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Jun 2, 2016Rae seems to be inspired by nature. Allusions to stars, constellations, skies and galaxies abound, elemental energies propelling her as she confronts new challenges and obstacles, and imagines new futures.
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May 27, 2016Rae feels light here, no longer weighed down by her past and suddenly able to address pain with emotional wisdom. The Heart Speaks in Whispers is a summer record that reveals the warmth in silver linings.
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May 20, 2016The mellow-vibed Green Aphrodisiac also stands out with its succulent refrain and addictive, jazzy groove. The song’s introspective demeanour reflects the album as a whole, which mostly presents heartfelt meditations on love and life.
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May 16, 2016There’s a new sense of optimism shining through the songs, especially on tracks like Hey I Won’t Break Your Heart and Tell Me, but it’s always tempered by a wistfulness that only experience can bring.
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May 13, 2016It's all spirited and lively. At their best, the wide-eyed folk-soul moments tend to evoke a contemporized version of fellow Englishwoman Linda Lewis.
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May 12, 2016Six years later she returns healed, exuding hope and whimsy on her often wondrous new record.
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May 12, 2016Composition is one of Bailey's specialties, and she quickly rebounds from even the tiniest missteps.
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MojoMay 11, 2016Altogether, a brilliant and very welcome return. [Jun 2016, p.88]
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UncutMay 11, 2016Bailey Rae's third LP transcends earthbound elements to create its own weightless astral soul. [Jun 2016, p.69]
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May 16, 2016It makes for a fascinating listen, one filled with catharsis and inspiration. Rae doesn’t directly mention her past struggles, but her light permeates this record, leaving a shining example of strength and perseverance.
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Jun 9, 2016Occasionally Rae slips into serviceable, insipid pop, but it’s a minor grievance in a record that takes her from monochromatic to technicolour dreaming.
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May 12, 2016To say that Rae succeeds in announcing herself as a versatile artist with these 12 songs might actually be an understatement.
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May 19, 2016Rae's languid enunciation gets lost on faster tracks, and on Caramel and Night her vocal style shifts to a heavy-handed singer/songwriter coffee house/lullaby mode. Most captivating are the moments when she returns to exploring the thrill of vulnerability on Hey, I Won't Break Your Heart; emotional standoffs on Been To The Moon; and anxiety-inducing ruminations on Do You Ever Think of Me?
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May 16, 2016Rich with on-point retro-futurist sounds, such as the gem-like, sultry neo-soul of Green Aphrodisiac. ... But there’s some unwelcome pandering to all markets in ghastly guitar ballad Stop Where You Are, a misstep looking for a Coldplay album, and a couple of tracks where smoothness wins out over personality.
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May 12, 2016Do You Ever Think of Me, with its shifting chords and sweet falsetto peaks, treads a little too closely to Curtis Mayfield’s The Makings of You for comfort, and other tracks tend to drift so smoothly they can pass you by. But on Caramel, her soulful vocals are given space to bloom over a billowing pop backdrop.
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Q MagazineMay 11, 2016The Heart Speaks In Whispers is the sound of her getting it right again. [Jul 2016, p.105]
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May 11, 2016Sadly, following the great strides made on the grief-stricken The Sea, with The Heart Speaks In Whispers, Corinne Bailey Rae reverts to the blandly serviceable beige soul of her 2006 debut.
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Positive: 16 out of 19
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Mixed: 2 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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Jun 16, 2016