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9.0
93042
9.0 |
The Digital Fix
Human transcends genre, a debut album hasn't been this needed since 19
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8.0
93086
8.0 |
The Irish Times
For the most part is a collection of ardent rap, sweet-spot blues/soul songs delivered in an experienced showstopper of a voice
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8.0
93017
8.0 |
The Music
Human has a sense of polish and refinement that doesn't usually come with a debut, but is a promising sign of more greatness to come
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8.0
93027
8.0 |
Mojo
A crop of high quality songs and instrumentals played with dazzling finger-picking. Print edition only
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8.0
93097
8.0 |
NME
When it comes to big, belting choruses backed with equally sizeable orchestration, Graham doesn’t muck about
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8.0
93109
8.0 |
Clash
An impressive, life-affirming record chock-full of hooks and classy, grown-up production
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8.0
93176
8.0 |
Evening Standard
The planet’s most unlikely pop star draws on old-style soul on his debut album
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6.0
93195
6.0 |
musicOMH
Whether Rory Graham will choose to mess with the safe current formula will be interesting to observe – either way, one hopes that his remarkable voice will not go to waste
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6.0
93093
6.0 |
The Guardian
He sounds like a lost Mississippi bluesman howling at mortality, rather than a hotly tipped 32-year-old from East Sussex
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6.0
93156
6.0 |
The Observer
Spools together a set of reliable tropes with little in the way of topspin
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6.0
93028
6.0 |
Q
Too many of the album's more poignant moments suffer from a slick but formulaic production. Print edition only
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6.0
93014
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Might be the BRITs Critics’ Choice Award 2017 winner, but the resulting hype seems to have had a detrimental effect on his music
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6.0
93015
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
None of these songs is less than pleasant, but only “Human” and “Skin” really stand out
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5.0
93029
5.0 |
Uncut
Sterile R&B and schlocky, overwrought lyrics. Print edition only
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5.0
93162
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Graham is still a pretty welcome rejection of any number of pop star tropes. But the vacuity underpinning these songs is an empty space, begging the question what might have filled it if he’d just been left to his own devices
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4.0
93159
4.0 |
The FT
Rag’n’Bone Man has allowed himself to get too polished and bland on Human
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4.0
93016
4.0 |
The Skinny
Human will almost certainly shift units. That voice deserves better, however, and so do we
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4.0
93089
4.0 |
The Independent
Things go rapidly downhill, soured by the earnest, self-important tone of songs like “Grace” and “Ego”
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3.0
93208
3.0 |
Crack
A one note soul record for those bereft of soul
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