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- Summary: The fifth full-length release for the R&B singer is his first in seven years and was co-produced with Hod David.
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- Record Label: Columbia
- Genre(s): R&B, Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary R&B
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Positive: 14 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Jun 29, 2016It exudes enough confidence to let his heart show and to let his music grow in any direction his muse demands.
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Jul 27, 2016Very few albums are worth such a long wait, though, but blackSUMMERS’night is one of them--it’s an album that should live forever, purely because it sounds so detached from time.
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UncutAug 5, 2016The breadth, scope and sheer suppleness of black SUMMERS'night makes one wish Maxwell worked a whole lot faster. [Sep 2016, p.76]
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Jun 29, 2016His fifth studio album, second in a scheduled trilogy of albums and first in seven years. Yet here we are, with tracks evoking previous efforts while remaining fresh to the ear.
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Jul 1, 2016His most consistent set since his debut, Urban Hang Suite, in 1996. Maxwell anchors the cloud-eating sweep of these tracks with solid guitar and bass hooks.
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Jun 30, 2016The Grammy-winning soul man is a subeditor’s nightmare, but confusion seems a small price to pay for such a classy comeback collection of anguished R&B.
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Jul 5, 2016Where his debut was part Marvin Gaye, part Prince, blackSummers’ Night is light on funk, making its creator, in the era of Frank Ocean, look like the yesterday’s man of R&B.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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May 8, 2022Here he goes again ,coming with some prestine R&b that serenades and comforts you with its crooning. He stands unmatched yet again.
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