The Gate
by Kurt Elling
  • Record Label: Concord
  • Release Date: Feb 8, 2011
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72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    Mar 16, 2011
    60
    This is an album you admire rather than love.
  2. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Mar 15, 2011
    60
    Despite a version of Earth Wind & Fire's "After The Love Is Gone" that is so good you can play it for days, this dream-team collaboration between jazz singer Elling and big-time weirdo producer Don Was delivers less than it promises.
  3. The Guardian
    Mar 14, 2011
    60
    His improv ingenuity consistently sidesteps cliches, and The Gate is far from a bland set of adult-contemporary classic-pop covers.
  5. Mojo
    May 18, 2011
    60
    While The Gate is not as persuasive as 2007's Nightmoves, the good stuff more than makes up for comparatively effortful takes on Stevie Wonder and EW&F material. [Jun 2011, p.105
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  1. Sergei1926
    May 23, 2014
    9
    Kurt Elling is without peer as a jazz vocalist. This CD is one of his best efforts. His reworking of "After the Love is Gone" is as moving aKurt Elling is without peer as a jazz vocalist. This CD is one of his best efforts. His reworking of "After the Love is Gone" is as moving a ballad as I have ever heard.… Full Review »
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