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Jul 26, 201170LP1 doesn't always achieve a balance between the two extremes, not to the extent Stone and Stewart desires, as some of the ballads are a little formless and some of the funk a little too restricted, while some of Joss' posturing is a little affected, but it has more moments that work than anything she's done since her actual debut in 2003.
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Jul 24, 201160Stone packs all the power you expect, but her control misfires enough for some of these tracks to never quite click as they might.
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Jul 25, 201180On LP1, Stone mostly imbues her songs with passion and energy.
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Jul 27, 201175Drive All Night, with its chilled-out jazz backbeat, is a standout among her sultry tales of love. [29 Jul 2011, p.72]
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Jul 26, 201150The result, surprisingly, is Stone's most conventional record yet: handsome soul singing, sturdy blues-rock arrangements, lyrics about refusing to cry oneself to sleep.
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Aug 26, 201160She's got soul all right. [Sept. 2011, p. 94]
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Jul 25, 201175In a world where machined dance fodder, rap-deckled pop and lumbering rawk dominates, a genuine article of soul music-especially one where the thick bass, tumbling Wurlitzer and bright guitars set the tone-is a joyous noise, indeed.
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Jul 25, 201140While it's impossible to truly define what makes LP1 so frustrating, it's safe to say that through all the angry growls and snoozy pop melodies that color the album, believing is Joss Stone becomes increasingly difficult each time these songs are played.
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Aug 16, 201140Devon soul woman meets Dave Stewart, in Nashville. [Sept. 2011, p. 118]
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Aug 1, 201160Stone is best when she's rawest, bookending LP1 with "Newborn" and "Take Good Care," stripped-down tunes where her howl goes from plaintive to bone-shaking in a few lovesick heartbeats.
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Jul 25, 201150This a wholly acceptable effort, but it makes it clear that Stone is stalling out a mere decade into what looked at first like a promising career. It's time for her to throw the throwback shtick aside and really figure out what kind music she'd like to make.
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Aug 3, 201150LP1 is an almost shockingly forgettable slab of forced adult-contemporary rock, destined for a Whole Foods aisle near you.
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Jul 29, 201140Sadly, the final product is so familiar and so shorn of genuine emotion that LP1 quickly loses any sense of identity and becomes standard fare, indistinguishable from any number of other recordings.
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Jul 26, 201160Recorded over six days in Nashville with Dave Stewart, the debut release on Joss Stone's own label is, she claims, the first on which she has exerted total creative freedom.
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Jul 26, 201160The writing is generic, the studio-craft impressive. Enjoyment will depend on how you get on with the voice and its hooting cannonade of mannerisms.
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Jul 25, 201170Her voice is a loose cannon; LP1 figures out how to aim it.
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Aug 5, 201160This feels more like a palette cleanser, a statement of intent that Stone has ditched the commercial gloss.
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Aug 18, 201160There is an occasional excess of histrionics, particularly on "Boat Yard," but her teenage talent has found a convincing adult path. [Sep 2011, p.96]
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