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  • Summary: Sheffield producer Tom Bell's second album features J2K, Roots Manuva, and Shola Ama as guests.
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  1. Aug 12, 2011
    80
    His sound has matured considerably: he's less intent on blowing your ears off with dancehall's battery, than offering his own, still highly piquant take on slow-grind R&B.
  2. Aug 12, 2011
    80
    It would be a crying shame if a record so accomplished, relevant and unifying never gets to be heard. Because, right now, this album is necessary.
  3. Aug 19, 2011
    80
    An escapist Jamaica-pop lark with a traditional bent and a big heart, in the realms of good-times bass you could do a lot worse than the classy and charming Watch Me Dance.
  4. Aug 22, 2011
    65
    Watch Me Dance doesn't reconcile the clash between retro and modernism, but at least it does the past a decent amount of justice.
  5. Q Magazine
    Sep 22, 2011
    60
    This follow-up proves a slightly less ramshackle but equally engaging electro-powered soundclash that even finds Bell adding the odd new twist. [Oct 2011, p.130]
  6. Uncut
    Aug 18, 2011
    60
    This traverses dancehall, lovers rock and jungle, and adds in more UK-centric bass styles, with some success. [Sep 2011, p.96]
  7. Sep 22, 2011
    40
    An album that vacillates between raucous and refined without losing sight of the dance floor.

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