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- Summary: The second release for the British singer-songwriter was produced by Rick Rubin in Malibu.
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- Record Label: Island / Def Jam
- Genre(s): Alternative/Indie Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 16
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Mixed: 7 out of 16
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Negative: 1 out of 16
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Nov 15, 2013If it's not quite the jump from Bob Dylan to The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, it's the closest recent equivalent, a prodigious rate of development for such a tyro talent, all the more remarkable for not being reliant on significant musical progression, so much as raw songwriting ability.
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Nov 18, 2013Smug, smarmy, metropolitan critics might declare the album generic and derivative, but the kid undeniably has tunes--more tunes than such people have ever written even in their wildest rock star fantasies.
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MojoNov 21, 2013The diversity and quality of his songwriting should be even harder to ignore on this second. [Dec 2013, p.84]
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Nov 18, 2013Shangri La is basically more of the same, and for many of his fans, that’ll be more than enough. It would be a shame, however, if it was enough for Bugg, too.
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Nov 20, 2013Though Shangri La is at least entertaining, it’s without that lasting, killer incision that will guarantee longevity.
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Feb 3, 2014As much as the album’s production seems to (want to) suggest Bugg’s artistic growth, the songs, when you pick them apart, don’t show much in the way of maturation.
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Nov 19, 2013The result isn't the clean-up job it might've been; Bugg, 19, still sings with a nasal edge that wouldn't last more than a round on "American Idol." Yet the songwriting here feels more evened-out, less appealingly pugnacious than it did last time.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 18
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Mixed: 4 out of 18
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Negative: 1 out of 18
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