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82

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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: The eighth full-length release for the Georgian-born singer-songwriter artist was produced by Leo Abrahams.
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  • Record Label: BMG
  • Genre(s): Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Oct 16, 2020
    80
    A compendious set of cinematic, soothing and poignant songs, showcasing a deeper maturity not only in Melua’s voice, but also in her songwriting.
  2. Oct 16, 2020
    80
    Album No. 8 is an intensely personal album that feels like Melua made it for herself first and foremost.
  3. Oct 16, 2020
    80
    This is a laidback album, drawing on the dreamy Seventies milieu of Laurel Canyon with a touch of the easy listening sumptuousness of Burt Bacharach. It is about the ways lovers drift apart, evoking the fall of Autumnal leaves rather than blood on the tracks.
  4. 70
    Nothing approaches rock, or even rock oriented. Rather Melua keeps her expressive, mellifluous voice focused on mood and atmosphere, letting the songs and orchestrations do the heavy lifting.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. Oct 20, 2020
    10
    A beautiful emotional journey...nothing is a filler here. Beauticul and haunting. It seems hard times made Katie write and make her best album yet.
  2. Nov 2, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I didn't like it at all
    To boring and shallow I didn't get the idea
    Its not fair ti have this rating at all
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