''Savage'' is the eighth studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter

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. It was released on September 29, 2017 by

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and his synergetic label R&B Money. The album debuted and peaked at number 24 number US ''Billboard'' 200 and at number 17 on ''Billboard''s

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. The album's leading single " When We" became his first US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 entry as a solo artist in over a decade and peaked at number one on the

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chart.

Critical reception

Andy Kellman of

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rated ''Savage'' two and a half out of five stars. He wrote that "this isn't quite as jarring as hearing a

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album by an artist who debuted in the early '70s — Babbs is genuinely plugged into the material with a voice at full, commanding power — but the quality of the material is ultimately unexceptional."

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

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