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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
9.2

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length release for the British singer-songwriter was produced by Fraser T Smith and Dan Gretch.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. 80
    Lighting Matches is polished soul and swing with a sharper edge than some of his contemporaries have managed.
  2. 80
    Lighting Matches is a record that makes Bedford sound like Hollywood. Whether he gets there on this record, time will tell. But there’s enough class and promise to at least meet his ambitions halfway. He knows what he’s doing.
  3. Q Magazine
    Aug 14, 2018
    80
    That song [Found What I've Benn Looking For], turbo-charged, grandstanding and whipped into shape by Grennan's gravel voice encapsulates his committed, lavishly layered approach. [Aug 2018, p.111]
  4. Aug 14, 2018
    50
    Lighting Matches isn’t a bad album, but sadly it doesn't excel either.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Sep 17, 2022
    10
    9.8/10
    The feelings of the whole album have a strong sense of emotion, no matter how excited or release, no matter how melancholy or tired,
    9.8/10
    The feelings of the whole album have a strong sense of emotion, no matter how excited or release, no matter how melancholy or tired, Tom can find outbreaks in each song. I can only say that Lighting Matches is the best album in 2018.
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  2. Sep 6, 2019
    9
    Álbum perfeito nenhum defeito amo que amo mas vai levar um 9 pq sou chato rs