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Seasons Of My Soul

Rumer

Seasons Of My Soul

Debut album from English singer-songwriter Sarah Joyce

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7.8

Label
Atlantic
UK Release date
01/11/2010
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  1. 10.0 |   Mojo

    There are sensitive soul and intimate folk numbers, smoky torch ballads and '60s-styled Brit pop schooled by the greats. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Q

    For anyone needing further convincing, Burt Bacharach says Rumer left him "mesmerised". Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Though largely stuck in one tempo, what could have been bland and sluggish edges towards dream-like melancholy. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Although she nods to Carole King, her crystal clarity, allied to the gritted-teeth melancholy of On My Way Home, anoints her as a 21st-century Karen Carpenter
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  5. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Throughout, these 11 songs give the impression of being sweet nothings. They are, instead, substantial and salty with tears
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  6. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    If it errs a little on the side of "ready-made Mother's Day present", we'll forgive that. Whatever "it" is, Rumer has it
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  7. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Each are sung so beautifully and gracefully it would be a hard nut that wouldn’t crack under their collective weight.
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  8. 8.0 |   The Independent

    There's a maturity about Rumer's delivery that sets her apart from all the Duffys and Adeles, though the spooky similarity to Karen Carpenter can be off-putting
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  9. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    It would have been described as middle of the road 40 years ago – yet has attracted the kind of critical interest such records never normally get
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  10. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Maybe it's Rumer's weightless-yet-worldly voice, or maybe it's knowing that she spent a decade in dead-end jobs waiting for her break, but these songs have the well-travelled solidity of an old suitcase
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  11. 7.0 |   A.V. Club

    There’s a depth here that’s belied by this album’s breezy gracefulness
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  12. 7.0 |   BBC

    It lacks originality, but Rumer’s debut is an immediately engaging, gently engrossing set
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  • 1. Am I Forgiven? N/A
  • 2. Come To Me High N/A
  • 3. Slow N/A
  • 4. Take Me As I Am N/A
  • 5. Aretha N/A
  • 6. Saving Grace N/A
  • 7. Thankful N/A
  • 8. Healer N/A
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