Slicker Than Your Average
by Craig David
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Nov 19, 2002
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    91
    This gentle, suave, insistent smoothie parlayed his direct lyrics and tricky beats into a strong straight r&b album in a year when contenders Raphael Saadig and Me'shell NdegéOcello got tangled up in form.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Having already redefined garage last time around, he's conjured up an album equal parts R Kelly, Ali G and Terence Trent D' Arby, which will only send him further into the stratosphere.
  3. Blender
    80
    What makes the stop-and-go, drum-thick music on this CD such a smooth ride, is that despite the pout, this is still the same old David. [#12, p.140]
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  5. Dot Music
    70
    Way more consistent than your average over-long US R&B release, whilst still being stuffed with just as many potential singles.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    Thank goodness David can still lay down some good pop balladry. [22 Nov 2002, p.78]
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#45 Most Shared Album of 2002

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User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. LanceA
    Jan 4, 2007
    10
    I think this is an awesome followup to bron to do it featuring many marketable tracks that could have been brought out as singles e.g. eenie I think this is an awesome followup to bron to do it featuring many marketable tracks that could have been brought out as singles e.g. eenie meenie,hands up in the air and two steps back.… Full Review »
  2. OsaA
    Dec 9, 2006
    5
    This album is average compared to Born to Do it and all the songs are not good. In fact you will find yourself skipping a few songs. This is This album is average compared to Born to Do it and all the songs are not good. In fact you will find yourself skipping a few songs. This is the type of ablum you could listen to a few weeks or maybe months and then you get bored like I did. In fact I got so bored and disappointed of this average follow up to born to do it that I sold it on Amazon.… Full Review »
  3. Kyle
    Nov 26, 2002
    7
    This is a solid follow up to his first album, with some good quality tracks. But unlike with the first album I found myself skipping tracks This is a solid follow up to his first album, with some good quality tracks. But unlike with the first album I found myself skipping tracks because they were weaker than his average. All in all worth the purchase, and worth the wait.… Full Review »
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