The single “Stay with Me” sets the tone for Lonely Hour. Most of the album goes down a reflective and melancholy path. The opening song “Money on my Mind” is the closest song you will get to an uptempo, feel-good song. While the album excels as a very honest body of work, the lack of variety may have deterred it from being a truly great debut.įans of the singer’s collaboration with fellow Brit Disclosure on the mega-hit “Latch” may feel a little disappointed. Smith has stated that most of the album is based on the subject of unrequited love. Enter Sam Smith and his debut album, In the Lonely Hour. I’m a believer that music thrives more on what’s honest and not necessarily what the artist thinks we want to hear. Old contemporary R&B (we call it the “baby come back home” style) has been making its way back into the mainstream with such artists as Justin Timberlake and John Legend. This is an understated and promising first step from an unpredictable and distinctive talent.R&B is in the midst of an identity crisis, having given way to the raunchier, vulgar imagery in recent years. If Smith didn't have such a remarkable voice, they could stay busy composing songs for artists in several genres the anthemic "Like I Can" could be easily adapted for a contemporary country singer, while a few others could be turned over to young pop artists in need of material that makes them sound more human. That puts all the more focus on Smith's voice and words, the latter of which switch between borderline maudlin ("What use is money when you need someone to hold?") and disarmingly brazen ("Just leave your lover, leave him for me"). The dominance of stripped-down backdrops - some with merely piano, acoustic guitar, and conservative strings - is somewhat surprising.
Much more about mourning than movement here, Smith is bold for not attempting to capitalize on the Disclosure and Naughty Boy hits. Deep sorrow informs most of the material. Those three solo singles are here, along with seven new songs that tend to cast Smith as a heartbroken balladeer. They preceded the release of In the Lonely Hour, the singer and songwriter's debut album. "Money on My Mind," an upbeat statement of purpose more about the soul than the heart, and "Stay with Me," a torch song with a gospel-inspired chorus, were Smith's second and third solo singles. It was quickly eclipsed by a lead role on Naughty Boy's "La La La," a breakbeat-driven tearjerker that went to number one in the U.K. Early 2013 brought their debut solo single, "Lay Me Down" - an aching singer/songwriter-soul throwback that scraped the U.K. Smith grew up listening to R&B giants Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, and Whitney Houston, but their first impression was unique, not merely for the richness of their voice, but its resoundingly expressive yet naturally delivered manner - on a level most singers can't match with maximum effort. hit in 2012, introduced Sam Smith, a London-born vocalist with a deeply emotive voice. Disclosure's loping dance-pop single "Latch," a number 11 U.K.
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