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10.0
39141
10.0 |
Entertainment.ie
A wonderful collection of exquisitely arranged and performed soulful grooves
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9.0
39291
9.0 |
FasterLouder
What separates him from the pack is the way he applies genuine vocal talent with immaculate songwriting and arresting emotion, something rarely seen since the days of Jeff Buckley nearly 20 years ago. Believe the hype
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8.2
40163
8.2 |
The AU Review
A remarkably-compelling record from a commendable new talent
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8.0
38932
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
While it’s unlikely that Kiwanuka will truly be the sound of 2012 – two big years for neo-soul seems a stretch – it is a sound that I would gladly tolerate listening to throughout the year
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8.0
39556
8.0 |
hhv.de mag
A sound to drown in, a voice to lean on – always keeping in mind that this is only Kiwanuka’s debut
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8.0
38642
8.0 |
Mojo
It is an easy album to like. Print edition only
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8.0
38644
8.0 |
Q
It goes back and forth from the serious to the life-affirming. Print edition only
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8.0
38562
8.0 |
The Guardian
Home Again's strength lies in the fact that it manages to tick a lot of boxes without sounding like it set out to tick a lot of boxes
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8.0
38559
8.0 |
Clash
An absolute treat for fans of rootsy vintage soul and a remarkable statement of intent
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8.0
38560
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
A remarkably assured and sophisticated album
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8.0
38585
8.0 |
Evening Standard
This debut is a guaranteed success, all the same — with greater things likely to follow
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8.0
38595
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
A sort of jazzy, kind-of-soulful, wholesome pop-folk singer of simple, non-swinging but beautifully arranged songs about uncomplicated emotions
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7.5
38561
7.5 |
BBC
Full of faith and sincerity
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7.5
44682
7.5 |
Paste Magazine
The young Kiwanuka proves that youth and wisdom are not mutually exclusive and his insights and talents, albeit still a bit raw, suggest great things to come
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7.0
44039
7.0 |
Spin
Nakedly expressive Anglo-Ugandan sings wistful soul-folk dressed up with diverse, bravura orchestration
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7.0
38651
7.0 |
DIY
Michael Kiwanuka may be an artist who is in thrall to the past but over the course of his debut album he has shown that there is still a great deal of virtue in some simply great songs
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7.0
38656
7.0 |
NME
Patchy, perhaps. Polished, perhaps. But there’s talent here in buckets, if not the most stylish model of pail
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7.0
38804
7.0 |
No Ripcord
Pays reverence to the early seventies
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7.0
38603
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A record that has clearly been crafted with great care and a terrific talent behind both the songwriting and the production
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7.0
38638
7.0 |
Uncut
This pensive debut gives notice of a fine new talent
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6.0
38600
6.0 |
The Observer
Like his co-star of 2012, the Brits-anointed Emeli Sandé, Kiwanuka is undoubtedly gifted and, like her, seems preternaturally middle-aged, an old soul in a 25-year-old body whose need to appear mature at all costs is troubling
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6.0
38563
6.0 |
The Independent
A pleasant enough handful of easy-going songs, in which the focus on warmth has left them lacking bite
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6.0
38564
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Kiwanuka has a gift for authentically recreating a past sound, but you have to wonder: where he can go next?
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6.0
38584
6.0 |
The Fly
Across the ten tracks it dawdles a tad, the lush ache of Kiwanuka’s eiderdown voice just about pulling us out of a snooze-dive
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6.0
44114
6.0 |
All Music
A promising debut by an artist who will no doubt deliver big if developed properly
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6.0
41715
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
A record that radiates like a yule log
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