Seal IV
by Seal
Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. Blender
    80
    Seal remains one of the best half-dozen male pop singers drawing breath. [Sep 2003, p.129]
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  2. Rolling Stone
    70
    While that heal-the-world sentiment soon becomes repetitive and rarely approaches the poetic heights of past classics, that gorgeously granulated voice is never less than sublime.
  3. Amazon.com
    70
    Seal never goes all out in any direction and this coolness, combined with Trevor Horn’s perfectionist production, plants the album inescapably in the realm of adult contemporary (although this is as good as adult contemporary gets).

Awards & Rankings

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#96 Most Discussed Album of 2003
13
#13 Most Shared Album of 2003

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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. KatrinaM
    Nov 10, 2005
    9
    I. Love. This. CD. Admit it, Seal in love sounds great. "Loneliest Star" is probably one of the best love letters ever written. If you are in I. Love. This. CD. Admit it, Seal in love sounds great. "Loneliest Star" is probably one of the best love letters ever written. If you are in love, miss being in love, want to be in love, then this CD wraps up all those feelings.… Full Review »
  2. Sroop
    Aug 12, 2005
    10
    He is beyond music of this age.
  3. SeanL
    Feb 1, 2004
    5
    His first three were made with love. Seal IV was kicked forward with an urgency for money. The poet is lost (somewhere)...
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