Addiction (Chico DeBarge album)

2009 studio album by Chico DeBarge

Addiction

Studio album by

Chico DeBarge

Released| July 14, 2009
Genre| R&B
Length| 47:22
Label| Kedar
Producer|

* Chico DeBarge
* Joe Thomas
* Lylit

Chico DeBarge chronology
| Free
(2003)  | Addiction
(2009)  |

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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 ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
PopMatters| 8/10[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.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "Addiction Meeting (Interlude)"| Chico DeBarge| Kedar Massenburg| 0:31
2.| "Nefertiti"/"Center of the Universe"|

* DeBarge
* James Henderson

| DeBarge| 2:13
3.| "Oh No"|

* DeBarge
* Anthony Best
* Joe Thomas

* DeBarge
* Joe

| 4:07
4.| "Tell Ur Man"|

* DeBarge
* Henderson

| DeBarge| 3:26
5.| "Math" (featuring Talib Kweli)|

* DeBarge
* Talib Greene

| DeBarge| 3:49
6.| "Do My Bad Alone"| DeBarge| DeBarge| 3:06
7.| "Slick (Addiction)"| DeBarge| DeBarge| 4:22
8.| "I'm Okay"| DeBarge| DeBarge| 3:27
9.| "Medication (Interlude)"| DeBarge| DeBarge| 2:15
10.| "She Love Me"|

* DeBarge
* Henderson

* DeBarge
* Joe

| 4:04
11.| "I Want You"|

* DeBarge
* Henderson

| DeBarge| 3:44
12.| "I Forgot Ur Name"|

* DeBarge
* Henderson
* Luther Vandross

| DeBarge| 3:34
13.| "Hey U"| DeBarge| DeBarge| 3:23
14.| "Chico's Prayer (Interlude)"| DeBarge| DeBarge| 0:54

Bonus trackNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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15.| "Royalty" (performed by Lylit)| Lylit| Lylit| 4:03
Total length:| 50:23

Sample credits

* "I Forgot Ur Name" samples from "Never Too Much" (1981) as written and performed by Luther Vandross.

## Charts

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Chart (2009)  | Peak
position

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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)

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Various  | July 14, 2009  |

* CD
* digital download

| 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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