The list of artists who received unbreakable chart hits from the Scot by choice is almost longer than that of her own successes. Either way, the British R&B queen no longer has anything to prove to anyone, least of all herself. In this way one encounters an Emeli Sandé on her fourth album, who has freed herself from all expectations and spreads a new lightness, reminiscent of Gabrielle and Des’ree, paired with exemplary gospel elegance.
A new lightness paired with exemplary gospel elegance.
Even more striking is the unusual minimalism of the 16 new songs. Emeli Sandé’s presence becomes all the more noticeable the more instrumentation and arrangements become skeletonized. For example on “Oxygen”, which lives on her voice and the beats of the producer Fallen. Vocals are completely absent on “July 25th” – and yet this piano insert tears your heart apart. Even Britrapper Jaykae fits organically into Emeli Sandé’s new concept on “Look What You’ve Done”. The competition will have a hard time raising the bar in classic R&B this year.
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