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Fred again..
- Record Label: Atlantic
- Release Date: Oct 28, 2022
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Oct 28, 2022It all adds up to one of the best and most memorable albums of the year.
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Nov 7, 2022There’s nothing particularly new here from Fred bar minor switches into previously unexplored electronic styles, but it still boasts some of his best tracks yet.
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Oct 28, 2022Gibson’s inclination towards expressing thoughtful and emotional contemplation largely balance out the record’s apparent eagerness to simply rave through the pain.
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Oct 28, 2022Over 13 songs, it’s almost impossible not to fidget and move to glitchy drum’n’bass (Kammy), dreamy dub-step (Bleu) or echoey R’n’B-meets-soulful house (Kelly). Fred has done it…(dare we say?) again.
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Oct 28, 2022‘Actual Life 3’ confidently guides us into an exciting future for UK club culture and encourages us to never forget what we nearly lost.
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Nov 4, 2022Gibson’s talent isn’t in question here, there’s a reason he’s built a reputation as one of the UK's best production talents and it’s in full display in Actual Life 3. However, it's hard to put a finger on what the album's intent is.
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Oct 28, 2022Actual Life 3 has moments of brilliance and will certainly connect with big festival crowds. ... But music that focuses on reality tends to work best when it is doggedly cinematic or highly relatable; Actual Life 3 is neither, instead frequently slipping into mundanity.
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Nov 4, 2022Gibson's earlier work mixed pop mastery with genuine feeling. Actual Life 3 is the Hollywood remake, with not-quite-convincing lookalikes and a script laden with clichés.
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Nov 1, 2022The third instalment in his Actual Life series continues the concept of an artistic journal, but fails to convey the intended poignancy.
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Feb 16, 2023Esta malo el album pero es disfrutable en algunas ocasiones, es un buen album