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9.0
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9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
An album with a generous helping of highlights, not least because of Miguel’s enviable vocal versatility and affinity for dramatic songcraft
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8.7
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8.7 |
Paste Magazine
Miguel, never afraid to sing of carnal pleasure, is in, perhaps, his randiest mood yet on War & Leisure
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8.3
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8.3 |
Consequence Of Sound
The crooner successfully strikes a balance between news cycle and bedroom
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8.3
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8.3 |
A.V. Club
Miguel wears War & Leisure’s looseness well, and even if he doesn’t reveal much of himself, he still has the charisma to pull the whole ensemble off
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8.1
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8.1 |
Pitchfork
Miguel’s fourth album has a kinetic sexual and political energy. With less digital funk and more reverbed-out guitar, his R&B psychedelia for uncertain times shows his maturation as a songwriter
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8.0
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8.0 |
Evening Standard
Leisure is a coming-of-age record for the multi-talented Miguel. It suggests his songwriting will still be relevant once the screaming has stopped
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8.0
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8.0 |
The FT
A set of songs that picks its way lightly through a troubled world, a winning register for pop music
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8.0
101312
8.0 |
Clash
Miguel’s intention with ‘War & Leisure’ is not to laden himself as a beacon for social change, but to create a body of work that offsets the severity of our current climate
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8.0
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8.0 |
Slant Magazine
War & Leisure is less of a stylistic about-face than it is a subtle and deliberate course correction
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8.0
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8.0 |
Exclaim
Though he enthusiastically pushes the boundaries of his sound and image on his most eclectic album yet, Miguel also takes care to make each of its tracks insatiably catchy and breezily fun
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Observer
The 80s are writ large on War & Leisure, which cribs its musical ambition and expansiveness from that era’s pop, rock and soul
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8.0
101123
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Somehow, Miguel successfully blends carefree R&B pop bops with a woke mentality … while giving you the glad eye. Magic
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8.0
101127
8.0 |
The Guardian
His voice, particularly when drowsily tossing out raps or soaring in its upper mid-range, is a beautiful instrument that always ties the groove together
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
A compelling collection of poptastic R&B tracks made to soundtrack your night out
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7.0
101142
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The L.A. soul explorer's fourth album creates a space where psych-funk splendor coexists with deep anxiety
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7.0
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7.0 |
Crack
If the world needs a musical mouthpiece for social justice, it could do a lot worse than the man currently vying for the title of Prince or Michael Jackson’s successor
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6.7
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6.7 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Too much leisure, not enough war
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6.5
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6.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Ultimately easy to enjoy
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6.0
101147
6.0 |
Q
Miguel has been mentioned in the same breath as Frank Ocean and The Weeknd, but this album doesn't quite unlock such self-contained worlds. Print edition only
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5.8
101171
5.8 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
There’s a riot going on in there, somewhere, it’s just difficult ascertaining what exactly that riot is about, or why the listener should even bother trying to find it; the surface is good enough already
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