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Addiction (Chico DeBarge album)

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Addiction
The cover features DeBarge wearing an olive green jacket, a yellow t-shirt and both a platinum Cross and black Ankh around his neck. Behind him is a wall with yellow paint falling off. Both the artist's name is on the top left corner and the album title is below it, colored in white. Underneath the album title on the right is "Reality Music" colored in black.
Studio album by
Chico DeBarge
ReleasedJuly 14, 2009
GenreR&B
Length47:22
LabelKedar
Producer
Chico DeBarge chronology
Free
(2003) 		Addiction
(2009)

Addiction is the sixth studio album by American R&B singer Chico DeBarge. It was released by Kedar Entertainment on July 14, 2009. DeBarge's first album in six years, it debuted and peaked at number 93 on the US Billboard 200 and number 11 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[1]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
PopMatters8/10[3]

AllMusic editor Andy Kellman rated the album three out of five stars and wrote "DeBarge's attempts at staying up with performers half his age – that is, in terms of lyrical salaciousness and references to Patrón – tend not to be pulled off so well. Nevertheless, this set should please the followers who were a little put off by the haziness of 2003's (actually pretty great) Free."[2] Tyler Lewis from PopMatters called the album the "strongest contemporary soul record of the year so far (along with Maxwell's BLACKsummers'night) and a beautiful re-introduction to a major, unsung talent." He remarked that "if there is any problem with the album, it is that a handful of songs just sound pretty run-of-the-mill next to the other songs I've referenced. Though they aren't necessarily bad songs, they are aggressively average enough to keep Addiction from being the masterpiece it clearly could have been."[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Addiction Meeting (Interlude)"Chico DeBargeKedar Massenburg0:31
2."Nefertiti"/"Center of the Universe"
  • DeBarge
  • James Henderson
DeBarge2:13
3."Oh No"
  • DeBarge
  • Joe
4:07
4."Tell Ur Man"
  • DeBarge
  • Henderson
DeBarge3:26
5."Math" (featuring Talib Kweli)
DeBarge3:49
6."Do My Bad Alone"DeBargeDeBarge3:06
7."Slick (Addiction)"DeBargeDeBarge4:22
8."I'm Okay"DeBargeDeBarge3:27
9."Medication (Interlude)"DeBargeDeBarge2:15
10."She Love Me"
  • DeBarge
  • Henderson
  • DeBarge
  • Joe
4:04
11."I Want You"
  • DeBarge
  • Henderson
DeBarge3:44
12."I Forgot Ur Name"
DeBarge3:34
13."Hey U"DeBargeDeBarge3:23
14."Chico's Prayer (Interlude)"DeBargeDeBarge0:54
Bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Royalty" (performed by Lylit)LylitLylit4:03
Total length:50:23

Sample credits

Charts

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Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 93
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[1] 11

Release history

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Addiction release history
Region Date Format Label Ref(s)
Various July 14, 2009
Kedar Entertainment [2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chico DeBarge Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Kellman, Andy. "Addiction - Chico DeBarge". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Lewis, Tyler (August 18, 2009). "Chico DeBarge: Addiction". PopMatters. Archived from the original on September 28, 2024. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "Chico DeBarge Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
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