A Seat at the Table
A confessional autobiography and meditation on being black in America, this album finds Solange searching for answers within a set of achingly lovely funk tunes. She finds intensity behind the patient grooves of “Weary,” expresses rage through restraint in “Mad,” and draws strength from the naked vulnerability of “Where Do We Go.” The spirit of Prince hovers throughout, especially over “Junie,” a glimmer of merriment in an exquisite portrait of sadness.
Solange’s new record is stunning, a thematically unified and musically adventurous statement on the pain and joy of black womanhood.
Surprise album from Beyoncé’s younger sibling is deeply personal, thrillingly intimate and extremely groovy
Read our take on Solange's third album, which pairs timely social commentary with minimalist R&B.
Solange Knowles started writing her third album in New Iberia, Louisiana, a town where her maternal grandparents lived until a Molotov cocktail was thrown into their home.
Solange's third studio album, A Seat at the Table, is defiantly honest, strong and unapologetically black, but a softness underlies it. As i...
Solange’s ‘A Seat At The Table’ — four years in the making — arrives at a zeitgeist moment in a divided America. A spate of
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It would be easy to create a neat dichotomy between Solange Knowles and her sister Beyoncé. Solange is alternative while Beyoncé is pop, Solange deals in intimacy while Beyoncé is about grand gestures, Solange – on this album more than ever – is about elegant musicianship while Beyoncé is about the weaponised possibilities of the modern studio. And all of these things are true, more or less.