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Riffiter listeners rate Here I Stand 2.3/5 from 3 ratings.

When was Here I Stand released?

Here I Stand was released in 2008 on LaFace Records.

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Here I Stand has 19 tracks, with a runtime of 77 minutes.

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Here I Stand is catalogued under R&B, Hip-Hop.

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Here I Stand runs at a median tempo of 112 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# minor, measured from audio analysis.

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Album · 2008

Here I Stand

by Usher

Here I Stand is a 2008 R&B album by Usher. It runs 19 tracks across 77 minutes on LaFace Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 2.3/5 from 3 ratings.

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10 critics: 19
Tracks: 77 min
Runtime: 112 bpm
Tempo: A# minor
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Chicago Sun-Times3.5/4
USA Today3.5/4
Entertainment WeeklyB+
The A.V. ClubB
Los Angeles Times3/4
AllMusic3.5/5
Blender3/5
Slant Magazine2.5/5
Rolling Stone2.5/5
The Observer1/5
Metacriticaggregate65/100

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Here I Stand is the fifth studio album by American R&B recording artist Usher, released on May 13, 2008 by LaFace Records. Inspired by love for his new wife-Tameka Foster-and son, Usher recorded many ballads for the album. Prior to the album's recording, Usher split with his mother, Jonnetta Patton, as manager and hired Benny Medina. Usher's estranged father died months before the release of Here I Stand; this also influenced themes of the album. It was originally to be titled "Measure of a Man", but Usher named it Here I Stand to mark "a new chapter in life". Usher promoted Here I Stand by performing on several television shows including Total Request Live, 106 & Park and Good Morning America. Among other concert appearances, he embarked on a One Night Stand: Ladies Only Tour, performing fifteen shows in November 2008. Five singles were released from Here I Stand: "Love in This Club", "Love in This Club Part II", "Moving Mountains", "What's Your Name" and "Trading Places". "Love in This Club", which features rapper Young Jeezy, topped the Billboard Hot 100 and New Zealand Singles Chart.

Here I Stand received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Some music critics praised Usher's growth and maturity, while others were unimpressed by the change in style from Confessions (2004). Here I Stand debuted atop the Billboard 200, and sold 433,000 copies in the US in its first week of release, and has since sold 1.5 million copies in that country. The album also reached number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, UK Albums Chart and Australian Albums Chart, and has sold five million units worldwide. Although it had sold two million copies by August 2008, Here I Stand was seen as a commercial failure relative to Confessions, which had sold nineteen million copies. Tyler Lewis of PopMatters put the album's limited success down to Usher's and Foster's marriage; he believed that Usher's fans disliked Foster, whom he divorced in 2009.

In brief

Is Here I Stand good?: Riffiter listeners rate Here I Stand 2.3/5 from 3 ratings.
When was Here I Stand released?: Here I Stand was released in 2008 on LaFace Records.
How many tracks are on Here I Stand?: Here I Stand has 19 tracks, with a runtime of 77 minutes.
What genre is Here I Stand?: Here I Stand is catalogued under R&B, Hip-Hop.
What BPM is Here I Stand?: Here I Stand runs at a median tempo of 112 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Here I Stand?: Listeners of Here I Stand also rate Royalty by Chris Brown, Talk That Talk by Rihanna, In My Own Words by Ne-Yo.