Love Is a Four Letter Word by Jason Mraz reviews

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20 April 2014

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Jason Mraz

Love Is a Four Letter Word

Album No.4 from the American folk pop singer-songwriter

ADM rating[?]: 5.2
Label: Atlantic
UK Release date: 16/04/2012
US Release date: 17/04/2012

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8.0 40513
8.0 | All Music

By making alterations and affecting his pose, Mraz pushes himself into new territory, creating music that's perilously close to sounding seductive
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7.0 42005
7.0 | Pop Matters

When you write songs as interesting and expansive as some of those that appear here, it’s impossible to dismiss or discredit the guy’s knack for crafting neat little pop tunes
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6.0 | Rolling Stone

He's a Gen-Y version of Jimmy Buffett, with booze and boats replaced by veganism and yoga
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6.0 | The Guardian

Lyrically, Mraz may be all fluffy towels and soft blankets, but he pairs his words with a variety of genres that show him to be a cracking musician
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6.0 40510
6.0 | Spin

Contentment passed off as spiritual achievement — and when the hook's just right, kinda credibly
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4.0 40511
4.0 | The Arts Desk

It's lame and lacks any teeth whatsoever
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4.0 40515
4.0 | Q

Hat-wearing vegan's fourth album. Fireworks not present. Print edition only
2.0 40507
2.0 | The Observer

Even by his own standards this is stupefyingly insipid and pedestrian fare
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