Calling All Hearts

Calling All Hearts is made of songs composed before and after Cole met her fiancé, Daniel Gibson. Cole wrote the second verse to "Last Hangover".[https://twitter.com/KeyshiaCole/status/233452527587323905 Lol. Yes.RT @DavidEarlyMusic: @KeyshiaCole You wrote the 2nd verse to Last Hangover, right?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030164458/https://twitter.com/KeyshiaCole/status/233452527587323905 |date=2022-10-30 }} Shortly after revealing that she was pregnant with her first child, Cole went into a short hiatus. She made her first appearance since the birth of her son at the 2010 BET Awards, performing "Airplanes" with B.o.B. In October 2010, Cole leaked an unmastered version of her single, "I Ain't Thru" to her Twitter followers in celebration of her birthday. The single was digitally mastered and then officially released. During this time, Cole shot the video for the single as well as for the promo single "Long Way Down". Cole favorited "Tired of Doing Me".[https://twitter.com/KeyshiaCole/status/242842167205302272 I love that 1 2RT @DDBreezyKnowles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030164231/https://twitter.com/KeyshiaCole/status/242842167205302272 |date=2022-10-30 }}

Two editions of the album were composed and released on December 21, 2010—a standard and deluxe edition. The standard edition was revealed to preview on Cole's Myspace Music page on December 16, 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keyshiacole.com/news/default.aspx?nid=32786 |title=Calling All Hearts album premiere on Myspace! |access-date=2010-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129011809/http://www.keyshiacole.com/news/default.aspx?nid=32786 |archive-date=2011-01-29 |url-status=dead }} The artwork cover shows Cole wearing blue lipstick and a red heart on her upper lip.{{cite web | url=https://www.idolator.com/5700762/keyshia-cole-calling-all-hearts-album-cover?andro=1&ios=1&safari=1 | title=Nicki Minaj's "I Ain't Thru" Gal Pal Keyshia Cole Unveils 'Calling All Hearts' Cover | date=24 November 2010 }}{{Cite web |url=http://soulfulbeauty.com/the-look-keyshia-coles-calling-all-hearts-midnight-blue-lipstick/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2022-06-12 |archive-date=2022-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119111044/https://soulfulbeauty.com/the-look-keyshia-coles-calling-all-hearts-midnight-blue-lipstick/ |url-status=live }}

To promote the album, Cole made appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Mo'Nique Show, and The Wendy Williams Show. She also made an appearance on 106 and Park on December 20 in which she did a 30-minute special performance.{{Cite web |url=http://www.keyshiacole.com/news/default.aspx?nid=32889 |title=Keyshia Cole on BET Monday December 20th! |access-date=2010-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129074400/http://www.keyshiacole.com/news/default.aspx?nid=32889 |archive-date=2011-01-29 |url-status=dead }} Cole also opened for music act R. Kelly for the second time on his 2011 summer Love Letter Tour. "So Impossible" received airplay on the urban adult contemporary radio around January 2011.{{cite web | url=http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104092413/http://charts.bdsradio.com/bdsradiocharts/charts.aspx?formatid=12 | archive-date=January 4, 2011 | title=BDSRadio Charts }} Keyshia performed "Better Me" at the Revlon 'Run/Walk for Women' event.{{cite web | url=https://thisisrnb.com/2011/05/keyshia-cole-lends-voice-to-revlon-runwalk-for-women/ | title=Keyshia Cole Lends Voice to Revlon 'Run/Walk for Women' | date=May 2, 2011 }}

• "I Ain't Thru" is the lead single from the album. An unmastered version of the single was released on October 15, 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2010/10/15/new-music-keyshia-cole-f-nicki-minaj-i-aint-thru/ |title=New Music: Keyshia Cole f/ Nicki Minaj |access-date=2012-03-03 |archive-date=2012-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024024743/http://www.rap-up.com/2010/10/15/new-music-keyshia-cole-f-nicki-minaj-i-aint-thru/ |url-status=live }} After mastering, the official single was released for digital download and US radio on December 7, 2010. It peaked on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at #54.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=keyshia cole|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Songs}} Chart History: Calling All Hearts]. Billboard. Retrieved on 2011-02-03. The music video premiered on November 23, 2010 on 106 and Park.
• "Long Way Down" was a promo single from the album. The video was shot in New York City and premiered alongside "I Ain't Thru". Although never officially sent to radio, "Long Way Down" peaked at #91 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=keyshia cole|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Songs}} |title=Keyshia Cole Album & Song Chart History |publisher=Billboard |access-date=2012-07-14}}
• "Take Me Away" is the second single for the album. After being chosen as the next single from fans on Twitter, Cole sent the song to US radio on February 1, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicloversgroup.com/keyshia-cole-take-me-away-lyrics-and-video/ |title=Keyshia Cole – Take Me Away Lyrics and Video |publisher=Musicloversgroup.com |date=2011-01-21 |access-date=2011-02-23}} She also performed the song on Conan on January 19, 2011.{{cite web |url=http://teamcoco.com/schedule/2011-03 |title=Conan Show Schedule: Upcoming Guests On "Conan" @ |publisher=Teamcoco.com |access-date=2011-02-23 |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017021346/http://teamcoco.com/schedule/2011-03 |url-status=dead }} The song peaked on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at #27.{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=keyshia cole|chart=all}} |title=Keyshia Cole Music News & Info |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=2011-03-03}} The music video premiered on April 18, 2011 on 106 and Park.{{cite web |url=http://www.keyshiacole.com/news/default.aspx?nid=35204 |title=News : Don't miss the premiere of "Take Me Away" on 106 & Park Monday! |publisher=Keyshia Cole |date=2011-04-17 |access-date=2012-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316140101/http://www.keyshiacole.com/news/default.aspx?nid=35204 |archive-date=2012-03-16 |url-status=dead }}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 66/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/calling-all-hearts/keyshia-cole|title=Calling All Hearts: Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic. CBS Interactive |access-date=September 2, 2020}}

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| rev2 = The New York Times

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Calling All Hearts received mixed to positive reviews from most critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Allmusic editor Andy Kellman gave it a gave it three-and-a-half out of five stars and commented that the album "drags in spots, due in part to an absence of a "Let It Go"-type track to break up all the introspection and pain," but it is the kind of album "for those who want to hear a moody, emotional outpouring."

Jon Pareles of The New York Times viewed that the album had a standard mix of featured artists and producers, but "after an initial bit of competitive posturing [...] the songs slip into the background. Ms. Cole sings elegantly complex vocal harmonies, but the central melody lines are shapeless. Most tempos are determinedly slow." Rolling Stone{{'}}s Jonah Weiner gave it three-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "Cole is a heroine who thrives off tales of conflict, betrayal and survival. Her voice is as grit-flecked as ever, chewing through blaring beats and going pound-for-pound for ferocity [...] It's not all fisticuffs [...] but Cole is at her best when she's slugging."Weiner, Jonah. [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/calling-all-hearts-20101221 Review: Calling All Hearts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505091437/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/calling-all-hearts-20101221 |date=2016-05-05 }}. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2010-12-21. Steve Jones of USA Today gave the album three out of four stars and commented that "Her passionate vocals still pack a wallop, even though they are no longer fueled by angst".Jones, Steve (December 21, 2010). [https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2010-12-21-listen21_ST_N.htm Review: Calling All Hearts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513040055/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2010-12-21-listen21_ST_N.htm |date=2012-05-13 }}. USA Today. Retrieved on 2010-12-22.

The album debuted at number 9 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 128,000 copies.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/948676/taylor-swift-gets-christmas-boost-on-billboard-200-foxx-earns-highest-debut|title=Taylor Swift Gets Christmas Boost on Billboard 200, Foxx Earns Highest Debut|magazine=Billboard|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|date=December 29, 2010|access-date=December 29, 2010}} It also entered at number five on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number fourteen on the Digital Albums chart.[http://www.billboard.com/charts/2011-01-08/r-b-hip-hop-albums R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Week of January 08, 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030163916/https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-albums/ |date=2022-10-30 }}. Billboard. Retrieved on 2010-12-30.[http://www.billboard.com/charts/2011-01-08/digital-albums Digital Albums – Week of January 08, 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110115152/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2011-01-08/digital-albums |date=2015-01-10 }}. Billboard. Retrieved on 2010-12-30. In its second week, the album dropped to number ten on the Billboard 200 selling 36,600 copies.Langhorne, Cyrus. [http://www.sohh.com/2011/01/eminem_gets_a_swift_kick_to_no_2_nicki_m.html Eminem Gets A Swift Kick To No. 2, Nicki Minaj Reclaims Top 5, Drake & Kid Cudi Rage Back Onto The Chart] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108171053/http://www.sohh.com/2011/01/eminem_gets_a_swift_kick_to_no_2_nicki_m.html |date=2011-01-08 }}. SOHH. Retrieved on 2011-01-05.

{{tracklist

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|extra_column = Producer(s)

|title1 = I Ain't Thru

|note1 = featuring Nicki Minaj

|writer1 = {{hlist|Keyshia Cole|Russell Gonzalez|Onika Maraj}}

|extra1 = {{hlist|The ARE|Ron Fair}}

|length1 = 3:59

|title2 = Long Way Down

|writer2 = {{hlist|Cole|Erik Ortiz|Kevin Crowe|Sly Jordan}}

|extra2 = J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League

|length2 = 3:59

|title3 = Tired of Doing Me

|note3 = featuring Tank

|writer3 = {{hlist|Cole|M Nathaniel Qahhaar|Frederick Taylor|Durrell Babbs|Jerry Franklin|Bob Newt|J. Valentine|Kris Stephens}}

|extra3 = {{hlist|TheKidMave|Toxic|Ron Fair|Song Dynasty}}

|length3 = 3:30

|title4 = If I Fall in Love Again

|note4 = featuring Faith Evans

|writer4 = {{hlist|Cole|Wytony Dillon|Mario Myers|Osten Harvey|Christopher Wallace|Burt Bacharach|Hal David}}

|extra4 = {{hlist|Big Wy|Tweek Beats}}

|length4 = 3:29

|title5 = So Impossible

|writer5 = {{hlist|Cole|James Harris III|Terry Lewis|Carla Carter}}

|extra5 = Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

|length5 = 4:35

|title6 = Sometimes

|writer6 = {{hlist|Cole|Justin Graham}}

|extra6 = Graham

|length6 = 3:47

|title7 = Take Me Away

|writer7 = {{hlist|Cole|Teray Jones|Irv Gotti}}

|extra7 = {{hlist|Chink Santana|Gotti{{ref|A|[A]}}}}

|length7 = 3:47

|title8 = What You Do to Me

|writer8 = {{hlist|Cole|Santana}}

|extra8 = Santana

|length8 = 4:19

|title9 = Last Hangover

|note9 = featuring Timbaland

|writer9 = {{hlist|Cole|Timothy Mosely|Jerome Harmon|Candice Nelson|Tim Clayton|Jim Beanz}}

|extra9 = Timbaland

|length9 = 4:18

|title10 = Thank You

|note10 = featuring Dr. Yvonne Cole

|writer10 = {{hlist|Cole|Edmund Clement|Kharon Clement}}

|extra10 = {{hlist|Eddie Hustle|KC Hustle}}

|length10 = 3:28

|title11 = Better Me

|writer11 = Diane Warren

|extra11 = {{hlist|Song Dynasty|Fair}}

|length11 = 3:56

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{{tracklist

| headline = Deluxe edition{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004D5SGAO/ |title=Calling All Hearts [Deluxe Edition]: Keyshia Cole: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=2011-02-23}}

|extra_column = Producer(s)

|title1 = I Ain't Thru

|note1 = featuring Nicki Minaj

|writer1 = {{hlist|Cole|Gonzalez|Maraj}}

|extra1 = {{hlist|The ARE|Fair}}

|length1 = 3:59

|title2 = Long Way Down

|writer2 = {{hlist|Cole|Ortiz|Crowe|Jordan}}

|extra2 = J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League

|length2 = 3:59

|title3 = Tired of Doing Me

|note3 = featuring Tank

|writer3 = {{hlist|Cole|Qahhaar|Taylor|Babbs|Franklin|Newt|Valentine|Stephens}}

|extra3 = {{hlist|N8 Tha Maven|Toxic|Fair|Song Dynasty}}

|length3 = 3:30

|title4 = If I Fall in Love Again

|note4 = featuring Faith Evans

|writer4 = {{hlist|Cole|Dillon|Myers|Harvey|Wallace|Bacharach|David}}

|extra4 = {{hlist|Big Wy|Tweek Beats}}

|length4 = 3:29

|title5 = So Impossible

|writer5 = {{hlist|Cole|Harris|Lewis|Carter}}

|extra5 = {{hlist|Jam|Lewis}}

|length5 = 4:35

|title6 = Confused in Love

|writer6 = {{hlist|Cole|Charles Harmon}}

|extra6 = Chuck Harmony

|length6 = 4:25

|title7 = Sometimes

|writer7 = {{hlist|Cole|Justin Graham}}

|extra7 = Graham

|length7 = 3:47

|title8 = Take Me Away

|writer8 = {{hlist|Cole|Santana|Gotti}}

|extra8 = {{hlist|Santana|Gotti{{ref|A|[A]}}}}

|length8 = 3:47

|title9 = What You Do to Me

|writer9 = {{hlist|Cole|Santana}}

|extra9 = Santana

|length9 = 4:19

|title10 = Last Hangover

|note10 = featuring Timbaland

|writer10 = {{hlist|Cole|Mosely|J. Harmon|Nelson|Clayton|Beanz}}

|extra10 = Timbaland

|length10 = 4:18

|title11 = Two Sides to Every Story

|writer11 = {{hlist|Cole|Dontae Winslow}}

|extra11 = Winslow

|length11 = 3:54

|title12 = Where Would We

|writer12 = {{hlist|Cole|Antwan Thompson|Jay Beckenstein}}

|extra12 = Thompson

|length12 = 3:27

|title13 = Thank You

|note13 = featuring Dr. Yvonne Cole

|writer13 = {{hlist|Cole|E. Clement|K. Clement}}

|extra13 = {{hlist|E. Hustle|K. Hustle}}

|length13 = 3:28

|title14 = Better Me

|writer14 = Warren

|extra14 = {{hlist|Song Dynasty|Fair}}

|length14 = 3:56

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;Notes and sample credits

• ^{{{note|A|[A]}}} denotes co-producer
• "If I Fall in Love Again" contains samples from "Warning" by The Notorious B.I.G. "Warning" contains samples of "Walk On By" by Isaac Hayes.{{cite web|url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2010/12/21/spark-missing-on-latest-from-keyshia-cole.html |title=CD Reviews | Spark missing on latest from Keyshia Cole | The Columbus Dispatch |publisher=Dispatch.com |date=2010-12-21 |access-date=2011-02-23}}
• "Where Would We" contains elements of "Amber Dreams" by Spyro Gyra.

Credits for Calling All Hearts adapted from Allmusic.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2082146/credits|pure_url=yes}} Credits: Calling All Hearts]. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.

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• Drew Adams – assistant
• The ARE – producer
• Burt Bacharach – composer
• Matt Bang – engineer
• Jim Beanz – vocal producer
• Big Wy – producer
• Carla Carter – vocals (background)
• Ariel Chobaz – engineer
• Cary Clark – engineer
• Kahron Clement – assistant
• Deron Cole – hair stylist
• Keyshia Cole – A&R, executive producer, vocal producer
• Hal David – composer
• Reginald Dowdley – make-up
• Ron Fair – additional production, executive producer, guitar, producer, string arrangements,
  string conductor, vocal producer
• Ashley Fox – marketing
• Chris Galland – assistant
• Chris Godbey – engineer, mixing
• Irv Gotti – producer
• Alicia Graham – A&R
• Justin "Justa Beast" Graham – producer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Manny Halley – A&R, executive producer
• Renan Harrigan – producer, keyboards
• Deshawn Hendrickson – producer, keyboards
• Tal Herzberg – engineer, pro-tools
• Ghaz Horani – assistant
• Buffy Hubelbank – A&R
• Eddie Hustle – engineer, producer
• KC Hustle – producer
• Jimmy Jam – instrumentation, producer

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• Tiffany Johnson – product manager
• Sly Jordan – vocal producer
• J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League – producer
• Chris Lecky "Lucky" – engineer
• Terry Lewis – producer
• Onika Maraj – composer
• Matt Marrin – mixing
• George McWilliams – art direction, design
• Peter Mokran – mixing
• James Musshorn – assistant
• TheKidMave(N8 Tha Maven) – producer
• David Nakaji – engineer
• Seanitta Parmer – stylist
• Dave Pensado – mixing
• Bill Pettaway – guitar
• Tresa Sanders – publicity
• Kam Sangha – producer
• Chink Santana – producer
• Allen Sides – engineer
• David Slijper – photography
• Song Dynasty – producer
• Eric Stenman – engineer
• Timbaland – producer
• Kyle Townsend – vocal producer
• Toxic – producer
• Tweek Beats – producer
• Van Nakari – assistant
• Diane Warren – composer
• Eric Weaver – assistant
• Tremaine Williams – drum programming, engineer
• Frank Wolf – engineer

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