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8.0
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8.0 |
The Independent
For all his production skills, he remains first and foremost a vocal stylist of considerable ability
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8.0
43381
8.0 |
musicOMH
An excellent record. It once again shows that despite his personal ups and downs, Kelly is a songwriting master and an utterly compelling performer
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8.0
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8.0 |
Entertainment.ie
This is proper joy-inducing music
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7.5
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7.5 |
BBC
Kelly is in control throughout Write Me Back, without guest vocalists or producers, and his part-hustler, part-loner demeanour is as strong as it’s ever been
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
It's virtuoso pastiche – but Kelly's Seventies are freakier than your dad's
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7.0
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7.0 |
All Music
It's apparent that he can be retro and urbane as instinctively as he can be cutting edge and filthy
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7.0
43602
7.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Lyrically, Kelly tries to stay within the confines of the era's subject matter - still somewhat sex-crazed, but restrained and largely converted to sincere musings about love and relationships
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A more than agreeable collection of songs that should hold us over while we wait for Kelly to re-engage with contemporary music
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7.0
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7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
An album that’s a definitive career landmark
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6.7
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6.7 |
A.V. Club
Write Me Back offers his accomplished take on classic, traditional R&B
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6.5
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6.5 |
Pitchfork
Given the glimmer of an end-to-end great album we got on Love Letter, it's hard not to be disappointed that unevenness is once again the name of R. Kelly's game
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6.0
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6.0 |
NME
Credit where it’s due: when it works, it works
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Scotsman
Although Write Me Back is essentially a pastiche, it’s a very fluent pastiche on which Kelly puts his keen production skills and considerable vocal talents to appealing use
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
On a mission to save R&B, the man with the one-track mind emerges victorious. Print edition only
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4.0
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Slant Magazine
This-porridge-is-just-right uptempo mush
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