Home (Deluxe Edition)
After gently warming up with the swaying title track, Rudimental’s debut album immediately delivers the hard-hitting single that stormed UK singles charts in 2012, “Feel the Love.” Enlivened by a crackling drum \'n\' bass groove, joyous refrain, and funky organ riff, the tune is emblematic of the rousing fusions that make *Home* recall early ’90s pop/dance alchemists like Massive Attack and Soul II Soul. The quartet of producer-musicians at the group\'s core embrace an ecstatic dance-\'till-you-drop ethos that\'s further articulated by a variety of guest vocalists (including BRIT Award Critics\' Choice-winner Emeli Sandé, upcoming American rapper Angel Haze, and upstart UK soul singer Ella Eyre). Sure, there are moments of reprieve—like the downtempo, muted four-on-the-floor pulse and liquid synths of \"Spoon\"—but *Home* is at its best with crowd-pleasing, party-rocking anthems (\"Waiting All Night,\" \"Not Giving In\").
London dance-pop quartet Rudimental earned a #1 British debut on the heels of two chart-topping hits, "Feel the Love" and "Waiting All Night". Their debut album's dozen tracks are stuffed to the brim with disparate parts and unfold in unexpected ways.
Rudimental have already scored a No 1 single, but their album feels a bit too much of a grab-bag of styles, writes <strong>Paul MacInnes</strong>
Rudimental - Home review: Soulful Drum ‘n’ Bass that is as captivating as it is flawed… David Guetta, this is not!
Hackney drum & bass pop four-piece nail an eagerly good-natured debut. CD review by thomas h green