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10.0
104288
10.0 |
The Arts Desk
A rip-roaring 21st century pop album, and a very good one
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8.0
104286
8.0 |
The Independent
He amplifies a well-tested formula of meticulous, modern production with retro-sounding equipment, beneath his old-soul vocals that sing about a futuristic, almost alien landscape
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6.0
104287
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Strong soul tracks such as Heartbeat, Grateful and Guess Again are vigorous and vindictive, a throwback to the spiky clamour of 2012’s Ill Manors OST
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6.0
104284
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Once again he’s mostly an awkward fit in the current pop climate. Whether that’s to his advantage or disadvantage this time remains to be seen
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6.0
104285
6.0 |
The Guardian
There’s neither the comforting familiarity of The Defamation of Strickland Banks, nor the confrontational abrasiveness of Ill Manors. It feels as though he’s trying to split the difference between them
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6.0
104402
6.0 |
NME
Where his previous albums have always picked an definitive lane, this one criss-crosses styles, and not all successfully
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5.0
104324
5.0 |
musicOMH
He delivers an LP of soulful songs with the help of songwriters who have also written for Ellie Goulding and Ed Sheeran. The result is a mixed bag
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4.0
104293
4.0 |
The FT
The singer/rapper continues to reinvent himself on an album with fist-clenched pop-soul, reggae and hip-hop numbers
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