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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from British singer-songwriter Lucy Rose was produced by Kwes.
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  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
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  1. 90
    We’re left reveling in an album that is grand in ambition and execution – a sweeping journey of highs and lows worth celebrating.
  2. Apr 18, 2024
    90
    The jazz-imbued one-two of ‘Light As Grass’ and ‘Could You Help Me’ gives the record a rich introduction, while ‘Sail Away’ descends into a heady, dance-tinged mist; by the time the funky gratitude of ‘The Racket’ closes proceedings (“I won’t let you bring me down”), it’s hard not to be in awe of the scale of her growth and transformation in every sense of the word.
  3. 80
    These are some of the most interesting and sonically varied songs of her entire career.
  4. Apr 18, 2024
    80
    Rose is arguably still at her best on the more intimate balladry, such as on album highlights "Dusty Frames," with its rippled, watery effects, and the brittlely resilient title track. Nothing here, though, is a misfire, as Rose deftly navigates these new approaches.
  5. Mojo
    Apr 18, 2024
    80
    A suite of songs that are more reflective than self-pitying, and unlike her last, beats-free album, often grounded by solid grooves that allow her bewitching melodies to soar. [May 2024, p.85]
  6. Apr 29, 2024
    80
    Ambitious, emotive, and completely open, it’s a gorgeous song cycle, drenched in jazz-leaning arrangements.
  7. Record Collector
    Jun 10, 2024
    60
    Over When It's Over flirts with the dance floor while the hushed Whatever You Want is worthy of Tapestryeta Carole King, as a driven and articulate artist confidently finds her feet again. [May 2024, p.105]

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