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Feb 17, 2015Ultimately, Estelle's fine pop instincts (Time After Time) buoy True Romance through some choppy waters.
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Feb 17, 2015More than on her previous albums, there is a sense of play here, and a feeling that no one was holding a leash tight. That can be a liability, of course--the vocals feel slightly underproduced, and she slips off the occasional note here and there.
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Feb 13, 2015Unapologetically indulging her distinctive genre tastes, True Romance largely proves that Estelle's talents were being too encumbered by the demands of record execs and producer John Legend, delivering a fleet 45 minutes of music that sounds more true to her West London upbringing.
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Apr 20, 2015As an album, it feels complete but transient: True Romance has the capacity to lift and inspire, but that feeling doesn’t linger.
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Apr 6, 2015As it stands, the album shows us our heroine at her most malleable and, while it’s an enjoyable listen, there’s nothing as joyfully buoyant as Estelle’s 2005 Kanye West-assisted single “American Boy”.
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Feb 20, 2015Patched together and seemingly out-of-character as it is, the singer's fourth album does have more going for it than her third one did.
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Feb 17, 2015It's a loose concept, but it delivers.
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Feb 13, 2015The production has a creaminess that never obscures its clarity. The melodies have equal definition, shunning the clichés of the most rote, American R&B.
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Feb 13, 2015There are moments on this album that provoke genuine optimism for where a song might go, but then Estelle starts singing lyrics so genuinely bland and awkward that all hope is lost.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 26
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Mixed: 5 out of 26
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Negative: 5 out of 26
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