blackSUMMERS'night (2016)
by Maxwell
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Jul 1, 2016
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 38 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 38
  3. Negative: 2 out of 38
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  1. geedup
    Jul 2, 2016
    6
    Such a long time between albums and its a pity since Maxwell is a quality artist. But I did really look forward to this album. Although it maybe my fault for wanting, yearning for another Urban Hang Suite. Which this album is not nor could it be. That being said Maxwell still has his great voice and crooning voice to listen to. But the music he chose for this album is not my favorite. ISuch a long time between albums and its a pity since Maxwell is a quality artist. But I did really look forward to this album. Although it maybe my fault for wanting, yearning for another Urban Hang Suite. Which this album is not nor could it be. That being said Maxwell still has his great voice and crooning voice to listen to. But the music he chose for this album is not my favorite. I really couldn't feel much of it as it seems he has said these things before- but in better fashion.… Expand

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21
#21 Best Album of 2016

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Uncut
    Aug 5, 2016
    90
    The breadth, scope and sheer suppleness of black SUMMERS'night makes one wish Maxwell worked a whole lot faster. [Sep 2016, p.76]
  2. The Line of Best Fit
    Jul 27, 2016
    90
    Very few albums are worth such a long wait, though, but blackSUMMERS’night is one of them--it’s an album that should live forever, purely because it sounds so detached from time.
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  3. Clash Music
    Jul 14, 2016
    70
    This is still an intrinsically Maxwell record, but he navigates familiar tropes through friction and distressed noir-soul, the cohesiveness of the record all the more commendable as a result.
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