8.2
Avg Score
7
Opinions
#1,546
All Time
11
Tracks
“Vintage soul singer Leon Bridges’s excellent albums Coming Home and Good Thing were smartly observed and performed. Still, there’s always the feeling that such reverential revivalism, no matter the quality of his songwriting and singing, winds up on a dead-end road called Bruno Mars Close. Could Bridges edge out of his comfort zone and focus his acute vision on more obscure terrain? Gold-Diggers ”
“Gold-Diggers Sound is Leon Bridges' most distinctive take on soul music to date”
“The visibility of R&B on a commercial level has been a hotly debated topic in recent years. In 2020, rapper Young M.A. took to Twitter to proclaim that music today doesn’t “feel the same” because there’s not enough of it being made. While some agreed with her take, others were vehemently opposed, promptly reeling off names of artists they felt were without doubt flying the flag for the genre. One ”
“Songwriter’s third LP is yet another graceful, often captivating deviation from his early retro soul path”
“The Texas singer delivers a smooth, risk-averse R&B album whose nostalgic trappings aim for timelessness.”
