Recovery (Algebra album)
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- Studio2Sixteen (Atlanta, GA)
- K1 Studios (Orange, NJ)
- Southside Sound (Nashville, TN)
- Tune Pusher LLC (Atlanta, GA)
- NeWFAM Entertainment Studios (Atlanta, GA)
- The Black Room (Atlanta, GA)
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| Released | February 3, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
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| Length | 46:42 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Guardian | [2] |
| SoulTracks | (favorable)[3] |
| The Musical Hype | [4] |
Recovery is the second studio album by American contemporary R&B/neo soul singer Algebra Blessett. It was released on February 3, 2014, via BBE Records. Recording sessions took place at Studio2Sixteen, Tune Pusher LLC, NeWFAM Entertainment Studios and The Black Room in Atlanta, at K1 Studios in Orange, New Jersey and at Southside Sound in Nashville. Production was handled by B Howard, Brett Baker, Bryan-Michael Cox, Kwamé, LT Moe and Shannon Sanders. It features guest appearance from Quinnes Parker. The album debuted at number 149 on the Billboard 200, number 23 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 2 on the Heatseekers Albums in the United States.
AllMusic selected the album as one of the Favorite R&B Albums of 2014.[5]
The album was preceded with a lone single "Nobody But You",[6] with an accompanying music video directed by Be' Garrett.[7] The song peaked at No. 42 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and No. 11 on the Adult R&B Songs charts,[8] and made it to No. 39 on the 2014 year-end Adult R&B Airplay Songs chart.[9]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Exordium to Recovery (Give My Heart a Chance)" |
| LT Moe | 0:51 |
| 2. | "Recovery" |
| Kwamé | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Right Next to You" |
| Kwamé | 3:09 |
| 4. | "Nobody But You" |
| Shannon Sanders | 2:45 |
| 5. | "Struggle to Be" (featuring Q) |
| Brett Baker | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Augment to Recovery (Give My Heart a Chance)" |
| LT Moe | 1:02 |
| 7. | "Forever" |
| Shannon Sanders | 3:17 |
| 8. | "Writer's Block" |
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| 4:26 |
| 9. | "Paper Heart" |
| Kwamé | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Danger Zone" |
| LT Moe | 3:45 |
| 11. | "Mystery" |
| Kwamé | 3:13 |
| 12. | "Another Heartache" |
| LT Moe | 4:04 |
| 13. | "Better for Me" |
| Kwamé | 3:35 |
| 14. | "I'll Be OK" |
| Bryan-Michael Cox | 4:38 |
| Total length: | 46:42 | |||
Personnel
- Algebra Felicia Blessett – vocals, executive producer
- Quinnes D. Parker – vocals & recording (track 5)
- Traneshia Chiles – backing vocals (track 4)
- Shannon Sanders – drums & producer (tracks: 4, 7)
- Akil Thompson – guitar & bass (tracks: 4, 7)
- Carolyn Wann Bailey – violin (tracks: 4, 7)
- Rod Hardman – guitar (track 8)
- Josh "Guido" Rivera – guitar & bass (tracks: 9, 11, 13)
- Eugene Russell IV – tenor saxophone (tracks: 9, 11)
- Derrick White – trombone (tracks: 9, 11)
- Ali Barr – trumpet (tracks: 9, 11)
- Bryan-Michael Cox – piano & producer (track 14)
- Todd "LT Moe" Moore – producer (tracks: 1, 6, 10, 12), co-producer (track 8), programming (tracks: 1, 6, 10), recording (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12), co-executive producer
- Kwamé "K1 Mil" Holland – producer & engineering (tracks: 2, 3, 9, 11, 13), co-executive producer
- Brett Baker – producer & programming (track 5)
- Brandon Howard – producer (track 8)
- Greg Fuqua – recording & mixing (tracks: 4, 7)
- Michael Gregory – recording (tracks: 4, 7)
- Vernon Mungo – recording (tracks: 4, 7)
- Alvin Speights – mixing (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14)
- A Kid Called Cus – mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 9, 11, 13)
- Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton – mixing (track 5)
- George Littlejohn – executive producer
- Russell Johnson – executive producer
- Jerrell Allen – executive producer
- Sean Marlowe – art direction
- Paul Grosso – creative direction, cover design
- James Anthony – photography
- Sean Cokes – photography
- Peter Adarkwah – project direction
