Elgin (album)
Elgin is the seventh studio album by American R&B singer Ginuwine. It was released by Notifi Music Group and E1 Music on February 15, 2011. The singer worked with producers Bryan-Michael Cox, Tapping Warren, Kendrick Dean, Melvin "Saint Nick" Coleman, MaddScientist, and Tank on the album. The guest was the songwriter and rapper Katrina "Trina" Taylor on the track "Batteries". Singles. The first single off the album was "What Could Have Been", released in October 2010. "Heaven" was the second official single. Ginuwine filmed two promo music videos for "Break" and "Drink of Choice". "Body" was the  third single from the album. Critical reception. AllMusic editor Andy Kellman rated the album three out of five stars and found that "while "Batteries" and a handful of other tracks would be better suited for younger singers, roughly half the album has Ginuwine acting his age, dealing with adult situations [...] Best of all is "Frozen"; audible shivering sounds overstate the mood projected by a scorned object of affection, but frost-coated synthesizers provide great contrast to Ginuwine's sympathetic pleading." Mark Edward Nero from About.com called the album "stylish [and] sophisticated," but found that "unfortunately some of the albums songs  lack the passion of his earlier releases [...] Despite Ginuwine focusing more on ballads and romantic tracks at this stage of his career, it's actually the more uptempo tracks on "Elgin" that please the most [...] Ginuwine could have tried to hop on the latest trends with this album in an effort to attract more young listeners, but to his credit, he acts his age throughout "Elgin" and shows that he's still got the power as a vocalist to charm the masses, even if his songs lack some of the creativity of his youth." Chart performance. "Elgin" debuted at number  30 on the US "Billboard" 200 with 19,100 copies sold in the first week. Track listing. Credits lifted from the liner notes of "Elgin".