The Afterlove
| James Blunt
The Afterlove
The Afterlove is the fifth studio album by the English singer James Blunt, released on 24 March 2017 through Atlantic Records. To promote the album, Blunt embarked on The Afterlove World Tour in August 2017. - Wikipedia
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The Guardian
Perhaps, with his slightly desperate iteration, Blunt will help put this particular musical trend out of its misery.
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The Guardian
Likeable isn't listenable.
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Exepose
The music is an unoriginal blend of Bieber-esque tropical house and the lyrics are deeply uninspiring.
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Richer Sounds
It contains some listenable, accessible songs but the rest is too anonymous and bland at times for it to be worth buying the whole album.
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Pure Charts
His best album to date.
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Sputnik Music
He has turned himself into not just another "white man with a guitar," but a "white man with shitty minimalistic club beats... and also a guitar."
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Entertainment Focus
Blunt may be musical marmite to some but I think he deserves way more credit than he ever gets.
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Irish Times
His songwriting often smacks of artificiality.
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Evening Standard
I would pay good money to have all memory of it wiped immediately.
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All Music
A wonderful step outside his comfort zone that is more memorable and exciting than much of his output this decade.
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Financial Times
The songs have appealing melodies, on-trend chart-pop production and A-list collaborators.
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Times of India
Was it worth the wait? Hardly.
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New Zealand Herald
It's entirely forgettable, and at best a timely reminder of the kind of music we don't need in 2017.
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Renowned for Sound
Overall it’s a solid collection and has a couple of gems.
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The Times
James Blunt has what might prove to be the most enduring selling point of all: being bad.
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International Business Times
The Afterlove will please longtime James Blunt fans but his modernised direction is unlikely to attract new listeners.
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Immortal Reviews
It's a solid record full of decent tracks, both good and bad moments, but it does feel like it largely lacks a sense of uniqueness. 69/100
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Irish News
Not bad, by any means, but, it's far from great.
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Rolling Stone
It is so thoroughly produced and calculated that only the most hardened advertising agents can write something positive about it.
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I'm Talkin' Here
Some misfires pop up but to be honest they’re not any way bad enough to take away from the album as whole.
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Pop Central
James Blunt’s voice is tasteless, monotonous, toneless, and completely lacking in charms.
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Entertainment South Wales
Definitely worth a couple of spins to cherry pick some new favourites that shows there's more to the singer/songwriter than You’re Beautiful.
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24 Our Music
The Afterlove is nothing but a disappointment.
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Sunshine Coast Daily
Fans who want to get married this year have been delivered a couple of crackers to walk down the aisle to .
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