Airtight's Revenge Image
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Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: The soul singer returns with his first release on indie label Plug Research after Interscope Records shelved what would have been his second album, Love for Sale, in 2006.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. This is one heavy, messy, dynamite album--one that could take a decade to be fully processed.
  2. 80
    Despite not being as mesmerizingly immense as some of his earlier output, the record is still a far-out journey of dramatics ("Restart" and "Levels"), hooky winners ("Robots" and "Think It Over") and real-world lament ("Flying" and "Think It Over"). In short, the wait paid off.
  3. Jan 11, 2011
    80
    It's a complex listen that strays from the tropes of standard R&B.
  4. Dec 21, 2010
    80
    Airtight's Revenge has its soul affectations, but even standard fare like "Little One" bears Bilal's impressively reedy, insistent voice. He sounds like a man unburdening himself.

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