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Freedom & Surrender Image
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75

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  • Summary: Produced by Larry Klein, the fifth full-length release for the Georrgia singer features a duet with Gregory Porter and contributions from such artists as David Batteau, Jesse Harris, Larry Klein, and JD Souther.
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Lean In
Lean In, make it plain to me What do you want, what do you need? Come on, let's stop playing mouse and cat Come on, don't turn back... Don't you... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Mojo
    Sep 8, 2015
    80
    Wright has unequivocally delivered her best album yet. [Oct 2015, p.94]
  2. Sep 8, 2015
    80
    Like Wright's previous albums, Freedom & Surrender is graceful and exacting, yet those qualities come across in a fashion that does not seem deliberate--remarkable for material that draws from folk, blues, jazz, soul, and gospel and often fuses two or more of those genres.
  3. 70
    Its sound runs slicker and punchier than Ms. Wright’s previous standard.
  4. Sep 8, 2015
    60
    Her fifth LP sees her back in that safe zone between smooth jazz and quiet-storm soul, with signings including Norah Jones sidekick Jesse Harris and country-rock kingpin JD Souther.
  5. Nov 18, 2015
    60
    What might have been a great album merely becomes a good one, due to fact that much needed variation is in such short supply.