Unbelievable (Keke Wyatt album)
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| Released | June 14, 2011 | |||
| Length | 45:55 | |||
| Label | Shanachie | |||
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Unbelievable is the third studio album by American singer Keke Wyatt. It was released on June 14, 2011 through Shanachie Records.
Promotion[edit]
Among other covers, Unbelievable includes the track "Saturday Love", which features Ruben Studdard and is the only single, which was released on May 24, 2011.[1][2] It's the original cover of "Saturday Love" by Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal.
Critical reception[edit]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
Jon Caramanica from The New York Times called Unbelievable Wyatt's "most thrilling album, reminiscent of an early Faith Evans record, with feisty declarations of love and empowerment over lush, soft-edged hip-hop production."[4] SoulTracks critic Howard Dukes wrote of the album: "KeKe Wyatt has had an eventful decade, and hopefully the storms have passed. However, it’s possible to use the trials of life as inspiration for art. It appears that has Wyatt managed to do just that on Unbelievable."[5]
AllMusic editor Andy Kellman rated the album three out of five stars. He was critical with Wyatt's decision to work with a larger number of collaborators on Unbelievabkle, writing: "There are so many of them that the album sounds disjointed, from the lack of song-to-song flow to the variety of effects placed on Wyatt’s voice [...] This being a Shanachie release, there are some intriguing choices for covers. Wyatt and Ruben Studdard play Cherrelle and Alexander O’Neal on a thumping, glitzy cover of "Saturday Love," while Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" gets a surprisingly light reading."[3]
Commercial performance[edit]
The album debuted and peaked at number 48 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[6]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Light Me Up" |
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| 3:58 |
| 2. | "Unbelievable" |
| 4:13 | |
| 3. | "Mirror" (with Kelly Price and Tweet) |
| Crawford | 4:10 |
| 4. | "Love Under New Management" |
| Crawford | 4:46 |
| 5. | "Tap Out" |
| Jackson | 4:09 |
| 6. | "Saturday Love" (with Ruben Studdard) | JR Hutson | 3:58 | |
| 7. | "Miss Your Plane" |
| Hutson | 3:47 |
| 8. | "Enough" |
| Morales | 3:53 |
| 9. | "Travel the World (Love Uses Time)" |
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| 2:52 |
| 10. | "Tears in Heaven" | L. Young | 3:35 | |
| 11. | "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" | 5:30 | ||
| Total length: | 45:55 | |||
Charts[edit]
| Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] | 48 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Saturday Love (feat. Ruben Studdard) - Single by KeKe Wyatt & Ruben Studdard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Apple Music (UK). Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ "Saturday Love (feat. Ruben Studdard) - Single by KeKe Wyatt & Ruben Studdard on Apple Music". Apple Music. Apple Music (US). Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Unbelievable, Keke Wyatt". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ Caramanica, Jon (June 24, 2011). "Sounds of Summer: Feisty, Moody, Chutney". New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ Dukes, Howard. "KeKe Wyatt – Unbelievable (2011)". SoulTracks. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ a b "KeKe Wyatt Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
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