Love & Hate
by Michael Kiwanuka
- Type: Album
- Released: 15 July 2016
- Label: Polydor, Interscope
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 54:49
- Community rating: 3.68/5 from 11 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Love & Hate', Michael Kiwanuka's sound evolves through the ambitious production of Danger Mouse and Inflo, incorporating cinematic string arrangements, gospel choirs, and psychedelic guitar textures that expand upon his folk-soul origins. The album's sprawling compositions, such as the ten-minute opener 'Cold Little Heart', serve as a dramatic backdrop for introspective lyrics exploring themes of faith, romantic despair, and racial identity, notably on the single 'Black Man in a White World'. Its widespread critical acclaim and the prominent use of its songs in television solidified the album as a significant and resonant work of its decade.
Genres
Tracklist
- Cold Little Heart (09:57)
- Black Man In A White World (04:18)
- Falling (04:16)
- Place I Belong (04:47)
- Love & Hate (07:07)
- One More Night (03:53)
- I'll Never Love (02:45)
- Rule The World (05:42)
- Father's Child (07:05)
- The Final Frame (04:59)
Credits
- Michael Kiwanuka - vocals, electric guitar, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar, bass, piano, backing vocals
- Inflo - piano, drums, bass, backing vocals, production, strings production
- Brian Burton - bass, percussion, synth pad, piano, organ, production, vocal production
- Graham Godfrey - drums, percussion, hand claps, backing vocals, tape machine fx
- Jenny Sacha - violin
- Gillon Cameron - violin
- Anna Croad - violin
- Sally Jackson - violin
- Patrick Kiernan - violin
- Eleanor Mathieson - violin
- Kotono Sato - violin
- Debbie Widdup - violin
- Natalia Bonner - violin
- Kerenza Peacock - violin
- Emma Owens - viola
- Nzomi Cohen - viola
- Becky Jones - viola
- Rosie Danvers - cello, string arrangements
- Bryony James - cello
- Richard Pryce - double bass
- Huw White - string arrangements
- Paul Boldeau - background vocals
- Phebe Edwards - background vocals
- LaDonna Harley-Peters - background vocals
- Paul Butler - production, engineering, mixing, vocal production
- Kennie Takahashi - engineering, mixing
- Richard Woodcraft - engineering, strings engineering, mixing
- Todd Monfalcone - engineering, mixing assistant
- Dave Granshaw - engineering
- Jon McMullen - engineering, mix engineering
- Samur Khouja - engineering
- Guy Davie - mastering