0602498853368. Pre-Owned: Good condition. CD. Libra marks Toni Braxton s departure from Arista her longtime label. It was a stormy relationship that ended with the fast death of 2002 s fine More Than a Woman. Only one Neptunes-produced single was spun off from it which peaked somewhere in the eighties of the Hot 100. Half a year after the album s release Braxton was off Arista and on the Universal-distributed Blackground but Libra didn t surface until fall of 2005. (Granted Braxton s no stranger to protracted gaps in her release schedule.) Libra offers no surprises. It s lean and balanced just like all other Braxton albums though too many songs are tepid and merely functional for background listening so it winds up a safe distance from the likes of the self-titled debut and Secrets. Take This Ring produced by Rich Harrison adds some unexpected rambunctiousness yet it s about one-tenth as exciting as Amerie s like-sounding 1 Thing (also Harrison s work). Beyond the obvious single choices -- produced by big names like Scott Storch and Bryan-Michael Cox -- two songs handled by the Underdogs Antonio Dixon ( Sposed to Be and Finally ) are as sublime and plush as any other pair in Braxton s catalog. Although this is her spottiest album to date her fans shouldn t have any trouble appreciating it. ~ Andy Kellman Rovi