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Nov 28, 2016While the album is technically one of Rumer's most faithfully old-school, it still sounds fresh, and the analog production aesthetic only works to magnify the purity, lyricism, and expressiveness of her voice.
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Nov 28, 2016On the face of it, the last thing the world needs is yet another take on Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s glittering catalogue, but she brings the heart and voice to make it soar.
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Nov 22, 2016More often than not, there’s a controlled confidence and sensitivity behind each note that makes for a powerful delivery. Rumer should be praised for taking on such a feat, handling the weight of the songs, and producing something filled with raw emotion, maturity and depth.
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Nov 18, 2016[Rumer's] acquisition of a new musical guru (and now husband) in ex-Bacharach and Dionne Warwick musical arranger, Rob Shirakbari, has resulted in about as stylish and classy set of Bacharach/David interpretations as one might conceive.
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Nov 23, 2016Too often, the songs are shadowed by earlier interpreters.
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MojoNov 18, 2016This album opts throughout for classy tristesse, perfect for Close To You and A House Is Not A Home, too steadily composed for Walk On By and Another Girl, both heartbroken songs behind the on-point style. [Nov 2016, p.87]
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Q MagazineNov 18, 2016Draining and stylish in equal measure. [Jan 2017, p.111]
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UncutNov 18, 2016"Close To You" confirms how much she sounds like Karen Carpenter but, amid the over-familiar songs, most interesting are the relative obscurities. [Dec 2016, p.35]