Coming Home (Deluxe)

AlbumJun 23 / 201515 songs, 46m 25s96%
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Leon Bridges’ retro-soul debut is so impressively dead-on you might wonder where he parked his time machine. Channeling the buttoned-up charm of Sam Cooke and the mellower side of Otis Redding (as well as contemporary throwbacks like Raphael Saadiq), *Coming Home* captures a moment in the early \'60s where gospel met blues and blossomed into doo-wop and soul. It was the period-perfect title track that helped Bridges gain an audience beyond his Texas hometown, but the swaying dedication to his mother, “Lisa Sawyer,” is every bit as lovely.

7.0 / 10

Leon Bridges is a 25-year-old Fort Worth native with a golden voice, and his Columbia debut deftly recalls all the well-bronzed giants of soul—your Aretha, your Otis, and especially, in Bridges' case, Sam Cooke.

7.0 / 10

Leon Bridges is a 25-year-old Fort Worth native with a golden voice, and his Columbia debut deftly recalls all the well-bronzed giants of soul—your Aretha, your Otis, and especially, in Bridges' case, Sam Cooke.

9.5 / 10

For 25-year-old Leon Bridges, the comparisons to Sam Cooke are inevitable because of this music.

Soulful debut from 25-year-old Texan is majestic

9.5 / 10

For 25-year-old Leon Bridges, the comparisons to Sam Cooke are inevitable because of this music.

Soulful debut from 25-year-old Texan is majestic

Check out our album review of Artist's Coming Home on Rolling Stone.com.

Check out our album review of Artist's Coming Home on Rolling Stone.com.

This debut sets a nice, if mostly safe, blueprint.

This debut sets a nice, if mostly safe, blueprint.

9 / 10

The question with Leon Bridges is authenticity, and the Fort Worth, Texas singer-songwriter/musician exonerates himself nicely with major la...

9 / 10

The question with Leon Bridges is authenticity, and the Fort Worth, Texas singer-songwriter/musician exonerates himself nicely with major la...

8 / 10

Album Review: Leon Bridges - Coming Home

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Album Review: Leon Bridges - Coming Home

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There’s no doubting his retro-soul chops, but Leon Bridges seems yet to find the best way to use them

There’s no doubting his retro-soul chops, but Leon Bridges seems yet to find the best way to use them

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The 25-year-old Texan singer-songwriter's slinky, Sam Cooke-like sound is full of heart

The 25-year-old Texan singer-songwriter's slinky, Sam Cooke-like sound is full of heart

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