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- Summary: The debut full-length release for British singer-songwriter Sam Ryder, who finished second in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, features guest appearances from David Guetta and Sigala.
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- Record Label: Parlophone
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Jan 10, 2023There is nothing particularly original or surprising here, yet in a pop market that is all interesting edges, self-enclosed scenes and leftfield genres, Ryder offers a hearty return to the reassuringly obvious, pitched straight into the mainstream. A star is born.
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Jan 10, 2023The odd well-intentioned platitude hardly spoils an album of killer choruses on which Ryder’s infectious likeability shines through at all times. Next time he might want to chuck in a few more curveballs, but for now, ‘There’s Nothing But Space, Man!’ sounds like the beginning of what could be a really stellar career.
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Classic Rock MagazineJan 10, 2023Ryder is at his best when riffing through the 70s piano-pop playbook. [Feb 2023, p.78]
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Jan 10, 2023Although Space Man’s co-writers contributed to several other tracks, that song’s elegance is nowhere to be found among a litany of cliches and self-help guff so toothless it makes Ed Sheeran look like Nick Cave.