# This Is How I Feel > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/This_Is_How_I_Feel > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/This_Is_How_I_Feel.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_How_I_Feel > Source revision: 1352731232 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Tank_(American_singer)) | cover = Tank_this_is_how_i_feel.jpg | alt = | released = May 8, 2012 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 39:55 | label = [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Records) | producer = {{hlist|Tank ([exec.](/source/Executive_producer))|[Christopher Umana](/source/Christopher_Umana)|The Composer|[Danja](/source/Danja_(record_producer))|Patrick Hayes|[The Runners](/source/The_Runners_(production_duo))|[The Underdogs](/source/The_Underdogs_(music_producers))|[Kane Beatz](/source/Kane_Beatz)|[Eric Hudson](/source/Eric_Hudson)|[J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League](/source/J.U.S.T.I.C.E._League)|Invisible|J-Kits|[Kevin McCall](/source/Kevin_McCall)|[Tha Bizness](/source/Tha_Bizness)|St. Nick|[Bryan-Michael Cox](/source/Bryan-Michael_Cox)|Rex Rideout|[T-Minus](/source/T-Minus_(producer))|[Troy Taylor](/source/Troy_Taylor_(record_producer))}} | prev_title = [Now or Never](/source/Now_or_Never_(Tank_album)) | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = [Stronger](/source/Stronger_(Tank_album)) | 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](/source/Tank_(American_singer)). It was released by [Atlantic Records](/source/Atlantic_Records) on May 8, 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/This-Is-How-I-Feel/dp/B007MMRWTG|title = This is How I Feel|website = Amazon|year = 2012}} ==Singles== The album first single "Compliments" was released on October 17, 2011.{{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}} It features [Kris Stephens](/source/Kris_Stephens), and on the album version it features fellow rapper [T.I.](/source/T.I.) The second single "Next Breath" was released on January 3, 2012.{{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}} ==Critical response== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/this-is-how-i-feel-mw0002342490|title=This Is How I Feel – Tank|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|access-date=October 25, 2022}} | rev2 = ''[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|4|10}}{{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](/source/PopMatters)|first=David|last=Amidon|date=July 1, 2012 |access-date=October 25, 2022}} }} David Jeffries of [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) wrote that "Long a cross between [Brian McKnight](/source/Brian_McKnight) and [R. Kelly](/source/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'." ''[PopMatters](/source/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." ==Chart performance== ''This Is How I Feel'' sold 30,000 copies in its first week of release.{{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}} ==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''This Is How I Feel'' – {{nobold|Physical edition}} | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Lonely | note1 = featuring [Chris Brown](/source/Chris_Brown) | writer1 = {{hlist|[Durrell Babbs](/source/Durrell_Babbs)|Brown|Cedric Hailey|Donald DeGrate|[Floyd Bentley](/source/Floyd_Bentley)|[Lonny Bereal](/source/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](/source/Troy_Taylor_(record_producer))}} | extra2 = {{hlist|J-Kits|Taylor}} | length2 = 3:47 | title3 = Compliments | note3 = featuring [Kris Stephens](/source/Kris_Stephens) & [T.I.](/source/T.I.) | writer3 = {{hlist|Babbs|[Clifford Harris](/source/T.I.)|Stephens}} | extra3 = [T-Minus](/source/T-Minus_(record_producer)) | length3 = 4:12 | title4 = Don't Give Up | writer4 = Babbs | extra4 = {{hlist|Tank|The Composer}} | length4 = 3:28 | title5 = Nowhere | note5 = featuring [Busta Rhymes](/source/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](/source/Marcella_Araica)|[Nate Hills](/source/Danja_(record_producer))}} | extra7 = [Danja](/source/Danja_(record_producer)) | 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](/source/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](/source/Christopher_%22C4%22_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](/source/iTunes_Store) deluxe version{{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](/source/iTunes)|date = 8 May 2012}} | extra_column = Producer(s) | title14 = Underrated | writer14 = {{hlist|Babbs|[Curtis Jackson](/source/Curtis_Jackson)|[Andre Young](/source/Dr._Dre)|[Michael Elizondo](/source/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](/source/Jodeci). ==Personnel== Credits for ''This Is How I Feel'' adapted from [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic).{{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}} {{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](/source/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
position |- !scope="row"|US [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200){{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}} |align="center"|9 |- !scope="row"|US ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums](/source/Top_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Albums){{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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|publisher=[Prometheus Global Media](/source/Prometheus_Global_Media)|accessdate=May 26, 2012}} |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''){{cite web|title=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Year End 2014|date=2 January 2013|publisher=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|accessdate=2016-07-31}} | 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](/source/Compact_disc)|[Digital download](/source/Music_download)|[Streaming](/source/Streaming_media)}} | rowspan="1"| [Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Records) | align="center"|{{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](/source/Apple_Music)}} |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Tank (American singer)}} {{Authority control}} 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) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [This Is How I Feel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_How_I_Feel) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_How_I_Feel?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.