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- Summary: The fifth full-length studio release for the London-based pop group features production from Fred Ball, Hutch, K-Gee, George Moore, and William Orbit,
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- Genre(s): Pop
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Jul 30, 2018By and large this is a welcome and judicious follow on from Red Flag; it very much feels like All Saints are back with aplomb.
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Jul 30, 2018It’s let down by a few too many unremarkable ballads (Fumes, I Would), but that doesn’t detract from the fact that Testament shows this comeback is more than simply an exercise in nostalgia.
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Jul 30, 2018Lurking behind the sisterly triumphalism, though, is a conflicted message about being rescued from the shelf (“All before I lose my faith/ Just like magic, he came and saved my fall from grace”), and it has the unfortunate effect of turning a march of the Valkyries into a last stand of the spinsters. But sexual politics aside (and we will get to that), All Saints’ new album is pretty great, one you wished they had made back in 2001, when people might have cared.
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Q MagazineJul 31, 2018Sun-kissed first single Love Lasts Forever aside, the songs are often suffocated by vaguely outre production flourishes. [Sep 2018, p.110]
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Jul 30, 2018They [After All and Testament In Motion] are proof there’s potential here, but Testament is mostly weak Lemonade.
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Sep 1, 2020
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Aug 26, 2019The best album by a girl group, period. A masterclass. Gorgeous harmonies, outstanding lyrics. This album takes me places.
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