2 0 0 9 ▁Production ▁for ▁Lady ▁Love ▁originally ▁began ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁with ▁a ▁release ▁scheduled ▁several ▁times ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁However ▁this ▁was ▁post pon ed ▁due ▁to ▁lack ▁of ▁fund ing ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁Capit ol ▁Records ▁and ▁Virgin ▁Records ▁mer ger ▁that ▁had ▁earlier ▁affected ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁her ▁third ▁single ▁" Ob vious ". ▁In ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁release ▁date ▁for ▁Lady ▁Love ▁was ▁announced ▁to ▁be ▁May ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁then ▁pushed ▁to ▁June ▁ 1 6 , ▁and ▁finally ▁set ▁to ▁August ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁Am id st ▁much ▁anticip ation ▁for ▁the ▁album ▁release , ▁L uck ett ▁released ▁a ▁five - track ▁sam pler ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁The ▁sam pler ▁features ▁first ▁single ▁" Not ▁An ym ore " ▁and ▁ 1 ▁minute ▁ 3 0 - second ▁sni ppets ▁of ▁" Reg ret ", ▁" She ▁Ain ' t ▁Got ... ", ▁" L ady ▁Love " ▁and ▁" M atter ". ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁released ▁to ▁CD ▁and ▁music ▁download ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁and ▁world wide ▁a ▁day ▁earlier . ▁An ▁explicit ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁( b ear ing ▁a ▁Par ental ▁Ad vis ory ▁label ) ▁was ▁also ▁made ▁available . ▁To