2013, Apr 8

Overgrown

Apple Spotify Art Pop Alternative R&B 99 Polydor Records Highly Rated

The Needle Drop 7/10 NME 4/5 Paste 6.4/10 The Independent 4/5 All Music 5/5 Exclaim! 7/10 Mojo 4/5 Loud and Quiet 9/10 Pop Matters 7/10 Spectrum Culture 65% music OMH 4.5/5 Beats Per Minute 85% Sputnikmusic 4.6/5 The Irish Times 4/5 The Arts Desk 4/5 Uncut 9/10

Pitchfork 8.0/10 James Blake's follow-up to his breakthrough self-titled album incorporates more gospel and R&B elements and a wider variety of textures. He successfully splits the difference between the sultry bedroom vibes of R&B’s resurgent Quiet Storm moment and the more mundane life of a British “bedroom” artist.

A.V. Club A- Amid piles of praise for James Blake’s minimalism, icy soulfulness, and overall potency, a small criticism was levied against his first LP: The songs sounded a bit like sketches, like the incomplete or truncated sandboxing of a budding producer discovering his voice. On Overgrown, Blake’s second full-length, it’s…

The Line of Best Fit 10/10 A work of stark, emotional beauty.

Evening Standard 4/5 This month's album releases reviewed by the Evening Standard's music critics

Rolling Stone 3.5/5 Check out our album review of Artist's Overgrown on Rolling Stone.com.

DIY 3/5 UK-based music magazine bringing you music news, reviews, features, interviews and more

Under The Radar 7.5/10 It seems that James Blake is still in a bit of a funk. His latest effort, Overgrown, rarely pulls out of its state of cloudy despondence, the 24 year-old producer-cum-songwriter instead demonstrating a sensitivity to subtle changes in a single hue, mood,

Clash 9/10 ClashMusic: Read an album review of James Blake's second album 'Overgrown' featuring appearances by Brian Eno and the Wu Tang Clan's Rza.

The Observer 3/5 James Blake offers more of the same on his second album, although the likes of Kanye West and Brian Eno exert an influence this time around, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>

Slant 4/5 Blake continues plumbing the depths on Overgrown, an album of depressing doom ballads with a decidedly hopeful slant.

The Guardian 5/5 Love, yearning and cosmic loneliness – with glints of beauty and richness – permeate this very able composer's second outing, writes <strong>Paul MacInnes</strong>

The Telegraph 4/5 James Blake's Mercury Prize-winning album, Overgrown is music of emotion and imagination, says Neil McCormick.