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At Least For Now

Benjamin Clementine

Alternative & Indie - Released January 12, 2014 | Universal Music Division Barclay

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After two delectable EPs, Benjamin Clementine has finally brought out his first album, At Least for Now. An impressive record. It is the strong, demanding work of a true voice, literally and figuratively. He is as charismatic a figure as those on whose shoulders he stands. It is hard not to think of Nina Simone, for example, when one hears the grain in Clementine's voice and his connection with the piano. But she is also there in his relationships to the musical styles which he mixes and matches with charm and ease. Jazz, soul, folk, blues and pop: At Least for Now makes no distinctions, eschewing labels because it is confident of its own vision... Even the instrumentation here alternates between the nakedness of a solo piano and the power of a violin section. A great aficionado of Maria Callas, but also of Léo Ferré and Jacques Brel, Clementine is also a fine raconteur. And so we will let ourselves be carried away by his storytelling. A star is well and truly born. © MD/Qobuz
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Changes

Justin Bieber

Pop - Released February 14, 2020 | RBMG - Def Jam

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Much was made about this 2020 album marking Justin Bieber's true return to music after the 2015 release of Purpose. The singer brought more attention to the matter when he announced during the interim that he'd be taking a break, yet his high commercial standing remained between LPs -- a period of four years and three months, not exactly the five years cited in headlines -- as a featured artist on Top Ten hits by Luis Fonsi, DJ Khaled, David Guetta, Ed Sheeran, and Dan + Shay. Changes bares only a faint indication that it was made under the kind of commercial pressure applied to a "delayed follow-up." In terms of style, song structure, and lyricism, it's easily Bieber's most focused album, all percolating R&B-pop and sparser guitar ballads that articulate the newlywed's feelings of attraction, affection, and devotion. There's a key moment when Bieber works through some personal struggles (to which anyone can relate), but the singer otherwise is troubled by little more than occasional geographic distance and consequential impatience, content to embrace companionship and the prospect of spending the rest of his life with his partner. A sweet, awkward charm continues to run throughout the singer's work. He invites his lover to "get it in expeditiously," flatters her at the concession stand with "Movies all around, but you look like the feature," and elsewhere beams "Shout-out to your mom and dad for making you/Standin' ovation, they did a great job raising you." He tends to keep it so clean and nonspecific -- his co-writers, along with co-stars such as Quavo, Travis Scott, and Post Malone, are all compliant as ever -- that he could have sung most of these songs a decade earlier. While Bieber's voice still sounds like that of a mid- to late-teen, singing seems to come more naturally to him, and his falsetto pleas are neither bitter nor entitled, strictly genuine and adult.© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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At Least For Now

Benjamin Clementine

Alternative & Indie - Released January 12, 2015 | Universal Music Division Barclay

Although sparsely attended to with strings, percussion, and a few other ornamentations, Benjamin Clementine's debut album, At Least for Now, makes its case as a one-man show for piano and voice. The compelling British singer/songwriter is dramatic, self-assured, and theatrical in the extreme, boasting a powerful voice that swells to fill the room, which, on this unique record, seems to expand and shrink at the drop of a hat. A native of Edmonton in East London, Clementine left home at 16, eventually devoting himself to the lifestyle of an artistic vagabond, busking on the streets of Paris where he developed an unconventional style that blends together bits of soul, classical, opera, and street folk. A chance discovery by a French promoter led to bigger performances, a pair of acclaimed EPs, and a deal with Capitol. Opening his debut with "Winston Churchill's Boy," he boldly repurposes parts of the prime minister's famed WWII speech into an austere paean to his own journey of self-discovery. Like many of the songs on At Least for Now, it takes time to develop, but his magnetic delivery commands attention and his unusual songcraft is consistently interesting. "Adios," with its rapid-fire piano minimalism, seems to contain all of Clementine's vocal personalities as he soulfully opens up his lungs in the verses, only to half-bark the choruses before inserting a rambling spoken word rant about angels midway through. There's no shortage of standouts, with "London" and the skittering cabaret of "Nemesis" among the album's best moments. The stark, melodramatic "Cornerstone," a centerpiece of his first EP, makes another appearance here to great effect. At Least for Now is a pop record of sorts, but completely on his own terms, and like Antony Hegarty (an acknowledged influence) and Rufus Wainwright, two artists who have similar aspirations of pseudo-classical grandeur, Clementine will no doubt be polarizing for many listeners. There is no question, however, of his raw talent, poeticism, and knack for beguiling melodies, and in this oversaturated market, the true mavericks will always rise above the din.© Timothy Monger /TiVo
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At Least For Now

Benjamin Clementine

Alternative & Indie - Released January 12, 2015 | Universal Music Division Barclay

Although sparsely attended to with strings, percussion, and a few other ornamentations, Benjamin Clementine's debut album, At Least for Now, makes its case as a one-man show for piano and voice. The compelling British singer/songwriter is dramatic, self-assured, and theatrical in the extreme, boasting a powerful voice that swells to fill the room, which, on this unique record, seems to expand and shrink at the drop of a hat. A native of Edmonton in East London, Clementine left home at 16, eventually devoting himself to the lifestyle of an artistic vagabond, busking on the streets of Paris where he developed an unconventional style that blends together bits of soul, classical, opera, and street folk. A chance discovery by a French promoter led to bigger performances, a pair of acclaimed EPs, and a deal with Capitol. Opening his debut with "Winston Churchill's Boy," he boldly repurposes parts of the prime minister's famed WWII speech into an austere paean to his own journey of self-discovery. Like many of the songs on At Least for Now, it takes time to develop, but his magnetic delivery commands attention and his unusual songcraft is consistently interesting. "Adios," with its rapid-fire piano minimalism, seems to contain all of Clementine's vocal personalities as he soulfully opens up his lungs in the verses, only to half-bark the choruses before inserting a rambling spoken word rant about angels midway through. There's no shortage of standouts, with "London" and the skittering cabaret of "Nemesis" among the album's best moments. The stark, melodramatic "Cornerstone," a centerpiece of his first EP, makes another appearance here to great effect. At Least for Now is a pop record of sorts, but completely on his own terms, and like Antony Hegarty (an acknowledged influence) and Rufus Wainwright, two artists who have similar aspirations of pseudo-classical grandeur, Clementine will no doubt be polarizing for many listeners. There is no question, however, of his raw talent, poeticism, and knack for beguiling melodies, and in this oversaturated market, the true mavericks will always rise above the din.© Timothy Monger /TiVo
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Just.Connor

Dance - Released April 5, 2024 | Just Connor Records

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At Least For Now

Decayy

Dance - Released February 16, 2024 | Decayy Records

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At Least For Now

James Grantham

Miscellaneous - Released October 31, 2021 | Taksiwood

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Vrujime Pohl

Electronic - Released February 12, 2022 | Roberto Zoni

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...Broad Casting

Jazzanova

Electronic - Released June 23, 2006 | Sonar Kollektiv

This 20-track compilation of tracks from the Sonar Kollektiv label archive runs the gamut from coffeehouse R&B to jazz-house to more experimental electronics. What unites them generally is SK's high level of quality, and specifically, Jazzanova's unequaled ear for what sounds great in a mix of '80s-influenced R&B and post-disco. Virtually all of the mix is free-form, mostly vocal-led, and a mixture of organic or electronics on the rhythm end -- waves of synths are as common as acoustic guitar picking. It's a tribute to Jazzanova's talents that, in this context, Sonar Kollektiv releases sound even better than they do individually, led by one chestnut that actually did source from the '80s: "I Just Wanna Sing for You" by Norman Weeks & the Revelations. © John Bush /TiVo
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Let Them Talk

Noa Moon

Pop - Released November 18, 2013 | Atmosphériques

Till Now

Ying Na

Asia - Released November 9, 2002 | WM Taiwan

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At Least I Know Now

Prairie Highway Band

Country - Released March 12, 2024 | Prairie Highway Band

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at least your friends are happy now

Vida Noa

Pop - Released July 1, 2022 | Vida Noa

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At Least Now You Know

Ethan Avenue

Hip-Hop/Rap - Released November 13, 2023 | Ethan Avenue

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At least I know

no.way.out

Dance - Released November 6, 2023 | p5i3o7fxfgh

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Testify

Phil Collins

Rock - Released November 12, 2002 | Rhino

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The Least That I Could Do

Plested

Pop - Released October 10, 2019 | NOWHERENEAR Records

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Blossom Dearie

Blossom Dearie

Vocal Jazz - Released September 12, 2022 | Verve

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Sons of Revolution

Júlio Resende

Jazz - Released October 13, 2023 | ACT Music

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Free At Last

Mal Waldron Trio

Jazz - Released November 24, 1969 | ECM

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The very first ECM release (which has been reissued on CD), this trio set features pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Isla Eckinger and drummer Clarence Becton improvising quite freely on five of Waldron's compositions plus "Willow Weep For Me." The music overall is not that memorable or unique but it does have its unpredictable moments and finds Waldron really stretching himself.© Scott Yanow /TiVo