• Record Label: Stax
  • Release Date: Jun 3, 2016
Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. 100
    It’s all delivered with welcoming warmth and humility, over impeccably buttoned-down soul-funk grooves.
  2. Jul 21, 2016
    80
    Bell’s voice and the warm Stax sound are intact. But--as is clear from the first lines of opening track The Three of Me, in which the narrator looks at past, present and future versions of himself--his mastery of the craft of songwriting is also undimmed.
  3. Jul 20, 2016
    80
    With a voice as aching as this, William Bell continues to stand out as a Soul Survivor almost 80 years into a life that has seen The House win more times than he might hope.
  4. Uncut
    Jun 28, 2016
    80
    The septuagenarian may not possess the range he once had, but Bell's voice wears the years gracefully. [Aug 2016, p.71]
  5. Mojo
    Jun 28, 2016
    80
    William Bell has forgotten nothing, it seems, least of all how to make wonderful, eternal soul music. [Aug 2016, p.88]
  6. Jun 28, 2016
    80
    Working with Leventhal has brought out the best in Bell, and 2016's This Is Where I Live is his strongest and most powerful work since the late '70s.
  7. Jun 28, 2016
    80
    This is soul music with personality and real instruments; best of all, it’s unflinchingly honest.

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User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Jul 24, 2016
    1
    Aska, es un total asco de suerte es jú y flop ojalá no haya recaudado ni 1000 copias ya que es un asco el álbum el peor que compre en mi vidaAska, es un total asco de suerte es jú y flop ojalá no haya recaudado ni 1000 copias ya que es un asco el álbum el peor que compre en mi vida :((((((( Full Review »