Isolation

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AlbumApr 06 / 201815 songs, 46m 37s
Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
Popular Highly Rated

It was worth the wait for Colombian-American songstress Kali Uchis’s first full-length. A romantic collage of artists and sounds she’s encountered along the way—Tyler, The Creator and Bootsy Collins on “After the Storm”, and Gorillaz’ Damon Albarn on the surfy “In My Dreams”—the album draws on Latin pop (“Nuestro Planeta”), hypnotic R&B (“Just a Stranger”), and high-flying psych-rock (“Tomorrow,” with production from Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker). It’s a sign of Uchis’ artistic vision that she pulled so many creative minds into a single body of work that sounds so distinctly her own.

8.6 / 10

The debut album from the Colombian-American singer is a world of her own. Her wide range pulls in sounds from reggaetón, funk, and R&B and positions her to become a new gravitational force in pop.

B

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8 / 10

Her vibrant debut album 'Isolation' showcases an icon in the making. Get our verdict on Kali Uchis' debut album.

9.2 / 10

This is “Body Language,” the lush intro that transports you to the world of Kali Uchis, a world the Colombian-American songstress invites you deeply into her world, as she compellingly keeps herself a mystery.

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8 / 10

It's fitting that Kali Uchis call her studio debut Isolation.

8 / 10

Kali Uchis – real name Karly-Marina Loaiza – has been patiently waiting her turn. Mining vintage sounds on her 2012 mixtape ‘Drunken

8 / 10

It's as if Colombian-American pop star Kali Uchis has taken record she ever loved and distilled its essence on her debut album 'Isolation'.

9.5 / 10

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Rich and self-assured, the juxtaposition between sweet sounds and bleak subjects lifts Uchis’s album above the crowd

Album Reviews: Kali Uchis - Isolation