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- Summary: The first full-length studio release in 11 years for British singer-songwriter Julian Lennon features guest appearances from Paul Buchanan and Elissa Lauper.
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- Record Label: BMG Rights Management
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 2 out of 7
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Mixed: 5 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Dec 7, 2022Jude is Lennon’s singular statement, his purposeful pronouncement, his pivotal turn as far as coming into his own with music that bears a grander scope.
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Classic Rock MagazineSep 8, 2022When not recycling hand-me-down Gallagher-by-numbers, has his moments. [Sep 2022, p.77]
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MojoSep 8, 2022More coherent than some rejigged castoffs ought to be. [Oct 2022, p.84]
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Sep 8, 2022Emotional echoes of this complicated public history reverberate through Jude’s solid collection of mature mid-tempo rockers and ballads. ... Lennon’s production is clean, steely and a little claustrophobic.
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UncutSep 8, 2022He describes the album as a “coming of age” project, and at 59 it’s evident he’s still processing the past. [Oct 2022, p.31]
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Sep 15, 2022If Jude lacks in immediacy, such melodic tunes as "Not One Night" suggests this is intentional: Lennon has traded direct pop for an elliptical route that suits his skin.
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Sep 12, 2022Respite comes with the atmospheric closer, Gaia – a nicely understated duet with Elissa Lauper that also features the Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan – but it doesn’t make up for the pedestrianism elsewhere.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 1 out of 4
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Oct 3, 2022
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Sep 11, 2022Every song my ears glued along
To rhythms that were brighter
To stories more subdued
One that sounded Manilow
All jewels from Julian’s Jude -
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Sep 12, 2022A perfect album from beginning to end! The most talented of ALL the Beatles' children. Amazing songs.
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Sep 16, 2022
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