A Perfect Contradiction

A Perfect Contradiction is a studio album. It is the third one by the English recording artist Paloma Faith. It was released by Sony Music Entertainment on 10 March 2014. The album is a pop album. It has elements of R&B, jazz, soul, Motown and disco. The album received mixed to positive reviews; it spawned six singles; "Can't Rely on You", "Only Love Can Hurt Like This", "Trouble with My Baby", "Ready for the Good Life", "Leave While I'm Not Looking" and "Beauty Remains"; the first two of these charted within the top 10 in the United Kingdom and "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" topped the charts in Australia.

Track listing

A Perfect Contradiction – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Can't Rely on You"Pharrell WilliamsWilliams3:15
2."Mouth to Mouth"
  • Saadiq
  • AC Burrell[a]
  • G'harah Degeddingseze[a]
  • Stinson[b]
4:23
3."Take Me"
  • Mr Hudson
  • Degeddingseze[a]
  • Burrell[a]
3:10
4."Only Love Can Hurt Like This"
3:52
5."Other Woman"
  • Faith
  • Ben Drew
  • Eric Appapoulay
  • Kieron Mcintosh
  • Plan B
  • Appapoulay[a]
  • Mcintosh[a]
3:08
6."Taste My Own Tears"
  • Burrell
  • Degeddingseze
  • Matthewman[b]
3:02
7."Trouble with My Baby"
Robson3:00
8."The Bigger You Love (The Harder You Fall)"
  • Gerald A Marcellino
  • Melvin E Larson
  • Dylan Wiggins
  • Stinson[b]
3:01
9."Impossible Heart"
  • Faith
  • Chris Braide
  • Braide
  • Burrell[a]
  • Degeddingseze[a]
4:31
10."Love Only Leaves You Lonely"
  • Faith
  • Saadiq
  • Stinson
  • Wiggins
  • Saadiq
  • Wiggins
  • Stinson[b]
4:31
11."It's the Not Knowing"
  • Faith
  • Matthewman
3:29
Total length:39:22
A Perfect Contradiction – Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Can't Rely on You" (Live from the Kitchen)Faith, Williams3:42
13."Trouble with My Baby" (Live from the Living Room)Faith, Martin, Robson2:57
14."Only Love Can Hurt Like This" (Off the Cuff)Warren3:43
15."It's the Not Knowing" (Exposed Version)Faith, Matthewman3:35
A Perfect Contradiction: Outsiders' Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Beauty Remains"
Bernard Butler3:36
13."Ready for the Good Life"
  • Faith
  • Klas Åhlund
  • Adam Baptiste
  • Måns Wredenburg
  • Linus Wiklund
Åhlund3:25
14."Leave While I'm Not Looking"Diane Warren
  • Komi
  • JL
  • Burrell
3:53
15."Changing" (alternate version)
  • Peter Kelleher
  • Ben Kohn
  • Tom Barnes
  • Wayne Hector
  • Ella Eyre
  • BB Banks
  • Faith[c]
  • David Odlum[c]
3:16
A Perfect Contradiction: Outsiders' Edition – Deluxe edition (disc 2)
No.TitleLength
1."Mouth to Mouth" (Live from BBC Proms 2014)4:44
2."Take Me" (Live from BBC Proms 2014)4:47
3."Trouble with My Baby" (Live from BBC Proms 2014)3:24
4."I'd Rather Go Blind" (with Ty Taylor) (Live from BBC Proms 2014)5:27
5."Other Woman" (Live from BBC Proms 2014)3:50
6."It's the Not Knowing" (Live from BBC Proms 2014)3:58
7."Only Love Can Hurt Like This" (Live from BBC Proms 2014)4:12
8."Upside Down" (Live from BBC Proms 2014)4:47
9."Can't Rely on You" (Live from BBC Proms 2014)4:41

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Mike Wass. "Paloma Faith Reveals Stunning 'A Perfect Contradiction' Cover And Tracklist | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on". Idolator.com. Retrieved 2014-01-24.[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ "Paloma Faith - My next single is… 'Leave While I'm Not... - Facebook". facebook.com.
  3. ↑ "A Perfect Contradiction Outsiders' Edition". Amazon.com.
  4. ↑ Beauty Remains. 9 October 2014 – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "ACE Title Search". ascap.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Changing. 11 May 2015 – via YouTube.
  7. ↑ "iTunes – Music – A Perfect Contradiction Outsiders' Edition (Deluxe Version) by Paloma Faith". iTunes Store.[permanent dead link]
  8. ↑ "Paloma Faith Setlist". setlist.fm.