Number 1's (Destiny's Child album) pure product and not feel wrong for doing so". Despite classifying its title as "misleading" and criticizing the new material, "Houston Chronicle"s editor Michael D. Clark wrote the album was "dolled up as beautiful and immaculate as" the members of the group and included their best singles from their four studio albums. John A. Hanson of Sputnikmusic felt that the greatest hits album was released "at the perfect time" as many of the songs were released a long time ago and "they've lost the overplayedness, but its soon enough that they still have some sort of relevance". He concluded for
The Way It Is (Keyshia Cole album) The Way It Is (Keyshia Cole album) The Way It Is is the debut studio album by American R&B singer Keyshia Cole; it was released on June 21, 2005, by A&M Records. The album debuted at number six on the US "Billboard" 200 and was supported by five singles, including "Never", "I Changed My Mind", "(I Just Want It) To Be Over", "I Should Have Cheated", and "Love". The album sold 89,000 units in its first week. The album was certified gold within 17 weeks, and then platinum only eight weeks later. The album stayed on the charts for over