Jimmy Lee
by Raphael Saadiq
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Aug 23, 2019
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 51 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 51
  3. Negative: 17 out of 51
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  1. calrmusic
    Feb 3, 2020
    9
    Fantastic album, love it! Lyrically and thematically beautiful. The arrangements are brilliant and have so much character and soul, bolstered by smooth production. Lots of standout tracks!
  2. tdrakon
    Sep 24, 2019
    7
    An interesting album. It's a dedicated effort of Raphael Saadiq to transfer his feelings of his brother's loss in words and music.
  3. ernestogomez18
    Sep 10, 2019
    10
    One of the best albums I have ever heard. Don't know why people didn't like it much.
  4. a_sebastian
    Aug 27, 2019
    10
    Feels good to label an album with 10. To be honest I'm a fan, otherwise i would do a9, simply because the 2 first tracks are just, unlistenable.
    As for the rest, beauty. In and out of context.
  5. seang9899
    Aug 26, 2019
    10
    Quite simply, the best album since "Black Messiah" and "Blackstar" dropped in late '15/early '16

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Metascore
90

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Pitchfork
    Sep 19, 2019
    78
    On Jimmy Lee, Saadiq shout-sings, whispers, and croons with new abandon. It feels like a refutation of his old reserve, and it also represents a welcome stretch from Saadiq before he takes his sound all the way back to his beginnings.
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  2. PopMatters
    Sep 3, 2019
    90
    Saadiq puts his artistic skills to use in full, reaching new emotional and technical heights while delving into heartbreaking lows. Jimmy Lee shows why, even though he so often stays behind the scenes these days, his is one of the most compelling voices in modern-day soul music.
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  3. AllMusic
    Aug 30, 2019
    90
    The brothers and sisters in arms, longtime partners (Thomas McElroy, Taura Stinson) and new associates (Brook D'Leau, Daniel Crawford) alike, play in service to the vision of one eminent artist, helping him convert grief to artistic brilliance.
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