, neo soul
Length	57:14
Label	Atlantic, Rhino
Producer	Anthony Hamilton, Mark Sparks, Doug Mayhem, B.C. 3 Ent., Mike City
Anthony Hamilton chronology
Comin' from Where I'm From (2003) Soulife (2005) Ain't Nobody Worryin' (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Billboard	favorable[2]
Blogcritics	A[3]
Okayplayer	83/100[4]
San Diego Union-Tribune	[5]

Soulife is the first compilation album by American R&B and soul singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton, released June 28, 2005 on Rhino Records in the United States. His third album overall, the album is a collection of previously unreleased songs recorded by Hamilton. The Macy Gray-featured track "Love and War" appeared on the soundtrack to the 2001 film Baby Boy.

After leaving MCA Records, which released his debut album XTC in 1996, Hamilton found a home at Soulife Records, a small Los Angeles-based indie label, where he recorded tracks between 1999 and 2001 for what was supposed to be his second studio album. Soulife went bankrupt before it could release the material, leaving the album unreleased.^[6][7]

Soulife earned Hamilton his highest-debuting and highest-peaking album to date. The album debuted and peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200 and number 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart during the week of July 16, 2005, while selling 53,000 copies in its first week.^[8]

Track listing

1. "I Used to Love Someone" (Anthony Hamilton, Doug Coleman) – 5:51
2. "I Cry" (Hamilton, Mark Sparks, Chris Deberry) – 4:25
3. "Clearly" (Hamilton, Sparks) – 4:05
4. "Georgie Parker" (Hamilton, Sparks, Deberry, Ron Feemster) – 3:55
5. "Day Dreamin'" (Hamilton, Sparks) – 4:21
6. "Ball and Chain" (Hamilton) – 3:39
7. "Ol' Keeper" (Hamilton, Sparks) – 4:40
8. "Love and War" (featuring Macy Gray) (Hamilton, Sparks, Feemster, Erick T. Coomes, Erick Walls) – 5:22
9. "Last Night" (featuring Sunshine Anderson and Dolo Pichino) (Hamilton, Mike City, Richard Elliot, Sunshine Anderson) – 4:11
10. "Love Is So Complicated" (Hamilton, Coleman) – 5:03
    • Contains a sample of Love Unlimited Orchestra's "Midnight Groove" (Barry White, Willie Seastrunk).
11. "Icing on the Cake" (Hamilton, Coleman, Derrick Kirkland) – 4:49
12. "Exclusively" (Hamilton, Sparks, Feemster, Coomes, Jimane Nelson) – 6:39

Chart history

Chart (2005)[9]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	12
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	4
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums	12
U.S. Billboard Billboard Comprehensive Albums[10]	12

Release history

Country	Date	Label
Germany[11]	June 20, 2005	Warner
United Kingdom[12]	June 27, 2005	Rhino
United States[9]	June 28, 2005	Atlantic/Rhino
Canada[13]
Australia[14]	July 26, 2005	Warner
Netherlands[15]	August 12, 2005

References

1. Kellman, Andy. Review: Soulife. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-11-15.
2. Jones, Ivory M. "Review: Soulife". Billboard: 69. July 9, 2005.
3. Cue, Laron. Review: Soulife. Blogcritics. Retrieved on 2009-11-15.
4. Columnist. Review: Soulife. Okayplayer. Retrieved on 2009-11-15.
5. Nero, Mark Edward. "Review: Soulife". The San Diego Union-Tribune: July 21, 2005.
6. "Soulife > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
7. Cohen, Jonathan (May 27, 2005). "Rhino Revives Hamilton's 'Soulife'". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
8. Whitmire, Margo (July 6, 2005). "Strait's 'Somewhere' Heads Right To No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
9. "Soulife > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
10. "Billboard Comprehensive Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
11. "Soulife: Anthony Hamilton: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de (in German). Retrieved 2008-11-11.
12. "hmv.com: music: Soulife (2005)". HMV. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
13. "Soulife: Anthony Hamilton: Amazon.ca: Music". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
14. "Hamilton, Anthony / Soulife – Sanity.com.au". Sanity. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
15. "Free Record Shop – Soulife – Anthony Hamilton". Free Record Shop. Retrieved 2008-11-08.

External links

• Soulife at Discogs
• R&B Crooner Is a 'Soul' Survivor — By Jim Farber