Tell Me You Love Me

Tell Me You Love Me

by Demi Lovato
Tell Me You Love Me

Tell Me You Love Me

by Demi Lovato

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record)

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Overview

Just prior to the launch of the album cycle for Tell Me You Love Me, Demi Lovato sat for an interview with MTV News to discuss their sixth album and wound up comparing their new record to Christina Aguilera's 2002 Stripped. Lovato intended the juxtaposition to highlight the album's heavy modern R&B influence, but the two records also share a candid carnality that sometimes feels a bit too blunt. It's not just that Lovato can't resist peppering their lyrics with profanity -- the album is littered with conjugations of "f***," arriving on both ballads and uptempo cuts -- but they dispense with niceties throughout the record, imploring a mate they should "Ruin the Friendship" and slide into bed, or telling a new love that "lucky for you, I've got all these daddy issues." Subtle the words are not, and while the music occasionally matches this braggadocio -- "Daddy Issues" blusters with its stuttering synth drops -- on the whole, Tell Me You Love Me is subtler musically. Lovato's assertions that Tell Me You Love Me is steeped in R&B prove true, and it's not monochromatic soul, either. Opening with the strutting empowerment anthem "Sorry Not Sorry," the album runs the gamut from churchy soul to seductive slow-burners to showstopping ballads designed to showcase every single one of Lovato's moves. Although there are ghosts of traditional soul threaded through the record, the production is firmly modern, filled with electronic flair and allusions to hip-hop rhythms. It's a sound that suits Lovato, who has never positioned themself as a retro-soul singer but has repurposed older sounds for a fresh audience. They've usually done this with a pop bent, but with its cool surface, sharply constructed songs, and Lovato's controlled performances -- all elements that more than make up for their lyrical stumbles -- Tell Me You Love Me suggests soul may be their forte. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 12/15/2017
Label: Island
UPC: 0602567013389
Rank: 25975

Tracks

  1. Sorry Not Sorry
  2. Tell Me You Love Me
  3. Sexy Dirty Love
  4. You Don¿¿¿t Do It for Me Anymore
  5. Daddy Issues
  6. Ruin the Friendship
  7. Only Forever
  8. Lonely
  9. Cry Baby
  10. Games
  11. Concentrate
  12. Hitchhiker

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Demi Lovato   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Lil Wayne   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Jax Jones   Primary Artist,Drums,Synthesizer
Cheat Codes   Primary Artist
Stefflon Don   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Deonis "Pumah" Cook   Tenor (Vocal)
Steve Rodriguez   Piano,Keyboards,Bass (Vocal),Fender Rhodes,Bass (Electric)
Dave Palmer   Keyboards
Warren Felder   Vocals,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic)
Kevin Hissink   Bass,Guitar,Bass (Vocal)
Adam Ross   Guitar (Acoustic)
Ido Zmishlany   Piano,Guitar,Keyboards,Percussion
William Simmons   Vocals
Danielle Withers   Soprano,Soprano (Vocal)
Thomas Drayton   Bass,Bass (Vocal)
Adam Tressler   Guitar
Ajay Bhattacharya   Bass,Horn,Drums,Piano,Guitar,Bass (Vocal)
Nelson Beato   Tenor (Vocal)
Charity Davis   Vocals (Background)
Sermstyle   Keyboards
MNEK   Vocals
John Graham Hill   Bass,Horn,Drums,Piano,Guitar,Bass (Vocal)
Laurhan Beato   Alto,Choir/Chorus
Daro Behroozi   Sax (Tenor)
Kirby Lauryen   Vocals (Background)
Lenny Reece   Drums
Ben Abraham   Piano,Guitar
Sarah Aarons   Vocals (Background)
Quishima Dixon   Alto,Choir/Chorus
Andrew Pertes   Bass,Bass (Vocal)
Zaire Koalo   Vocals
Sean Douglas   Vocals
Trevor Brown   Vocals
Ayani Layli   Vocals (Background)
Joshua Gawel   Trumpet
Whitney Rollins   Soprano,Soprano (Vocal)
Yehonatan Aspril   Guitar (Electric)
Carl L. Carter   Drums,Percussion

Technical Credits

Serban Ghenea   Mixing
Tony Maserati   Mixing
Paul David Hager   Mixing,Engineer
Chris Gehringer   Mastering
Will Quinnell   Mastering
John Hanes   Mixing Engineer
Lil Wayne   Composer
Mark Ralph   Mixing,Producer,Additional Production
Jonas Jeberg   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Instrumentation
Mitch Allan   Producer,Recording,Vocal Engineer,Vocal Producer,Recording Producer,Vocal Production Assistance
Simon Wilcox   Composer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Jaycen Joshua   Mixing
Dwayne Carter   Composer
Steve Rodriguez   Producer
Rush Hour   Producer
Toby Gad   Composer
Mike Fennel   Assistant,Recording,Assistant Engineer
Warren Felder   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Programming,Keyboard Arrangements,Synthesizer Programming,Synthesizer Arrangements
Demi Lovato   Composer
Ilsey Juber   Composer
Erik Madrid   Mixing
Chris Galland   Mixing Engineer
Kevin Hissink   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording
Stuart Hawkes   Mastering Engineer
Twice as Nice   Producer
David Massey   Executive Producer
Matt Bang   Assistant,Recording,Assistant Engineer
Gabrielle Rosen   A&R
Stephanie Allen   Composer,Composer
Eric J. Dubowsky   Mixing
Ido Zmishlany   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Programming
William Simmons   Composer,Producer,Drum Programming
Rob Cohen   Editing,Engineer,Recording
Kyledidthis   Design,Art Direction
Sandy Brummels   Art Direction
James Wong   Composer
Adam Tressler   Composer
Tobias Gad   Composer
Jay Jay   Composer
DJ Mustard   Producer
Nick Jonas   Composer
Dijon McFarlane   Composer
Mitch Allen   Engineer,Recording
Ajay Bhattacharya   Composer,Programming
Alex Spencer   Mixing Assistant
Emma Block   Composer
Jimmy Burney   Composer
Alberto Erazo   Design,Art Direction
Dennis Leupold   Photography
Andy Proctor   Package Production
Drew Smith   Engineer
Noonie Bao   Composer
Nolan Westcott   Assistant,Recording,Assistant Engineer
Sermstyle   Producer
Matt Tuggle   Assistant Engineer
Uzoechi Emenike   Composer
Trevor Dahl   Composer,Producer,Programming
Serge Courtois   Mixing
Lewis Hughes   Composer
Nolan Lambroza   Composer
Jamie Sanderson   Composer
Nicholas Audino   Composer
Sir Nolan   Engineer,Producer,Programming
Jonnali Parmenius   Composer
Tom Fuller   Assistant Engineer
Tom A.D. Fuller   Assistant Engineer
Zeke Mishanec   Recording,Vocal Engineer
John Graham Hill   Composer,Producer,Programming
Taylor Parks   Composer,Vocal Producer
Jax Jones   Arranger,Producer,Programming,Drum Programming,Recording Arranger,Synthesizer Programming
Timucin Aluo   Composer
Manny Galvez   Recording,Vocal Engineer
Jose Balaguer   Engineer,Recording,Vocal Engineer
Chloe Angelides   Composer
Kirby Lauryen   Composer
Jaime Velez   Recording,Vocal Engineer
Zeke Silvera   A&R
Cheat Codes   Engineer,Recording
Brittany Amaradio   Composer
Zach Brown   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Stint   Producer
Robin Florent   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Miles Comaskey   Assistant,Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Tayla Parx   Composer,Producer,Vocal Producer
Ben Abraham   Composer,Producer,Recording,Programming
Te Whiti Warbrick   Composer
Sarah Aarons   Composer,Producer,Recording,Programming
James Petronio   A&R
Jackson Foote   Composer,Producer,Programming
Anton Kuhl   Producer,Additional Production
James Wong   Composer
Nicole Llorens   Engineer,Assistant,Recording,Vocal Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Zaire Koalo   Producer,Drum Programming
Sean Douglas   Composer
Mokita   Producer,Additional Production
Ashlyn Wilson   Composer
Ari Leff   Composer,Producer,Programming
Trevor Brown   Composer,Producer,Synthesizer Programming
Tim Watt   Mixing Assistant
Martin Gray   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Keith Sorrells   Recording,Assistant Engineer
Scott Desmarais   Mixing Assistant
Chantry Johnson   Engineer,Recording,Vocal Engineer
Dayyon Alexander   Composer
Jeff Shum   Composer
Winston Howard   Composer
Oli Straus   Engineer,Recording
Timucin Lam   Composer
Scott Thomas Robinson   Producer,Vocal Producer
Rush Hr.   Producer
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