- Record Label: Emarcy/Umgd
- Release Date: Sep 25, 2007
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Entertainment WeeklyNdegeocello's dreamy vocal styles buttress this boudoir-freindly work. [28 Sep 2007, p.106]
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It's untamed, topsy-turvy, elliptical - and one of the most exciting albums I've heard all year.
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It is Meshell Ndegeocello’s most complete and fully integrated record and a defining work that in evading category seems to generate its own rules of engagement and enjoyment.
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Ultimately, The World Has Made Me the Man of My Dreams, with its irony, sincerity, seeming contradiction, and elliptical paradox, is the most expansive, complex record yet released by this always provocative artist.
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VibeEven while wearing her sexuality like an honor roll sticker, Ndegeocello is dazzlingly delicate. [Nov 2007, p.98]
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Even in its duller moments--the flaccid ballad 'Shirk,' the truncated sax solo that closes 'Virgo,' rainbow messages from God ('Elliptical')--this record fails to depart from the serious verve that has kept this artist relevant and refreshing for years.
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It’s this friction between the worldly and the cosmic, the erotic and the angry, that gives these songs their unique spark.
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Though her deep voice is mixed down a little, most of Meshell Ndegeocello's seventh album--five of its tracks reprised from last year's "Article 3 EP" recalls 2002's "Cookie."
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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Jan 4, 2013
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JasonP.Nov 2, 2007Album of the year.
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MarkCDec 12, 2007