So Much Better (album)

So Much Better
So Much Better
Studio album by Carl Thomas
Released	May 30, 2007; June 5, 2007
Length	68:22
Label	Bungalo, Universal
Producer	Big Jim; Mike City; Bryan-Michael Cox; Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis; A. Jermaine Mobley; Hakim Young;
Carl Thomas chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[1]

So Much Better is the third album by American R&B singer Carl Thomas. It was released by Bungalo Records on June 5, 2007 in the United States. The album marked Thomas's debut release with the label following his departure from Bad Boy Records after the release of his second album Let's Talk About It (2004). The singer reteamed with frequent collaborator Mike City to work on the majority of So Much Better. Distribution of the album was overseen by Universal Records.

The album debuted at number 25 on the US Billboard 200, selling about 28,000 copies in its first week.^[2] The cover for So Much Better was photographed by former rapper D-Nice while the A&R overseeing the project were Hakim Green and Vincent "Tuffy" Morgan, members of the mid-1990s hip hop group Channel Live.

Track listing[edit]

*So Much Better* – Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)
1.	"If I Could" (Intro)	Thomas Michael Flowers D.J. Rogers	Mike City
2.	"Another You"	Flowers	City
3.	"2 Pieces"	Flowers	City
4.	"Thought You Should Know" (featuring Lalah Hathaway)	Thomas A. Jermaine Mobley Hakim Young Gordon Chambers Troy Taylor Claude Kelly	Mobley Young
5.	"Somethin' Bout You" (featuring Brandy)	Flowers	City
6.	"If That Ain't Love"	Flowers	City
7.	"Late Night Rendezvous"	Flowers	City
8.	"Get You Back" (Interlude)	Thomas Flowers	City
9.	"So Much Better"	Flowers	City
10.	"Oh No (You Can't Be Serious)"	Thomas Taylor Mobley Young	Mobley Young
11.	"Can't Get Over" (featuring Dave Hollister)	Flowers	City
12.	"How Can We"	Flowers	City
13.	"If You Ever"	Thomas Bryan Michael Cox	Cox
14.	"Say I Do"	Thomas Taylor Mobley Young	Mobley Young
15.	"I Miss You" (Interlude)	Flowers	City
16.	"Home"	Thomas James Harris III Terry Lewis James Wright	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Big Jim^[A]
17.	"Outro" (Remix) (featuring E-40)	Flowers	City
18.	"Oh No (You Can't Be Serious)" (Remix) (featuring Baby Cham)	Thomas Taylor Mobley Young Dave Kelly Damian Beckett	City

Circuit City bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
19.	"No Trouble"
20.	"All My Life"

Notes and sample credits

^{^[A]} denotes co-producer

Personnel[edit]

Drum Programming and Keyboards: Mike City, A. Jermaine Mobley, Jimmy Jam, James "Big Jim" Wright
Drums: Isaiah "IZ" Avila
Guitar: Natural, Erik Walls, Donald "Pup Dawg"
Background vocals: Mike City, Lalah Hathaway, Brandy, Claude Kelly, Gordon Chambers, Di Reed
Recording and mixing engineers: Francis "Franchise" Graham, Matt Marrin, Titanic Tracks, Troy Taylor, Jeff Jones, Sam Waters, Vincent "Tuffy" Morgan

Executive producer: Carl Thomas, Mike City, Jheryl Busby
Mastering: Gene Grimaldi
A&R direction: Hakim Green, Vincent "Tuffy" Morgan
Photography: Derrick "D-Nice" Jones, Parrish Lewis
Art direction & design: Rab Butler

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (2007)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	25
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	2

References[edit]

^ About.com review
^ Katie Hasty, "T-Pain Soars To No. 1 Ahead Of Rihanna, McCartney", Billboard.com, June 13, 2007.
^ "Carl Thomas Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
^ "Carl Thomas Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

[1] About.com review

[2] Katie Hasty, "T-Pain Soars To No. 1 Ahead Of Rihanna, McCartney", Billboard.com, June 13, 2007.

[ac_Billboard200_Carl_Thomas-3] "Carl Thomas Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Carl_Thomas-4] "Carl Thomas Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 29, 2015.

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