I Forgive You [Alternate cover + Cobalt & Bone Marble Color 2 LP] [Barnes & Noble Exclusive]

by Cynthia Erivo

Overview

Arriving a little over six months after her starring role in the box-office smash Wicked, Cynthia Erivo's ambitious sophomore album, I Forgive You, clocks in at over an hour as she navigates not only forgiveness but things like motivation, appreciation, and relational imbalance. With a 20-track set list (counting interludes), and the involvement of nearly a dozen producers, its lush arrangements -- including strings, a variety of guitar tones, deep basslines, recurring choral vocals, and plenty of reverb -- its wide-ranging (impeccable) vocals, and its merger of alt-R&B, adult pop, and gospel, I Forgive You feels a lot like a concept album, if one tied together loosely by strong emotions. A couple of the record's more memorable songs include the tender and empowering "I Choose Love," whose celestial sound is built up from piano, plucked guitar, and elaborate choral vocal effects, and the more down-to-earth "Replay," a sung half-rap that inventories her own faults and behaviors, including overthinking ("My mind is like a record set up on auto-replay"). Appearing like an apparition along the way is a highly edited and processed, one-minute a cappella take on Marvin Gaye's "I Want You." A deeply moving opus, it marked her solo Billboard 200 debut, reaching 165 while charting in the Top 50 of the R&B/hop-hop list. ~ Marcy Donelson

Product Details

Release Date:	06/06/2025
Label:	VERVE / REPUBLIC
UPC:	0602478085970

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Why (Interlude)
2. Best For Me
3. More Than Twice
4. You First
5. Save Me From You
6. Worst Of Me
7. I Want You (Interlude)
8. She Said
9. What You Want
10. Play The Woman
11. Push and Pull

Disc 2

12. Until You Saw Me (Interlude)
13. Holy Refrain
14. I Choose Love
15. Be Okay
16. How I Could Fall
17. I Forgive You (Interlude)
18. Replay
19. Brick By Brick
20. Grace

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Cynthia Erivo   Primary Artist