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- Summary: The fifth studio release for the singer-songwriter sees the addition of influences from rock music to his jazz, R&B, and soul sounds.
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- Record Label: Blue Note
- Genre(s): R&B, Funk, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Neo-Soul
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Top Track
| While You Were Sleeping | |
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| Shadows long upon my face Shadows long upon my face She's gone on the last train Never thought that she would go Never thought that she would go Now... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Jun 10, 2014Compared to James’s 2013 breakout “No Beginning No End,” this one is bigger, thicker, less sensual but arguably just as sexy.
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Q MagazineAug 28, 2014This career-best seventh album seeps into your head and stays there. [Sep 2014, p.110]
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Jun 10, 2014With James' voice and nearly iconic harmonic sensibility as a guide, these genres flow into, rub against, and ultimately redefine one another. His creative reach, at least at this juncture appears to be boundless.
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Jun 10, 2014His second album on the label--While You Were Sleeping, is a leap forward, brilliant precisely for its blurriness of style.
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MojoJul 24, 2014There's always a soulful undercurrent to James's work, exemplified by album's deliciously dream title cut. [Jul 2014, p.92]
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UncutJun 26, 2014While You Were Sleeping is a curious amalgam of '70s soul, '90s R&B and the epic manoeuvrings of stadium rock. [Aug 2014, p.74]
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Jun 10, 2014In his determination to establish his own lane, though, James has let his once-strong songwriting sag.
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