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Aug 29, 2012It isn't often that audiences are given so much all at once from such a young artist, and listeners will find Is Your Love Big Enough? worthy of many repeat listens.
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Aug 9, 2012Repeated listenings only prove how strong and artful this collection is.
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Sep 18, 2012Like her fellow countrywomen, Is Your Love Big Enough? has a core of strong songwriting that helps La Havas elbow her way into a field packed with talented women drawing from the deep well of American soul.
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Aug 9, 2012The pleasures of Is Your Love Big Enough? are unquestionably immediate, but the real excitement is in wondering where her curiosity takes her next.
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Aug 3, 2012It's rhythm as resilience and life force, an innate sense of confidence that makes even her bitter songs somehow reassuring.
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Q MagazineJul 25, 2012There's a lot going in here, but it's delivered with an effortless charm that trusts listeners to pay due attention in their own sweet time. So far, so swimmingly. [Aug 2012, p.94]
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Jul 9, 2012Not a perfect debut, but one that leaves you with the feeling that we're dealing with a living, thinking artist here, not just another Brit School waxwork.
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Jul 9, 2012By releasing a debut with such honesty at its core Lianne will find a nation falling in love with her.
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Jul 9, 2012Sonically adventurous and genre hopping.
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Aug 14, 2012The lyrics dwell on troubled romance, but the cool, pretty, expertly arranged music washes over you like a healing wave.
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Aug 7, 2012There are some great tracks--a standout being gorgeous opener "Don't Wake Me Up"--but, at times, it veers a bit too far into the saccharine, with the playing, unlike the singing, lacking a bit of soul.
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Aug 6, 2012Some of the songs are restrained and bare to the point of being plain and easy to disregard, but they succeed in accentuating La Havas' thoughtful and often sharp words.
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Aug 6, 2012Perhaps at times the material is a bit too perfectly, and a few raw edges might not go amiss. But that's little by way of criticism.
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Jul 9, 2012The album is solid from start to finish
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Jul 9, 2012Despite these weaker moments of Is Your Love Big Enough?, it's La Havas' gorgeous voice and gifted string fingers that'll make the biggest impressions. This might not be a home run straight out of the gate, but it's an extremely promising first swing of the bat.
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Aug 9, 2012Inoffensive to the nth degree, this is a sleeping pill, not the double espresso we ordered.
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Aug 9, 2012Essentially, Is Your Love Big Enough? is a restrained, technically proficient showpiece for a gifted artist.
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MojoJul 19, 2012La Havas sets herself apart from the coffee shop set with a rough-hewn edge. [Aug 2012, p.92]
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UncutJul 17, 2012The singer runs out of steam in the second half, opting for a succession of cloying ballads that, despite her beguiling voice, leaves the listener unmoved. [Aug 2012, p.75]
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Jul 9, 2012The most appealing thing about Lianne La Havas' debut album is how imperfect it is. She is a work-in-progress, with lots of room to grow.
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Jul 9, 2012The pleasures of Is Your Love Big Enough? lie in its subtleties, though: the way La Havas's vocals purr and pounce by turns, how Matt Hales's production refuses to be obvious. Showboating is kept to a minimum – as, indeed, is the threat of supermarket cheesiness.
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Jul 9, 2012There are enough dreamlike melodies to sustain your attention rather than zoning out completely, but in reality it's all just very comfortable.
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