- contemporary r&b, r&b, pop, r b
- 72 min
- 18 tracks
- LaFace Records
Here I Stand is the fifth studio album by the American singer Usher, released on May 13, 2008, by LaFace Records. Inspired by love for his then-wife—Tameka Foster—and son, Usher recorded many ballads for the album.
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 65/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB
- Blender3/5 ★
- Chicago Sun-Times3.5/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- The Observer1/5 ★
- Rolling Stone2.5/5 ★
- Slant Magazine2.5/5 ★
- USA Today3.5/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Intro1:28
- 2Love in This Club4:20
- 3This Ain’t Sex4:25
- 4Trading Places4:28
- 5Moving Mountains4:58
- 6What’s Your Name3:58
- 7Prayer for You (interlude)1:43
- 8Something Special3:57
- 9Love You Gently3:39
- 10Best Thing3:55
- 11Before I Met You4:57
- 12His Mistakes4:59
- 13Appetite3:59
- 14What’s a Man to Do4:10
- 15Lifetime4:37
- 16Love in This Club, Part II5:09
- 17Here I Stand4:10
- 18Will Work for Love3:17
18 tracks, 72 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Usher
- Label
- LaFace Records
- Released
- 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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