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During 2021, the year she released the intermediate and mostly downcast Be Right Back EP, Jorja Smith moved back to her native Walsall after determining that London -- where she had moved to establish her career -- was not the place for her. The return enabled her to slow down in a familiar setting as she made the true follow-up to Lost & Found, her Mercury Prize-nominated album debut. Created primarily with Barbara Boko-Hyouyhat and Edith Nelson, an emergent Walsallian duo known as DAMEDAME*, Falling or Flying also involves, in roughly one-third of its tracks, P2J -- a versatile producer known for his work with Beyoncé, Wizkid, and Burna Boy -- showing that the still-independent Smith can attract high-profile collaborators as if she were a major-label flagship act. The complete turnover of collaborators and her retreat from the spotlight result in a fresh progression from Lost & Found that sees Smith examine herself, her relationships, and the ways she herself is scrutinized. Compared to the debut, the songs are a little tighter in structure, communicate more, and bounce from style to style -- whereas Lost & Found presented an evolved, commercially minded brand of street soul -- with introspective R&B always somewhere in the mix. The farthest deviation is "Go Go Go," a strummy bit of light pop-punk for Smith to sweep aside a lover with a pouty belligerence she hasn't shown before. Two others seduce in different backdrops. The title song, lush sophisti-pop redolent of Jessie Ware's Devotion, sees Smith suggesting a rendezvous with an implied ellipsis or batting eyelash at the end of "I don't know where you are, but I don't wanna go to sleep, babe." Swift U.K. garage soundtracks Smith's chance romantic encounter on "Little Things." More compelling from a lyrical perspective is the greater number of inward-looking songs. Cinematic opener "Try Me," the darkly shimmering "She Feels," and the floating "Backwards" all come from a post-fame perspective but aren't so specific that they can't relate to the average person navigating early adulthood.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Stuart Hawkes, MasteringEngineer - Michael Stafford, Composer - Stellar, MusicPublisher - Sony Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Lavar Bullard, SurroundMixingSecondEngineer - Warner Chappell UK, MusicPublisher - Richard Isong, Composer - Amane Suganami, Producer - Jorja Smith, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Alecia Tameka Grey, Composer - Ricky Damian, Mixer - Edith Nelson, Composer - Prash “Engine-Earz" Mistry, SurroundMixingEngineer - Barbara Boko Hyouyhat, Composer
(C) 2024 FAMM (P) 2024 FAMM
Adam Jordan, Composer - Stuart Hawkes, MasteringEngineer - Michael Stafford, Composer - Stellar, MusicPublisher - Sony Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Kobalt Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Lavar Bullard, SurroundMixingSecondEngineer - Warner Chappell UK, MusicPublisher - Richard Isong, Composer - Amane Suganami, Producer - Jorja Smith, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Ricky Damian, Mixer - Edith Nelson, Composer - Prash “Engine-Earz" Mistry, SurroundMixingEngineer - Barbara Boko Hyouyhat, Composer - Copyright Control - Adam Jordan (PRS), MusicPublisher
(C) 2024 FAMM (P) 2024 FAMM
Stuart Hawkes, MasteringEngineer - Stellar, MusicPublisher - Warner Chappell, MusicPublisher - Sony Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Lavar Bullard, SurroundMixingSecondEngineer - Amane Suganami, Producer - Jorja Smith, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - MOMODOU LAMIN JALLOW, Composer - Ricky Damian, Mixer - Edith Nelson, Composer - Prash “Engine-Earz" Mistry, SurroundMixingEngineer - Barbara Boko Hyouyhat, Composer
(C) 2024 FAMM (P) 2024 FAMM
Stuart Hawkes, MasteringEngineer - Stellar, MusicPublisher - Sony Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Lavar Bullard, SurroundMixingSecondEngineer - Amane Suganami, Producer - Jorja Smith, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Ricky Damian, Mixer - Edith Nelson, Composer - Prash “Engine-Earz" Mistry, SurroundMixingEngineer - Barbara Boko Hyouyhat, Composer
(C) 2024 FAMM (P) 2024 FAMM
Stuart Hawkes, MasteringEngineer - Stellar, MusicPublisher - Sony Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Lavar Bullard, SurroundMixingSecondEngineer - Warner Chappell UK, MusicPublisher - Richard Isong, Composer - Amane Suganami, Producer - Jorja Smith, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Ricky Damian, Mixer - Edith Nelson, Composer - Prash “Engine-Earz" Mistry, SurroundMixingEngineer - Barbara Boko Hyouyhat, Composer
(C) 2024 FAMM (P) 2024 FAMM
Stuart Hawkes, MasteringEngineer - Marlon Roudette, Composer - Stellar, MusicPublisher - Sony Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Lavar Bullard, SurroundMixingSecondEngineer - Warner Chappell UK, MusicPublisher - Richard Isong, Composer - Farra Blake, Composer - Amane Suganami, Producer - Jorja Smith, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Ricky Damian, Mixer - Prash “Engine-Earz" Mistry, SurroundMixingEngineer - Ethan Enwonwu, Composer - BMG Rights Management UK Ltd / Stage Three Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher - Copyright Control - Farra Blake (PRS), MusicPublisher - Copyright Control - Ethan Enwonwu (PRS) CAE: 770046063, MusicPublisher
(C) 2024 FAMM (P) 2024 FAMM
Stuart Hawkes, MasteringEngineer - Ed Thomas, Composer - Stellar, MusicPublisher - Sony Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Bmg Rights Management (uk) Ltd, MusicPublisher - Marco Bernardis, Composer - Lavar Bullard, SurroundMixingSecondEngineer - Warner Chappell UK, MusicPublisher - Richard Isong, Composer - Rory O'Brien, Composer - Amane Suganami, Producer - Jorja Smith, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Ricky Damian, Mixer - Prash “Engine-Earz" Mistry, SurroundMixingEngineer - Copyright Control - Marco Bernardis (PRS), MusicPublisher - Matthew James Roberts, Composer - Copyright Control - Rory O'Brien (PRS), MusicPublisher - Copyright Control - Matthew James Roberts - (PRS), MusicPublisher
(C) 2024 FAMM (P) 2024 FAMM
Stuart Hawkes, MasteringEngineer - Stellar, MusicPublisher - Sony Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Lavar Bullard, SurroundMixingSecondEngineer - Amane Suganami, Producer - Jorja Smith, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Ricky Damian, Mixer - Edith Nelson, Composer - Prash “Engine-Earz" Mistry, SurroundMixingEngineer - Barbara Boko Hyouyhat, Composer
(C) 2024 FAMM (P) 2024 FAMM
Album review
During 2021, the year she released the intermediate and mostly downcast Be Right Back EP, Jorja Smith moved back to her native Walsall after determining that London -- where she had moved to establish her career -- was not the place for her. The return enabled her to slow down in a familiar setting as she made the true follow-up to Lost & Found, her Mercury Prize-nominated album debut. Created primarily with Barbara Boko-Hyouyhat and Edith Nelson, an emergent Walsallian duo known as DAMEDAME*, Falling or Flying also involves, in roughly one-third of its tracks, P2J -- a versatile producer known for his work with Beyoncé, Wizkid, and Burna Boy -- showing that the still-independent Smith can attract high-profile collaborators as if she were a major-label flagship act. The complete turnover of collaborators and her retreat from the spotlight result in a fresh progression from Lost & Found that sees Smith examine herself, her relationships, and the ways she herself is scrutinized. Compared to the debut, the songs are a little tighter in structure, communicate more, and bounce from style to style -- whereas Lost & Found presented an evolved, commercially minded brand of street soul -- with introspective R&B always somewhere in the mix. The farthest deviation is "Go Go Go," a strummy bit of light pop-punk for Smith to sweep aside a lover with a pouty belligerence she hasn't shown before. Two others seduce in different backdrops. The title song, lush sophisti-pop redolent of Jessie Ware's Devotion, sees Smith suggesting a rendezvous with an implied ellipsis or batting eyelash at the end of "I don't know where you are, but I don't wanna go to sleep, babe." Swift U.K. garage soundtracks Smith's chance romantic encounter on "Little Things." More compelling from a lyrical perspective is the greater number of inward-looking songs. Cinematic opener "Try Me," the darkly shimmering "She Feels," and the floating "Backwards" all come from a post-fame perspective but aren't so specific that they can't relate to the average person navigating early adulthood.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:27:12
- Main artists: Jorja Smith
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: FAMM
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
(C) 2024 FAMM (P) 2024 FAMM
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