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| Released | February 16, 2018 | |||
| Genre | Pop[1] | |||
| Length | 48:30 | |||
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Love (stylized asLØVË) is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriterAaron Carter, released on February 16, 2018, bySony Music, and the last to be released in his lifetime. At the time of the album’s release it was Carter's first studio album in over fifteen years, since 2002'sAnother Earthquake.[4][5] The album was preceded by anEPof the same name, released in 2017.
More than thirteen years after the release of his last studio album, titledAnother Earthquake!, and a substantial number of greatest hits compilations, Carter appeared in media outlets talking about his return to music.[6] According to the singer, he spent ten years learning how to make an album from scratch during his time out of the music business.[7]
Carter began to tease the first single of the album, titled "Fool's Gold" which he wrote and produced himself, in November 2015 viaTwitter.[8] On November 24, 2015,Billboard premiered a preview of the song.[9] The song and its accompanying music video, co-directed by Carter and Jon Asher, were released on April 1, 2016.[10][11] The single did not manage to appear on major worldwide charts. At that time the singer also announced that an EP entitledLØVË would be released.[12] Carter toldBillboard: "'The 'LøVë' album and 'Fool's Gold' era has been D.I.Y. hustle since day one. Everything from the production, songwriting, mixing, photoshoots, music videos, packaging and distribution have been a collective involvement from a team I like to call 'Team Fool's Gold.'"[13]
In 2017, Carter would release a second single titled "Sooner or Later" which became certified gold in Italy,[14][15] his first gold record since "Saturday Night", which was certified in the US after selling over 500,000 copies, in 2005.[16] In December 2017, he released the third and last single "Don't Say Goodbye" and announced a promotional tour in the United States.[17] The singer also performed at a concert inManila,Philippines.[18]
To celebrate Valentine's Day and promote the album's release, Carter released a newly recorded and remixed version of his top ten hit from 2000, "I Want Candy", on February 14, 2018.[19]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Knoxville News Sentinel | [20] |
Neil Z. Yeung, fromAllMusic, rated the album three and a half stars out of five, writing that Carter does "an admirable job grasping the contemporary pop trends of 2017 and 2018 while adjusting his lyrical content from that of teen party jams to reflective heartbreak anthems."[1]
Chuck Campbell, from the daily newspaperKnoxville News Sentinel, gave the album two out of five stars and described it as a "nondescript exercise in modern formula – shallow pop/EDM songs about relationships. And even compared to other fare in this genre, "Love" falls flat".[20] He chose "the catchy" songs "Sooner or Later" and "Dearly Departed" as its best moments.[20]
All songs produced by Aaron Carter and Michael “Brandon" Murphy.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hard to Love" |
| 3:35 |
| 2. | "Sooner or Later" |
| 3:33 |
| 3. | "Bad 2 Good" |
| 3:57 |
| 4. | "Same Way" |
| 3:07 |
| 5. | "What Did You Want to Say?" |
| 3:18 |
| 6. | "Fool's Gold" |
| 3:17 |
| 7. | "Seattle TideZ" |
| 3:45 |
| 8. | "Let Me Let You Go" |
| 3:21 |
| 9. | "Don't Say Goodbye" |
| 3:17 |
| 10. | "Almost There" |
| 3:25 |
| 11. | "Champion" |
| 4:10 |
| 12. | "Dearly Departed" |
| 3:27 |
| 13. | "I Want Candy" (Remix) | 2:53 | |
| 14. | "Fool's Gold" (Lindgren Remix) |
| 3:35 |
