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The first disc finds Kelly honing his already well developed skills at creating effortless dance hooks, but on the second disc Kelly seems to be trapped in staid evangelical idioms and drowning in itchy church choir robes.
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Where Happy People only exercises Kelly's technique, U Saved Me adds some heart.
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The Happy People side, inspired by the Chicago steppin' scene, shows why [Kelly] is still a contender.
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An album that makes Up With People sound like Joy Division, Happy People embraces an ecstatic brand of cheerfulness so far removed from the realities of everyday life that it creates a kind of altered state.
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There's something rather unambitious about this set.
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BlenderThese records are too dramatic, too personal and, well, too much. [Oct 2004, p.110]
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Happy People [is] a featherweight collection of midtempo, Marvin Gaye-influenced tunes... The sacred material on U Saved Me, by contrast, is more exciting--and troubling.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 15
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Mixed: 0 out of 15
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Negative: 4 out of 15
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AbelMOct 11, 2004
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ssSep 1, 2004out of this world.its wrong 4 one man to have so much talent
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CrystalinGAug 30, 2004