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John Legend 'Once Again' Album
Review
To change your name from plain old
John Stephens to the somewhat more impressive John Legend
speaks of a remarkable amount of self-confidence – or just
plain stupidity. It’s lucky then, that John Legend more than
lives up to his name.
Legend is sickeningly multi-talented – singer, songwriter,
pianist, triple Grammy winner and all-round hottie. He also
oozes class from every pore and has a voice that transforms
any song into a classic. Lucky again then that he doesn’t just
sing any old song, but proper old-school soul delights that
showcase his smoother-than-a-Robbie-Williams-chat-up-line
voice to perfection.
Second album Once Again (the follow-up to his sublime
debut Get Lifted) suffers slightly from a lack of Kanye
West and up-tempo numbers but almost makes up for it with the
sheer splendour of these romantic, sensuous and seductive
songs. First single Save Room is the most obviously
catchy of them, a slightly funky soul workout that Marvin Gaye
would probably be proud of.
It’s a travesty that Legend isn’t massive in the UK – after
all, who do we have? Ronan Keating? Daniel Beddingfield?
Please, don’t make me laugh. They can only dream of even being
a backing singer to quality like this. Once Again might
be a slow-burner but remember, they’re always the ones to
watch.
Rachel Read
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