Track Listing

1. Please
2. Trippin' (That's the Way Love Works)
3. What's Good
4. Take This Ring
5. Midnite
6. I Wanna Be (Your Baby)
7. Sposed to Be
8. Stupid
9. Finally
10. Shadowless

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65639 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-27
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Toni Braxton delivers Libra nearly a decade after she busted up the R&B landscape with her gut-wrenching appeal, on 1996's Secrets, that a wayward lover un-break her heart. Back then, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds was helming her records, and with his sound came a certain spun-silk smooth, wistful sensibility. Braxton may have been one of his better students, but Babyface's sound didn't hold up (for proof, check his own 2005 disc, Grown & Sexy). Where some breathy, smoky-voiced sirens might have called it a day, scampering off into career obscurity with their six Grammys in tow, Braxton resists the temptation to quit or to satiate the faithful with a yawny record; Libra, more than just a vehicle for evolving, adapting, and overcoming, is among the freshest, most tastefully done R&B discs to come out in 2005. Highlights belong strictly to the first half, with opener "Please" swinging wide the door for what will universally be recognized as this disc's two best tracks: "Trippin' (That's the Way Love Works)" belongs to that oft-strived-for league of songs that merit the tag "irresistible," and "Take this Ring," with its blaxploitation-film soundtrack effects, splices in just enough funk--and the right kind--to fuel a thousand replays. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews

Toni's Best!!!!!!
This is Toni's best album to date, even better than her biggest selling album Secrets. This is a great album but flopped because Toni and Blackground didn't see eye to eye and Blackground failed to promote this album at all. Huge mistake they could've made millions off this album. Standout tracks include Please, Trippin, Midnite, I wanna Be your Baby, and Shadowless, which is probably one of the most beautiful songs you'll ever hear. This album ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Worth The Money
Toni Braxton is one of those artists with a voice that is truly one-in-a-million. With sultry notes her voice is unforgettable. Apart from the very short length of this album this is a great album for her. Suddenly, Stupid and Please are album favorites that are sure to get your attention. So now the only question that I have is, "Toni, when will you release another album for us"? KMD

Great album but I can see why It flopped.
Overall, I Think Libra is a great album but I can really see why it flopped. For one, I think Please was the wrong choice for a lead single. Secondly, Some of the best songs were left off the album. I think if she had kept "Happily Unhappy" on the album and made it the first single, the album would have sold more. ("Happily Unhappy" Was included as a bonus digital download with copies purchased at I Think Circuit City when the album was first released back in 2005. I also think it's the best track). Also, moving to Blackground records was a HUGE mistake. That label has gone downhill since Aaliyah (RIP) has passed away. I think the lyrics should have also been included as her low, sultry voice sometimes is hard to understand. I also feel that is she left some of the leftover tracks on the album, (7 tracks total were left off; some did make it onto this European edition of the album), it would have sold better.

Overall, Libra is a good album. I hope Toni can make a comeback.

My top 5 tracks (Some not included on album; also not in order)
1. Please
2. Happily Unhappy
3. Places (Incuded as a Digital Download back when first released at Wal-Mart)
4. I Wanna Be (Your Baby)
5. I Hate You