Love After War is the fifth studio album by American R&B recording artist Robin Thicke. It was released on December 6, 2011, by Star Trak Entertainment in the United States. Drawing on Thicke's experiences of becoming a father and his relationship with Paula Patton, the album explores the "inner wars" of relationships and personal struggles, emphasizing love, compassion, patience, and understanding. Thicke wrote and produced the album himself, with Lil Wayne as its sole guest collaborator. The album received generally mixed-to-positive reviews, with critics praising Thicke's vocals, romantic songwriting, and polished blend of soul, funk, and bossa nova influences, while some found the 17-track album repetitive or overly superficial. Commercially, the underperformed. It debuted at number 22 on the US Billboard 200 and number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, becoming his fourth consecutive top-ten album on the latter chart but his first since A Beautiful World to miss the Billboard 200 top ten. The album's title track became Thicke's second number one hit on the US Adult R&B Songs chart. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Af...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)