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9.0
45575
9.0 |
PopMatters
These songs are incredibly powerful and La Havas deserves much credit for having the good sense to reel back on instrumentation and let her voice and words carry the songs
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8.0
43850
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Not a perfect debut, but one that leaves you with the feeling that we're dealing with a living, thinking artist here, not just another Brit School waxwork
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8.0
44012
8.0 |
Q
Londoner goes her own way on soulful, understated album. Print edition only
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8.0
43816
8.0 |
Clash
By releasing a debut with such honesty at its core Lianne will find a nation falling in love with her
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8.0
43817
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Credit must also go to Matt Hales (better known as Aqualung), whose production adds a wealth of interest and texture to La Havas’s simple, catchy songs, which might have become samey otherwise
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8.0
43820
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Lianne La Havas is the biz, and Is Your Love Big Enough? rises effortlessly to the occasion
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8.0
43827
8.0 |
Evening Standard
There’s a dip in quality towards the end – but, by then, you’ll be too smitten to notice
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7.0
43818
7.0 |
BBC
A strong and skilfully delivered set that consolidates the strengths of her blend of spindly guitar and rich vocals, but also exposes weaknesses along the way
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7.0
44825
7.0 |
All Music
An impressive start to a career that will hopefully last a long time
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7.0
44830
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
La Havas combines the smooth tones of Sade with the light touch of Corinne Bailey Rae, but where she really scores is how she works the emotional power of music
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7.0
43815
7.0 |
musicOMH
Although La Havas is not exactly the first female singer-guitarist to bare all through her lyrics, her enchanting vocals and wandering melodies are wonderfully constructed, and call to mind the jazz-lite stylings of Corinne Bailey Rae
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6.5
48534
6.5 |
Tone Deaf
In light of the album’s polished, highly accessible tone, cafes the world over should be picking up on Is Your Love Big Enough? any day now
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6.0
44293
6.0 |
State
An unbalanced, ultimately disappointing collection
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6.0
44745
6.0 |
Entertainment.ie
As debut albums go, this is a more than adequate calling card, a confident and sophisticated start - one wonders how much better it could have been with a little more edge and a lot less playing it safe
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6.0
43854
6.0 |
The Observer
The pleasures of Is Your Love Big Enough? lie in its subtleties: the way La Havas's vocals purr and pounce by turns, how Matt Hales's production refuses to be obvious
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6.0
43819
6.0 |
The Guardian
She is a work-in-progress, with lots of room to grow
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6.0
43835
6.0 |
Uncut
Debut from Prince's favourite neo-soul songstress. Print edition only
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6.0
43836
6.0 |
Mojo
Sets herself apart from the coffee shop set with a rough-hewn edge. Print edition only
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5.0
43989
5.0 |
NME
La Havas’ melancholic moments (see: ‘Gone’) are where she’s at her strongest by far, though it can all feel a bit superficial rather than as if she’s tapping into any kind of gut-wrenching emotion
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