Full Circle (Boyz II Men album) explained

Full Circle
Type:	studio
Artist:	Boyz II Men
Cover:	B2m-fullcircle.jpg
Released:	July 23, 2002
Recorded:	August 2001–May 2002
Length:	61:11
Label:	Arista
Producer:	Babyface Boyz II Men Edmund "Butter" Clement Ken "F-Fam" Fambro The Goonies Andreao Heard Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Carlos McKinney PAJAM Marvin "Chanz" Parkman Scott Storch
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	The Best of Boyz II Men
Next Year:	2003

Full Circle is the sixth album by American R&B group Boyz II Men. It was released by Arista Records on July 23, 2002 in the United States. Their first project with the label, following their departure from Motown Records and the release of previous album Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya through Universal Records, it features the singles "The Color of Love", written by Babyface and "Relax Your Mind" featuring Faith Evans, Full Circle was the last Boyz II Men album to include bass singer Michael McCary.^[1]

Critical reception

Full Circle received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 69 based on 14 reviews. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic commented, "a little of the stilted, early-'80s funk-influenced hip-hop that marked modern soul, while offering a lot of adult contemporary balladry. Although the group doesn't delve too hard into funk, it still doesn't mesh particularly well together, especially since the material, while well-sung as ever, isn't particularly distinguished. That doesn't mean it's bad – the album is pleasant enough as it spins – but it's simply not that memorable, which is quite a disappointment after the very, very nice Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya."

Accolades

In February 2003, Boyz II Men were nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for R&B/Soul Album Group, Band or Duo for Full Circle.^[2]

Track listing

Sample credits

• "Woman Don't Cry" contains replayed elements from "Lean On Me" (1972) as written and performed by Bill Withers.

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Full Circle!Chart (2002)!Peak
position

Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	73
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[4]	29
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[5]	6
European Albums (Billboard)^[6]	title=Hits of the World - Eurochart	work=Billboard	publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.	date=10 August 2002	accessdate=25 July 2012	49
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[7]	11

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)! scope="col"

Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[8]	127
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[9]	74

Release history

Full Circle release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
United Kingdom	July 22, 2002	Arista
United States	July 23, 2002		CD
Japan

External links

• Boyz II Men Official website
• Boyz 2 men.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: Full Circle . Boyz II Men Official website . 14 July 2009.
2. Web site: Boyz II Men . Rock On The Net . 2012-02-17.
3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
4. Web site: Albums : Top 100. Jam!. August 15, 2002. April 16, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20041210193454/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/prev_081502_ALBUMS.html. December 10, 2004.
5. Web site: R&B : Top 50. Jam!. August 1, 2002. April 16, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20020804080830/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html. August 4, 2002.
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=BQwEAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1
7. Web site: ボーイズ・Ii・メンのアルバム売上ランキング.
8. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184204/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_r&b2.html. September 6, 2004. Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001. Jam!. March 25, 2022.
9. Web site: Year-end Charts: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 2002. Billboard.com. August 9, 2022.