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Jun 19, 2015It's all a pleasing time warp without turbulence, one with songs built more to evoke the past than to last in one's memory.
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Jul 9, 201510 songs over 35 minutes at first feeling slight--yet not a sax bleed, organ snap, or female choral echo combs out as less than true-blue.
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Jun 22, 2015His richly contoured, slightly raspy voice and the production work of Austin Jenkins and Josh Block (of the scruffy Texan rockers White Denim) give the album heft.
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Jun 16, 2015A hugely accomplished debut album.
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Jun 18, 2015On Coming Home, Bridges solidly aligns with the latter, his soulful R&B studied and nostalgic, but also immediate and emotionally true.
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Jun 22, 2015This debut sets a nice, if mostly safe, blueprint.
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Jun 23, 2015Coming Home is a star-making vehicle that is solidly crafted, robustly traditionalist and palpably soulful. This is not just a nostalgia act; this is music from the heart, and the soul.
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MojoJun 12, 2015Coming Home has a timeless quality. [Jul 2015, p.87]
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Jun 12, 2015The vibrant ‘Shine’ is filled with languid horns and sweet doo-wop backing vocals. Rolling ragtime piano (‘Flowers’) and hip-shaking melody (‘Better Man’) pick up the pace and there’s bluesy sass in the shape of the upbeat ‘Twistin And Groovin’.
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Jun 25, 2015All the emphasis on getting the realness down doesn't distract from Bridges's butter-smooth vocals and inventive phrasing. Instead, the understated arrangements allow us to really hear his voice, unadorned by excessive studio shaping.
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Jun 23, 2015With all the hype and fast tracking to fame, it’s astounding that the rest of the Coming Home holds up to such unreasonable expectations. Bridges pays homage to an era so judiciously and so personally that it’s hard to fault him as derivative.
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Jun 24, 2015While he obviously has good intentions, at times, Bridges can't help but come off as an imitator.
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Jul 8, 2015The majority of the 10 songs are in the three minute range and the album only lasts about half an hour. That’s actually a benefit.
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Jun 24, 2015The album is one giant, immaculate anachronism, unimpeachable, but rarely brave.
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Q MagazineJun 12, 2015He rarely slips into simple pastiche. The real deal. [Jul 2015, p.112]
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Jun 23, 2015His smooth, Sam Cooke-esque croon makes Coming Home the best kind of nostalgia trip.
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Jun 24, 2015What it does best is address the simple lament of not having anything to twist to in too long.
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Jun 18, 2015Bridges has a fantastic voice, but you sense he’s also yet to truly find it.
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Jun 22, 2015Coming Home is, perhaps, a healthy reiteration of the classic sounds of succour in a time of need; a principled and mellifluous nay-saying.
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Jun 30, 2015Accessorised with Staxy horns and handclaps, the resulting album has a genuine groove and glow.
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UncutJun 12, 2015There's both [commitment and respect] in spades on Coming Home, a throwback album that's also blessed with modesty. [Jul 2015, p.74]
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 39 out of 49
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Mixed: 9 out of 49
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Negative: 1 out of 49
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