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The Pursuit

Jamie Cullum

The Pursuit

Fifth studio album from crossover jazz singer and pianist

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6.5

Label
Decca
UK Release date
09/11/2009
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  1. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Jazzers won't suddenly get the point of Cullum through this, but a lot more pop fans might
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

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  3. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Cullum sounds so completely comfortable with and in control of his music that The Pursuit demands to be taken seriously, even though it doesn’t fit into a genre, style or scene
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  4. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    With The Pursuit, Jamie Cullum may be making insistently pleasing, likable music, but it is not calculated or too easy. This is simply a clear and driving sensibility, an omnivorous way of making music. And it works
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  5. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  6. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Although not technically the twentysomething that caught our attention during the onset of the noughties, with The Pursuit Cullum continues to pursue favour by instilling his blend of poppy jazz in anything that strikes his fancy
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  8. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    ...none of it is a shambles and no one could be left in any doubt that Cullum is moving away from novelty party act into the realm ofserious artist
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  9. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    Inevitably, it's quite a tasteful ride, even when he kicks up his heels on the freewheeling You And Me Are Gone
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  10. 6.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    There’s occasional off-piste frolicking... but Cullum’s fifth is mostly chirpy, jazz-pop, business as usual
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  11. 6.0 |   The Times

    ...he deserves credit for balancing art and entertainment, and sneaking in a measure of swing for the benefit of audiences who probably think John Coltrane is a tubby Scottish crime-buster
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