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Where I'm Meant To Be

Ezra Collective

Where I'm Meant To Be

Second album from the five-piece British jazz collective featuring guest appearances from Nao, Kojey Radical, Sampa The Great, and Emeli Sandé

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
Partisan
UK Release date
04/11/2022
US Release date
04/11/2022
  1. 10.0 |   The Observer

    This sophisticated second album from the five instrumentalists could just see them cross over to the big league
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  2. 9.0 |   Clash

    Ezra Collective have once again released an album that is hard to fault
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  3. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    The jazz quintet have crafted a supremely effective call to surrender yourself to the present and celebrate life through dance
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  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    While Where I'm Meant to Be is a logical follow-up to Ezra Collective's debut, it's a soulful, musically advanced, rhythmically infectious one, too
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Ezra Collective's confidence hits a fizzing high on this freewheeling 14-track double. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Record Collector

    It’s hands down the band’s most powerful and compelling musical statement to date; a vivid snapshot of an important inflection point in their career trajectory
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  7. 7.0 |   Gigwise

    A eulogy for the band’s role in the London jazz scene
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  8. 7.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    There are cornball moments – Emeli Sandé delivering the line “Jump into the moment and make sure you make a splash” on the otherwise lovely ‘Siesta’ comes to mind – but Ezra Collective’s earnestness is still infectious. Don’t overthink it
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  9. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Its focus is tighter, its punches more considered. Print edition only


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