Love & Life (Eric Benét album)

Love & Life
Studio album by Eric Benét
Released	September 9, 2008
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood) The Laboratory (Madison, Wisconsin) SRM (Sherman Oaks, California) Numina (Andy Duncan's Studio)
Length	55:31
Label	Friday Reprise
Producer	Eric Benét Keith Crouch George Nash, Jr. Demonte Posey
Eric Benét chronology
Hurricane (2005) Love & Life (2008) Lost in Time (2010)
Singles from Love & Life
"You're the Only One" Released: May 13, 2008 "The Hunger" Released: October 14, 2008 "Chocolate Legs" Released: January 6, 2009

Love & Life is the fourth studio album by American R&B singer Eric Benét. It was released on September 9, 2008 on Friday and Reprise Records. The album debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200 and number two on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with first-week sales of 40,000 copies, making it his highest-charting album since A Day in the Life in 1999. Love & Life also received two 2009 Grammy Award nominations, for Best R&B Album and for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "You're the Only One".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Okayplayer	(89/100)

AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album three and a half stars out of five and wrote: "Benét returns to what he does best on Love & Life: making music for love-making. Slow and sultry and steeped in Stevie, Marvin, Luther, and especially Quincy Jones-produced Michael Jackson and Prince's forays into quiet storm, Love & Life is a consolidation of Benét's strengths as a seduction artist. Arriving after the turgid turmoil of Hurricane, this is frankly a relief, as Benét demonstrates a lighter touch throughout Love & Life, shedding any suggestion of personal revelation in favor of courting clichés without blushing."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Love, Patience & Time"	Eric Benét Demonté Possey	Benét Possey	5:27
2.	"The Hunger"	Benét Possey	Benét Possey	4:04
3.	"You're the Only One"	Benét Possey Greg Gerard George Nash, Jr.	Benét Possey Nash	4:13
4.	"Don't Let Go"	Benét Possey	Benét Possey	4:27
5.	"Everlove" (duet with Terry Dexter)	Benét Possey	Benét Possey	5:10
6.	"Chocolate Legs"	Benét Keith Crouch John "Jubu" Smith	Crouch Smith	4:29
7.	"Weekend Girl"	Benét Possey	Benét Possey	4:51
8.	"Iminluvwichoo" (duet with Linda Király)	Benét Possey	Benét Possey	4:39
9.	"Spanish Fly"	Benét Vikter Duplaix Pino Paladino Fred Chalmers	Benét Possey	4:30
10.	"Still I Believe"	Benét Possey	Benét Possey	4:10
11.	"Sing to Me"	Benét Possey Nash	Benét Possey Nash	4:44
12.	"One More Tomorrow"	Benét Nash	Benét Possey	5:17
Total length:				55:31

ITunes only bonus track

No.	Title	Length
13.	"I Can't Stop"	5:21

Cover versions

English band Blue released a cover version of "You're the Only One" on their album Colours in 2015.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	11
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	58
Chart (2009)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	70