Calling All Lovers [Deluxe Edition]

by Tamar Braxton

Overview

Tamar Braxton's return to music in 2013 could not have gone much better. Love and War debuted at number two, featured a number one R&B hit and two additional singles that either scraped or peaked near the Top Ten. Three Grammy nominations resulted. Follow-up Calling All Lovers is wrapped up like it offers even more theatrics. Braxton isn't smiling in any of the photos contained in the booklet, which is made to look like a newspaper titled Tamartian Times. (Braxtonian Beacon was likely never considered; "Tamartian" is a nod to her followers). The album starts in scattered fashion with some neo-reggae, a retro-modern midtempo groove that evokes breakbeat-driven early-'90s productions, and a church-ified ballad. After those three songs, the album stabilizes, sliding between a number of plush ballads and sophisticated but bumping slow jams. Heartache prevails during the first half and crests with "Never," an authoritative and elegantly paced kiss-off of an inappreciative lover. The latter half is mostly about devotion and awe, while the back-to-back "Love It" (all booming bass, tapping keyboards, and rattling percussion) and "Must Be Good to You" (light and springy disco-funk) turn it up several degrees with Braxton offering firm declarations of her sexual power. Calling All Lovers doesn't merely offer more than what its packaging suggests. It might not feature a single as big as "Love and War," but it tops that song's parent album. [A Deluxe Edition added two bonus tracks, "S.O.N." and "Coming Home."] ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	10/02/2015
Label:	Epic
UPC:	0888751404922

Tracks

1. Angels & Demons
2. Catfish
3. Simple Things
4. Broken Record
5. Never
6. Circles
7. If I Don't Have You
8. Raise the Bar
9. I Love You
10. Makin' Love
11. Love It
12. Must Be Good to You
13. Free Fallin'
14. King
15. S.O.N.
16. Coming Home

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tamar Braxton   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Brandon "B.A.M." Hodge   Bass,Keyboards
Brian Alexander Morgan   Bass,Keyboards
Andrew Hey   Guitar
Tiyon Mack   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Ramahn "Jer-Z" Herbert   A&R
Courtney Harrell   Composer
Patrick Smith   Composer
Ashley Fox   Creative Director
Felisha King   Composer
Polow da Don   Producer
Leigh Elliott   Producer
The Underdogs   Composer,Producer
Ernest Clark   Composer
Brandon N. Caddell   Mixing
Candice Boyd   Composer
Amber Streeter   Composer
Mel & Mus   Producer
Zach Nicholls   Mixing
Tony Russell   Composer,Composer
Brandon "B.A.M." Hodge   Producer,Drum Programming
Afro Steve   Producer
Alessandro Calemme   Producer
Atia Boggs   Composer
Blair Taylor   Producer
Timothy Paul Hinshaw   Composer
Vurdell Muller   Composer
Jamal Jones   Composer
Damon Thomas   Composer
Harvey Mason, Jr.   Mixing,Composer
Brenda Russell   Composer
Brian Alexander Morgan   Composer,Producer,Drum Programming
Gene Grimaldi   Mastering
Kevin Randolph   Composer
Larry Griffin, Jr.   Composer
Dave Boyd   Assistant
Tiffany Fred   Composer,Producer
Patricia Austin   Composer
Dewain Whitmore, Jr.   Composer
Blac Elvis   Producer
Robert Ector   Photography
Anthony D. Bennett   Composer
Darhyl Camper   Composer,Producer
Kameron Glasper   Composer
Rivelino Wouter   Producer
Denisia Keys   Composer
Keon Young   Composer
John Henry Gordon   Producer
Theophilus Antonel   Producer
Dashawn "Happie" White   Drum Programming
Sherita Lowery   Composer
Cedric "DaBenchWarma" Smith   Producer
McKenzie Brooke Lawson   Composer
Edsel Alexander   Composer
Brenda Gordon Russell   Composer
Alesandro Calemme   Producer
Steven Easley   Composer
Marcelo Cantu   Photography
Collin Deska   A&R
Micahel Klein   A&R
LaShawn Daniels   A&R,Composer
Margeaux Watson   Marketing
Tamar Braxton   Composer,Producer,Creative Director
Gerald Haddon   Producer
David "Hawk" Wolinski   Composer
Claude Kelly   Composer
Vincent Herbert   A&R
Elvis Williams   Composer
Andrew Hey   Engineer
Tiyon Mack   Mixing,Composer,Vocal Engineer
Makeba Riddick   Composer
Marcos Palacios   Composer
Khari Cain   Composer,Producer
Melvin Hough   Producer
Peggy Lipton Jones   Composer
Anita Marisa Boriboon   Design,Art Direction,Creative Director
Muhammad Ayers   Composer
Da Internz   Producer
Isaac White   Composer
Atozzio Towns   Composer
Brandon Bell   Composer,Producer
John Robertson   Composer