Love and Compromise

Love and Compromise is the debut studio album by Mahalia. It was released on 6 September 2019.^[2][3] It peaked at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart^[4] and number 3 on the UK R&B Albums Chart.^[5]

Love and Compromise
Studio album by Mahalia
Released	6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)
Genre	R&B[1]
Length	43:23
Label	Asylum
Mahalia chronology
Seasons (2018) Love and Compromise (2019) Isolation Tapes (2020)
Singles from Love and Compromise
"I Wish I Missed My Ex" Released: 31 May 2018 "Do Not Disturb" Released: 6 February 2019 "Simmer" Released: 3 July 2019 "Square 1" Released: 23 August 2019 "What You Did" Released: 4 September 2019

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Clash	8/10[8]
The Line of Best Fit	9/10[9]
NME	[10]
The Observer	[11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[6]

Max Gayler of The Line of Best Fit described the album as "an outrageously consistent record full of sonic momentum and gripping lyricism."^[9] Andy Kellman of AllMusic wrote, "No matter how detailed the productions get, they don't obstruct the vocals, which are consistently dynamic without being showy."^[7]

Track listing

Love and Compromise track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hide Out"	Mahalia Burkmar Addrisi Addrisi Timothy James Worthington	Maths Time Joy	2:49
2.	"I Wish I Missed My Ex"	Burkmar Alastair O'Donnell Dan Adekugbe Nathaniel J. Warner Worthington Akelle Charles Ras Haile Alexander Louis-Rae Beadle	Maths Time Joy Swindle	3:25
3.	"Simmer" (featuring Burna Boy)	Burkmar Wayne Hector Damini Ogulu Felix Joseph Jeremy Harding Jonah Christian Kwadwo Amponsah	Joseph Christian	2:47
4.	"Good Company" (featuring Terrace Martin)	Burkmar Martin Joseph Kevin Roosevelt	Joseph Roosevelt Martin	5:07
5.	"What Am I?"	Burkmar Joseph Mark Spears Sam Dew	Larrance 1500 Sounwave	2:28
6.	"Regular People" (featuring Hamzaa and Lucky Daye)	Burkmar O'Donnell Dan Diggas Dustin "Dab" Bowie Joseph Malika Hamzaa Jonny Lattimer David Brown	DJ Dahi Joseph	3:01
7.	"Karma"	Burkmar Diggas Joseph Lattimer Warner	Diggas Joseph	4:18
8.	"He's Mine"	Burkmar O'Donnell Diggas Joseph Lattimer	Joseph	3:11
9.	"What You Did" (featuring Ella Mai)	Burkmar Ella Mai Howell Andrew "Pop" Wansel Joseph Jameel Roberts Norman Whitfield	Pop Wansel	3:26
10.	"Do Not Disturb"	Burkmar O'Donnell Aston Rudi Joseph Lattimer	Joseph	3:50
11.	"Richie"	Burkmar O'Donnell Joseph Dew Spears	Joseph Sounwave	2:27
12.	"Consistency"	Burkmar Joseph Warner	Joseph	2:54
13.	"Square 1"	Burkmar O'Donnell Rudi Diggas Joseph Warner	Diggas Joseph	3:40

Charts

Chart performance for Love and Compromise

Chart (2019)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[4]	28
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[5]	3