September 19Sep 19 This was a good first listen (finally managed to hear it today!!) A real shame it didn’t do anything as it’s the best work that they’ve done for a long while as a whole album. Shades of it reminded me of 30 by Adele in the more jazz esque numbers and productive style but I really enjoyed the vocals on this album and appreciated that they shone.I don’t necessarily feel like the album was a radio album or a mainstream one but I do feel like critically speaking critics would appreciate what it was they were trying to do and i definitely thought Sam’s fanbase would’ve at least given them a top 5 album on week one! A solid album though. I can see myself going back to a few songs off of this!
Tuesday at 21:393 days On 19/09/2026 at 10:00, jord said:This was a good first listen (finally managed to hear it today!!)A real shame it didn’t do anything as it’s the best work that they’ve done for a long while as a whole album. Shades of it reminded me of 30 by Adele in the more jazz esque numbers and productive style but I really enjoyed the vocals on this album and appreciated that they shone.I don’t necessarily feel like the album was a radio album or a mainstream one but I do feel like critically speaking critics would appreciate what it was they were trying to do and i definitely thought Sam’s fanbase would’ve at least given them a top 5 album on week one!A solid album though. I can see myself going back to a few songs off of this!Sam wanted to leave the business aspect for this album, if you go to the guardian interview, Sam stated how creatively “stunted” they were trying to maintain the mainstream appeal, which I have to respect, the album is their highest on Metacritic at 78, despite the commercial flop it brought acclaim to them.
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