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Though he's unlikely to encounter much trouble selling these romantic conceits to his female-heavy fan base, some of the scenarios on John Legend's third studio album could be fresher
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As on Legend's previous two efforts, his balladry can tend towards the beige, and oatmeal slow jams such as 'Cross the Line' prove unmemorable; but the innate warmth of Legend's voice mostly carries his material.
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For a change, Legend doesn't constantly sound as though he's trying to impress the VH1 cognoscenti with his impeccable musicality. Sure, that's to say it's occasionally dumb, but oh so approachable.
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Prince made sexual audacity a trademark ages ago, but Legend is just too cautious to put it over--he sounds like a CPA on his first trip to the Hustler Club.
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MojoThis is a good album, but there's a pull between the commercial and the more left-field. [Dec 2008, p.104]
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Q MagazineThis third album is more in the same gold-standard, singer-songwriterly vien. [Dec 2008, p.130]
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Though it doesn't exactly live up to its name, Legend manages to capture the optimistic sprit of Barack Obama in
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Easily the least accomplished of his albums, Evolver is nonetheless a refreshing change of sorts, for all its faults, at least as far as missteps are concerned.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 15
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Mixed: 2 out of 15
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Negative: 2 out of 15
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Apr 3, 2019John Legend is talented AF when his fan are cool as hell, This album ROCKS!
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PhilApr 25, 2009Great vocals, that's why I give JL a 10. Can you sing like this? He is up there with Phillip Baily and Maynard J. K.
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ChrisBOct 31, 2008Great album!