{{for|the Future Loop Foundation album|This Is How I Feel (Future Loop Foundation album)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = This Is How I Feel | type = studio | artist = Tank | cover = Tank_this_is_how_i_feel.jpg | alt = | released = May 8, 2012 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 39:55 | label = Atlantic | producer = {{hlist|Tank <small>(exec.)</small>|Christopher Umana|The Composer|Danja|Patrick Hayes|The Runners|The Underdogs|Kane Beatz|Eric Hudson|J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League|Invisible|J-Kits|Kevin McCall|Tha Bizness|St. Nick|Bryan-Michael Cox|Rex Rideout|T-Minus|Troy Taylor}} | prev_title = Now or Never | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Stronger | next_year = 2014 | misc = {{Singles | name = This Is How I Feel | type = Studio | single1 = Compliments | single1date = October 17, 2011 | single2 = Next Breath | single2date = January 3, 2012 }} }}
'''''This is How I Feel''''' is the fifth studio album by the R&B singer Tank. It was released by Atlantic Records on May 8, 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/This-Is-How-I-Feel/dp/B007MMRWTG|title = This is How I Feel|website = Amazon|year = 2012}}</ref>
==Singles== The album first single "Compliments" was released on October 17, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/compliments-feat-kris-stephens-single/470758734|title=Compliments (feat. Kris Stephens) - Single by Tank|date=17 October 2011|publisher=iTunes Store. Apple|access-date=2011-10-17}}</ref> It features Kris Stephens, and on the album version it features fellow rapper T.I. The second single "Next Breath" was released on January 3, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/next-breath-single/490093804|title=Next Breath - Single by Tank|date=3 January 2012|publisher=iTunes Store. Apple|access-date=2012-01-03}}</ref>
==Critical response== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-how-i-feel-mw0002342490|title=This Is How I Feel – Tank|website=AllMusic|access-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref> | rev2 = ''PopMatters'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|4|10}}<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/160199-tank-this-is-how-i-feel-2495839554.html|title=Tank: This Is How I Feel|website=PopMatters|first=David|last=Amidon|date=July 1, 2012 |access-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref> }} David Jeffries of AllMusic wrote that "Long a cross between Brian McKnight and R. Kelly, R&B's smooth – but chiseled – operator Tank tips the scales toward the [Kelly] side on his 2012 release, filling the album with dreamy, lush productions and 'adults-only' lyrics that sometimes reach the level of 'shameful adults only'."<ref name="AllMusic"/> ''PopMatters'' editor David Amidon found that ''This Is How I Feel'' "clocks in as Tank’s shortest project yet at just ten tracks and 40 minutes, but somehow it still manages to be something of a trial to get through [...] If you’re just an unabashed fan of male R&B vocals, or the sight of Tank’s pecs on the cover has some sort of brainwashing effect on you, ''This Is How I Feel'' might be worth a few cursory spins on Spotify or what have you, but otherwise this is a release that will come and go with very little fanfare."<ref name="popmatters"/>
==Chart performance== ''This Is How I Feel'' sold 30,000 copies in its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sohh.com/2012/05/tanks_this_is_how_i_feel_first-week_sale.html |title=Tank's "This Is How I Feel" First-Week Sales Projections Revealed {{!}} SOHH.COM |website=www.sohh.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513091352/http://www.sohh.com/2012/05/tanks_this_is_how_i_feel_first-week_sale.html |archive-date=2012-05-13}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''This Is How I Feel'' – {{nobold|Physical edition}} | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Lonely | note1 = featuring Chris Brown | writer1 = {{hlist|Durrell Babbs|Brown|Cedric Hailey|Donald DeGrate|Floyd Bentley|Lonny Bereal|James Smith|Kristina Stephens|Melvin Monroe|Vincent Watson}} | extra1 = Invisible | length1 = 4:54 | title2 = Your One | writer2 = {{hlist|Babbs|Jerren "J-Kits" Spruill|Troy Taylor}} | extra2 = {{hlist|J-Kits|Taylor}} | length2 = 3:47 | title3 = Compliments | note3 = featuring Kris Stephens & T.I. | writer3 = {{hlist|Babbs|Clifford Harris|Stephens}} | extra3 = T-Minus | length3 = 4:12 | title4 = Don't Give Up | writer4 = Babbs | extra4 = {{hlist|Tank|The Composer}} | length4 = 3:28 | title5 = Nowhere | note5 = featuring Busta Rhymes | writer5 = {{hlist|Babbs|Bentley|Bereal|Smith|Monroe}} | extra5 = Tank | length5 = 3:31 | title6 = Off Your Hands | writer6 = {{hlist|Babbs|Kevin McCall}} | extra6 = McCall | length6 = 3:37 | title7 = This Is How I Feel | writer7 = {{hlist|Babbs|Stephens|Luke Boyd|Marcella Araica|Nate Hills}} | extra7 = Danja | length7 = 4:16 | title8 = Next Breath | writer8 = {{hlist|Babbs|Christopher Umana|McCall|Micah Powell|Sammie Bush}} | extra8 = {{hlist|Tank|The Composer|Christopher "C4" Umana|Rex Rideout}} | length8 = 3:30 | title9 = Better Than Me | writer9 = {{hlist|Babbs|Eric Hudson}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Tank|Hudson}} | length9 = 3:53 | title10 = Lost It All | writer10 = {{hlist|Babbs|Patrick Hayes|Taylor}} | extra10 = {{hlist|Hayes|Taylor}} | length10 = 4:42 }} {{Track listing | headline = ''This Is How I Feel'' – {{nobold|Digital edition}} | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = How I Feel (Intro) | writer1 = Babbs | extra1 = Tank | length1 = 2:10 | title2 = Lonely | note2 = featuring Chris Brown | writer2 = {{hlist|Babbs|Brown|Hailey|DeGrate|Bentley|Bereal|Smith|Stephens|Monroe|Watson}} | extra2 = Invisible | length2 = 4:54 | title3 = Your One | writer3 = {{hlist|Babbs|Spruill|Taylor}} | extra3 = {{hlist|J-Kits|Taylor}} | length3 = 3:47 | title4 = Compliments (Interlude) | writer4 = Babbs | extra4 = Tank | length4 = 1:27 | title5 = Compliments | note5 = featuring Kris Stephens & T.I. | writer5 = {{hlist|Babbs|Harris|Stephens}} | extra5 = T-Minus | length5 = 4:12 | title6 = Don't Give Up | writer6 = Babbs | extra6 = {{hlist|Tank|The Composer}} | length6 = 3:28 | title7 = Nowhere | note7 = featuring Busta Rhymes | writer7 = {{hlist|Babbs|Bentley|Bereal|Smith|Monroe}} | extra7 = Tank | length7 = 3:31 | title8 = Off Your Hands | writer8 = {{hlist|Babbs|McCall}} | extra8 = McCall | length8 = 3:37 | title9 = This Is How I Feel (Interlude) | writer9 = Babbs | extra9 = Tank | length9 = 2:03 | title10 = This Is How I Feel | writer10 = {{hlist|Babbs|Stephens|Boyd|Araica|Hills}} | extra10 = Danja | length10 = 4:16 | title11 = Next Breath | writer11 = {{hlist|Babbs|Umana|McCall|Powell|Bush}} | extra11 = {{hlist|Tank|The Composer|Umana|Rideout}} | length11 = 3:30 | title12 = Better Than Me | writer12 = {{hlist|Babbs|Hudson}} | extra12 = {{hlist|Tank|Hudson}} | length12 = 3:53 | title13 = Lost It All | writer13 = {{hlist|Babbs|Hayes|Taylor}} | extra13 = {{hlist|Hayes|Taylor}} | length13 = 4:42 }}
{{Track listing | headline = iTunes Store deluxe version<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/this-is-how-i-feel-deluxe/520602283|title = This is How I Feel (Deluxe Version) by Tank|website = iTunes|date = 8 May 2012}}</ref> | extra_column = Producer(s)
| title14 = Underrated | writer14 = {{hlist|Babbs|Curtis Jackson|Andre Young|Michael Elizondo}} | extra14 = Tank | length14 = 3:56
| title15 = Crazy | note15 = featuring Kevin McCall | writer15 = {{hlist|Babbs|McCall}} | extra15 = McCall | length15 = 3:39
| title16 = Underrated | note16 = music video | length16 = 4:02 }} ;Samples *"Lonely" contains elements of "My Heart Belongs to You" as performed by Jodeci.
==Personnel== Credits for ''This Is How I Feel'' adapted from Allmusic.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-how-i-feel-mw0002342490/credits|title=This Is How I Feel - Tank: Credits: AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}* Rebecca Alexis – stylist * Marcella Araica – composer * Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica – engineer, mixing * John Armstrong – engineer * Durrell Babbs – composer, executive producer, producer * Paul Bailey – engineer * Aaron Bay–Schuck – A&R * Floyd E. Bentley III Composer * Britney Bereal – vocals (Background) * Charlie Bereal – guitar * Lonny Bereal – composer * Josh Berg – engineer * Luke Boyd – composer, vocals (Background) * Chris Brown – composer, Featured Artist * Sammie Bush – composer, vocals (Background) * Clifford Harris – composer * The Composer – producer * Danja – producer * Donald DeGrate – composer * Dustin Douglass – engineer * Lanre Gaba – A&R * Doug Geikie – engineer * Jimmy Gonzales – engineer * Cedric Hailey – composer * Trehy Harris – Assistant * Nico Hartikainen – engineer * Patrick "Guitarboy" Hayes Composer, Producer * Nate Hills – composer * Eric Hudson – composer, producer * Jaycen Joshua – mixing {{col-2}} * David Kutch – Mastering * Christian Lantry – Photography * William Marshall – Hair Stylist, Make–Up * Kevin McCall – composer, producer, vocals (Background) * Peter Mokran – mixing * Melvin R. Monroe III Composer * Mark Obriski – Art Direction, Design * Rhea Pasricha – A&R * Micah Powell – composer, vocals (Background) * Erik Reichers – engineer * Rex Rideout – additional production * Poet Ed Sanders – Assistant * Phil Scott III – engineer * James "J–Doe" Smith – composer * Jerren Spruill – composer * Jerren "J–Kits" Spruill – producer * Marsha St. Hubert – Marketing * Kris Stephens – Featured Artist * Kristina Stephens – composer * T.I. – Featured Artist * Tank – Primary Artist, Producer * Troy Taylor – composer, producer * T–Minus – producer * Alex Heme Toval – engineer * Carolyn Tracey – Package Production * Sergio "Sergical" Tsai – engineer * Christopher Umana – composer, producer * Vincent Watson – composer * Vincent "Invincible" Watson – producer {{col-end}}
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''This Is How I Feel'' |- !scope="col"|Chart (2012) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tank|chart=Billboard 200}}|title=Tank Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 100 Albums|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref> |align="center"|9 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tank|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums B}}|title=Tank Album & Song Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=May 26, 2012}}</ref> |align="center"|1 |- |} {{col-2}}
=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ Year-end chart performance for ''This Is How I Feel'' |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2012) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="year-end2">{{cite web|title=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Year End 2014|date=2 January 2013|publisher=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|accessdate=2016-07-31}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|63 |} {{col-end}}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ ''This Is How I Feel'' release history |- ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- ! scope="row"| Various | rowspan="1"| May 8, 2012 | rowspan="1"| {{hlist|CD|Digital download|Streaming}} | rowspan="1"| Atlantic | align="center"|<ref name="Apple">{{Cite web|title=This Is How I Feel by Tank|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/this-is-how-i-feel/520602072|access-date=October 25, 2022|website=Apple Music}}</ref> |}
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Category:2012 albums Category:Tank (American singer) albums Category:Atlantic Records albums Category:Albums produced by Danja (record producer) Category:Albums produced by Eric Hudson Category:Albums produced by T-Minus (producer)