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Sam Sparro
by Sam Sparro
This is the debut album for the son of gospel singer Chris Falson.
LABEL: |
Universal |
RELEASE DATE: |
24 June 2008 |
DISCS: |
1 disc |
GENRE(S): |
R&B |
NOTES: Original UK release 28 Apr 2008.
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80
Hot Press
The ghost of Marvin hovers over debut by Digi-Soul merchant - sensuous dancefloor fodder with an evocative voice.
80
The Guardian
There's more captivating electro-funk where that came from: his debut album is stuffed with it, some immediate enough to match Black and Gold's success.
80
Observer Music Monthly
This is a daring, crisp modern soul album rich in ideas and star quality.
80
Billboard
The best part of Sparro is that he's not just multiplying old styles by new sounds. Dressed like a raver B-boy, switching between Rufus Wainwright and D'Angelo, the boy's not faking it.
70
Drowned In Sound
As good as he evidently is as an arranger for the modern pop market (props, too, for song-penning collaborators Paul Epworth and Anthony ‘Eg’ White)--lacks lyrical consistency: for every neat tongue twist guaranteed to have you mouthing the words back in the shower the next day, there’s some truly atrocious couplet that’s best forgotten before it’s heard.
60
Dot Music
It's a mixed bag certainly and while nothing else here scales the heights of the single that's made his name thus far, there are plenty of moments of pop confection steered with a degree of sophistication to suggest he's more than a one trick pony.
60
musicOMH.com
There's a confidence obvious throughout that suggests Sparro will build on what is a strutting debut, even if at the moment he's a big voice with too many small songs to sing.
60
New Musical Express
While Hercules and Neon Neon took their dance nostalgia and turned it into something smart and new, Sam Sparro too often sounds like it’s come straight out of an electro-funk generator--perfect reference points intact, but not developed or built upon or made unique.
60
Uncut
Often stunning, but arguably also a little too knowing and shallow. [Aug 2008, p.108]
60
All Music Guide
After a while the tracks all begin to sound the same, disco beat with Seal style R&B; vocals, no bad thing but nothing much original and nothing to come close to the single 'Black And Gold.'
30
PopMatters
So as things go along, the similar, recycled beats meld into one another with little to distinguish them.
The average user rating for this album is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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