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Feb 27, 2012Feel-good soul-pop, melodic grrrl-power rhymes, and lush love songs that make even gruff guest Rick Ross sound like a romantic.
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Mar 6, 2012In addition to her general growth as an artist, All of Me mainly works due to Estelle having the confidence to let it work instead of over-thinking it.
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Mar 20, 2012Estelle's thang may not be the most ear-catching or eyebrow-raising out there, but it's as likable as it is listenable.
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Feb 27, 2012The songs are a bit cluttered with cameos from Chris Brown and Trey Songz but they win her independence.
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Mar 9, 2012Unwanted Chris Brown presence aside, All Of Me is a coherent, concise album that--hearteningly--is most characterised by its creator's overflowing wells of confidence.
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Mar 6, 2012Most tracks here make no bones about aiming straight for the radio. Choruses are airy and open, melodies are sticky and straightforward and tend to lodge in your head with or without your approval.
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Mar 1, 2012This is an album you play during a lazy Sunday afternoon, an album you reach for during a long road-trip, and in a way that's far more valuable than the month's new hottest thing.
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Feb 28, 2012Co-writer John Legend and guests like Rick Ross and Janelle Monáe help Estelle construct a multifaceted album.
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Feb 29, 2012A consistent-not-masterful album like All of Me would still do you some good to hear.
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Mar 22, 2012It feels as if Estelle isn't sure what she's about.
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Mar 14, 2012The end result is a mish-mash of styles that leaves this LP somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean at the turn of the millennium.
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Mar 8, 2012Although All Of Me shares that record's [The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill] fervour, it lacks its cohesiveness due to a few forgettable pop turns.
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Feb 28, 2012Much of what remains is pleasant and executed with finesse, yet not as memorable as the majority of The 18th Day or Shine.
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Feb 27, 2012[A] comfortable, small and sometimes vague album.
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Feb 29, 2012The downside of All of Me lies in the fact that this album arrived just a little too late.
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Feb 27, 2012The lack of standout hits here is disappointing, but All of Me's Achilles heel is its conversational interludes.
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Mar 15, 2012The homegrown characteristics of her distinctive style have been all but washed away in a flood of R&B clichés on All of Me, a routine blend of fidgety grooves and tiresome ruminations on life and love.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 19
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Mixed: 1 out of 19
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Negative: 4 out of 19
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