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Q MagazineJun 15, 2016This time around, Bugg writes every track. It only makes the stand-out tunes even more impressive. [#361, p.113]
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Jun 15, 2016Unpredictably diverse and unexpectedly personal, this album sees Bugg managing to maintain the relatable style which won him so many fans in the first place, while taking the necessary risks that allow him to grow as an artist.
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UncutJun 15, 2016On the cautionary rockabilly of "Put Out The Fire" and low-slung raunch rap of "Ain't No Rhyme," he demonstrates a firm grasp of his essential strengths. [Jul 2016, p.70]
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Jun 17, 2016Over just 33 minutes, On My One simply meanders too much, too unfocused as it weaves in and out of multiple genres, never getting a solid footing in any of them.
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Jun 27, 2016On his third LP (and first minus additional songwriters), 22-year-old U.K. roots revivalist Jake Bugg mixes Americana and British folk as skillfully as ever. ... He's less successful updating his sound.
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Jun 16, 2016Sometimes the resulting tracks are just cringeworthy – such as the astonishingly cack-handed hip-hop of Ain’t No Rhyme. Elsewhere, though, they turn out to be quite endearing.
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Jun 16, 2016It’s only when he plays to his strengths that On My One comes into its own.
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MojoJun 15, 2016The result is confusing, as with any roots artist messing with synths and beats. Even so, when he doing his familiar stark, keening vocal and raw country-blues thing and sentimental lighters-aloft pop, he's still deeply impressive. [Jul 2016, p.92]
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Jun 15, 2016Though not quite as potent as Shangri La, but it constitutes a confident negotiation of the “difficult third album” hurdle.
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Jun 17, 2016On the whole, the produced numbers are better than the unadorned cuts: Bugg's nasal twang gets buried underneath the gloss and the hooks are pushed to the forefront. The whole thing adds up to a bit of a mess, not in the least because Bugg's schtick was his authenticity.
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Jun 16, 2016Co-producer Jacknife Lee overcooks tracks, alternately adding too much sugar and bluster (“Bitter Salt”). Throughout, it seems Bugg’s ambition has clouded his creative judgment.
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Jul 19, 2016The result is an awkward shouldering of styles and personas in search of one that fits.
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Jun 16, 2016Bugg has always had one foot in the past and that’s fine, but On My One might as well be an official challenge to The Strypes in the ‘parents record collection’ department--though a mercifully more bearable one.
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Jun 17, 2016On My One is precisely the kind of mistake that pop stars make when they think they’re smarter than the system.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 28 out of 38
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Mixed: 3 out of 38
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Negative: 7 out of 38
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