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Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 15 Ratings

  • Summary: The fourth release for the 2011 Grammy-winning Best New Artist is described as a more upbeat album with two cover songs.
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Black Gold
Hold your head as high as you can High enough to see who you are, little man Life sometimes is cold and cruel Baby no one else will tell you so... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Mar 21, 2012
    90
    It is a stunning achievement in contemporary pop. Yet, unlike so much of contemporary pop, it's timeless.
  2. Mojo
    Mar 23, 2012
    80
    Spalding's improvised ensemble pieces put pay to the tittle-tattle about jazz being dead. It is very much alive. [Apr 2012, p.90]
  3. Apr 5, 2012
    80
    Spalding's charisma, whimsical poetry and enthusiasm for jamming still run through the heavily produced set.
  4. Mar 20, 2012
    70
    Most of the record finds organic urban grooves, frosts them with sweet pop-soul hooks and serves them up hot and fluffy.
  5. Oct 9, 2012
    67
    [Radio Music Society] positions Spalding as an artist looking forward and back, a powerful stance.
  6. Mar 19, 2012
    60
    She's the kind of artist whose skills absolutely merit a wide audience, but Radio Music Society proves that she hasn't quite figured out how to capture one.
  7. Mar 20, 2012
    50
    Despite a charmingly lithe voice, her song writing has a way to go.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Mar 26, 2012
    10
    Seriously this is my first Esperanza Spalding album that i have ever listen to. I had this album on repeat all day at work. Seriously one ofSeriously this is my first Esperanza Spalding album that i have ever listen to. I had this album on repeat all day at work. Seriously one of the BEST albums this year!!!! Expand

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