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Oct 9, 2014Sweet may not be her best release, but her attitude is so much looser this time around that even the filler gets elevated.
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Oct 21, 2014She still packs too many showboating notes into each songs. But she’s also finding a unique vulnerability on ballads like Loud, where she effectively confronts the haters with her humanity.
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Oct 13, 2014This might finally break Jessie J stateside, but by trying to be all things to all people, the soul is drained out of it.
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Oct 13, 2014While Sweet Talker's lack of a clear artistic voice makes it wildly uneven, it just might be loud enough to regain American listeners' attention.
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Oct 13, 2014As these 12 tracks go by, the quirks that made Jessie J’s previous albums notable have been replaced by the hugeness of failsafe producers; and she has taken a step back from the songwriting.
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Oct 9, 2014Your enjoyment will hinge on how you feel about the strained earnestness of her delivery--it’s notable that the best moments come when she uncouples herself from it and just sings for the joy of it, as on the brilliant, fizzy pop banger Bang Bang, a deserved No 1 this summer.
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Nov 20, 2014Ultimately, Sweet Talker falls short of pop glory.
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Oct 21, 2014Jessie's at her best when she's having fun. She just doesn't have enough of it here.
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Oct 15, 2014Nearly every song on Sweet Talker was constructed by a team of co-writers, a level of sonic micromanagement that stifles the music’s direction rather than improves it.
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Oct 9, 2014Unfortunately, after that impressive opening salvo ["Bang Bang"], the album largely relapses on tired MOR pop.
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Oct 14, 2014There's barely a narrative other than posturing. It's not really an album, more a relentless ad campaign.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 76 out of 163
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Mixed: 24 out of 163
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Negative: 63 out of 163
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