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True

Solange

True

Beyonce's sister has retreated from the vintage sound of her first album for a more contemporary take on R n B for this EP

ADM rating[?]

7.7

Label
Terrible
UK Release date
07/11/2012
US Release date
27/11/2012
  1. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    The best work of her young career and one of most irresistible pop records of 2012
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  2. 9.0 |   Tone Deaf

    It is synthy pop, but the lyrics are classic indie, and well written at that
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  3. 8.3 |   AltSounds

    True shows that her experimental approach is paying off
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  4. 8.0 |   NME

    Friends, meet Solange Knowles, Beyoncé’s sister and the definition of pop perfection
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  5. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    The record plays joyfully with the most modern of production trickeries at the same time as drawing heavily from 1980s pop grooves
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  6. 7.9 |   Paste Magazine

    In the past, Solange dabbled with genres and moods like finger-paints; with True, she’s made some bold, inventive brushstrokes
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  7. 7.8 |   Pitchfork

    The record never builds to a huge chorus; instead, its hooks bubble up quietly and quickly, then dissipate as the songs return to their downbeat simmer
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  8. 7.0 |   All Music

    The songs have a diaphanous new wave via synth funk sound that is much closer to Little Dragon than the Dap-Kings
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  9. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    An EP stocked with promising parts slightly dashed by a burgeoning identity crisis
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