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80This is a quality piece of craftsmanship and there isn't a weak point on the album.
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As an urbane soundtrack for sucking venti lattes, this Starbucks-sponsored set of gentle samba-jazz-rap is a pleasant surprise. [24 Feb 2006, p.64]
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70Though sometimes bordering on earnest kitsch... the bulk of material plays out as inventive reconstruction. [Mar 2006, p.114]
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70An intriguing change of pace. [18 Feb 2006]
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70Timeless is a step up for will.i.am and a step down for Sergio Mendes, somewhere between decency and exceptionality.
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At its best, Timeless has an airy, effervescent quality, a beguiling smoothness. At its worst, it sounds like a lackluster Will.I.Am solo album that just happens to have Sergio Mendes sitting in on keys.
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60A solo album with not enough of the soloist. [Jun 2006, p.102]
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Timeless is a mixed bag, but it's not because of Mendes. His own playing and arranging is utterly elegant.
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60When samba's beat is uppermost, the music takes off. [May 2006, p.129]
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When Timeless succeeds, it's beautiful, boundary-breaking music.
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60Someone mistakenly told Will that his talent deserved to be showcased more than the other guest artists on this album, and it winds up turning what could have been a fantastic genre cross-pollination experiment into a slightly better than average album almost ruined by a guy who needs someone to tell him to stay on the other side of the microphone a little more.
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58It's a well-produced disc, but the cavalcade of stars and cartoonish beats make the songs sound more dated than the originals.
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Timeless sounds like a pop-charts-and-trends magazine exploded in the studio. [Apr/May 2006, p.115]
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Timeless falls awkwardly between Buena Vista Social Club and Santana's latter-day Rolodex albums, deftly combining multi-culti good intentions with the bathos of a great artist aiming squarely at commercial revival.
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A predictable, oversimplified, boring mess.
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The shiny new beats in "Timeless" weaken the groove that existed in songs like "Mas Que Nada," "Berimbau" and "Surfboard" even before Mr. Mendes got to them 40 years ago. [13 Feb 2006]
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Safe and uninspired.... This is the type of MOR impulse buy that will eventually pollute used-CD bins everywhere across the world. [#13, p.93]
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Chris10The mix of artists and styles in such an effective way is reminiscent Carlos Santana's multi-Grammy winning Supernatural CD.
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