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7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length release for South African singer Yannick Ilunga features influences from 80s pop, Afrobeat, house and rock music.
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  • Record Label: Domino
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Electronic, Alternative R&B
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Just Breathe
Save the world She said, "Be the change you want to see, breath the air you would like to breath" Don't stand in the way of your back And don't take... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. 90
    An outstanding (dare I say ‘perfect’) debut.
  2. Sep 14, 2015
    90
    As a debut record, La Vie Est Belle / Life is Beautiful is bold, beautiful and brilliantly honed.
  3. 90
    An outstanding (dare I say ‘perfect’) debut.
  4. Sep 10, 2015
    85
    Petite Noir's debut LP crafts its own sound and, in the process, reveals the beauty of life through his eyes.
  5. Sep 10, 2015
    77
    Yannick Ilunga feels like pop music's future--borderless but deeply rooted, challenging but pleasurable--and La Vie is strong enough to have earned Ilunga the right to call his revolution whatever he wants.
  6. Sep 10, 2015
    70
    It’s easy to mistake Ilunga for a veteran pop-maestro, but there are a few missteps that reveal his relative youth.
  7. Uncut
    Sep 28, 2015
    60
    Too often La Vie Est Belle, produced by Boxed In's Oli Bayston, has all the flair of an Editors potboiler, so a potentially uplifiting record becomes quite draining. [Nov 2015, p.80]
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