“The British balladeer falls back on emotional pop crescendos to reveal a different outlook”
“Sam Smith finds self-love and confidence on their multifaceted third outing Love Goes”
“The pop crooner’s third album is at times freer, queerer, and more enlivening than anything Sam Smith has done before, and yet too cautious to make what could’ve been a career-defining leap.”
“Same as it ever was, heartbreak is bread and butter for the modern multimillion-selling pop star. Where Sam Smith’s last album plumbed the depths of a bad breakup, Love Goes hovers on the brink of the acceptance stage. Opener Young sets an audaciously spare tone, Smith’s voice doubled by vocoder ghosts as they resolve to “get a little wild, get a little high, kiss a hundred boys and not feel like ”
“The singer's latest album pairs classic heartbreak with versatile, modern pop vocals”
“pop balladeer leans even further into heartbreak than before”
