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Mahalia spoke of losing momentum to the COVID-19 pandemic, but no one outside her circle could have detected such an effect from what transpired for the singer/songwriter between the September 2019 release of Love and Compromise and the July 2023 arrival of IRL. She won 2020 and 2022 MOBO awards, was nominated for multiple BRITs and a Grammy, and amid the flurry of those accolades earned her third BRIT silver certification. Mahalia was productive, too, releasing an album's worth of EPs and singles. (Was world domination the objective?) She was active enough that IRL doesn't truly feel like a return or even a follow-up. Still, she immediately set this album apart from Love and Compromise by previewing it with the fluid and bumping "Terms and Conditions," a shrewd collaboration with RAYE that is unequivocal about its "rules in place" for a potential lover. There's a similar level of assuredness with regard to partners in songs like "Cheat," the posting of a zero-tolerance policy with help from JoJo and bright late-'90s throwback production, and "It's Not Me, It's You," a subtly stinging duet with a defensive Destin Conrad. The same goes for "November," a ballad of contentment and devotion with an equally glowing Stormzy, and "Wassup," a tough hip-hop soul gem with a typically gruff Kojey Radical. As fine as those songs are, there is an overspill of featured appearances that verge on drowning out a consistently pleasurable singer who makes songwriting sound easy in both introspective and conversational modes. The undaunted folk-soul opener "Ready," strutting "In My Bag," and slick street-soul jam "Isn't It Strange," all of which are unassisted, are just as striking as any track with a co-star.
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Hart, Producer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Jd. Reid, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer - Jordan Reid, Composer - Max Pope, Composer, Guitar, Bass Guitar - Mahalia Rose Burkmar, Composer - Benjamin Stefan Hart, Composer, Backing Vocals
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - The Elements, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Backing Vocals, Bass - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Alex Robinson, VocalEngineer - Keven Wolfsohn, Writer - Paul Bogumil Goller, Writer - Mahalia Rose Burkmar, Writer - Abby-Lynn Keen, Backing Vocals, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Matt Barnes, Engineer, VocalEngineer - James McMillan, Horn, Keyboards - Raye, Producer, Backing Vocals - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - The Elements, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, Strings, Bass - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Rachel Keen, Composer - Keven Wolfsohn, Composer - Paul Bogumil Goller, Composer - Mahalia Rose Burkmar, Writer - Max Blue Churchill, Assistant Vocal Recording Engineer
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Jd. Reid, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer - Joyce Wrice, Vocals, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Jordan Reid, Writer - Max Pope, Guitar, Writer - Mahalia Rose Burkmar, Writer - Anthony Watts, Writer - Benjamin Stefan Hart, Writer - Matt J Barnes, VocalEngineer
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Stephen Morris, Violin - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin - Hayley Pomfrett, Violin - Jenny Sacha, Violin - Rosie Danvers, Cello, Strings Arranger - Sally Jackson, Violin - Jojo, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Tommy D, Strings Production - Wired Strings, String Orchestra - MNEK, VocalProducer - Ellie Stanford, Violin - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - Uzoechi Emenike, Composer - James Kirk, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Jd. Reid, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, Additional Vocals - Ryan Ashley, Composer - Miles Brett, Violin - Max Pope, Guitar - Meghan Cassidy, Viola - Bryony Mycroft, Viola - Max Anstruther, Assistant Strings Engineer - Isabel Gracefield, String Recording Engineer - Joanna Noelle Levesque, Composer - Spencer Stewart, Composer, Producer, Engineer, Programmer, Synthesizer, Strings Arranger
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Hart, Producer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - Stormzy, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Jd. Reid, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, Additional Vocals - Jordan Reid, Writer - Max Pope, Guitar, Writer - Mahalia Rose Burkmar, Writer - Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr., Writer - Léa Vivyen, Piano - Benjamin Stefan Hart, Backing Vocals, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Jd. Reid, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer - Jordan Reid, Writer - Max Pope, Guitar, Writer - Mahalia Rose Burkmar, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Daniel Traynor, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer, Synthesizer - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Jd. Reid, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer - Grades, Producer, Engineer - Mahalia Rose Burkmar, Writer - Benjamin Stefan Hart, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Jd. Reid, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, Additional Vocals - Bernard Kawka, Writer - Jordan Reid, Writer - Max Pope, Guitar, Writer, Bass - Jenna Felsenthal, Engineer - Destin Conrad, Vocals, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Mahalia Rose Burkmar, Writer - Benjamin Stefan Hart, Additional Vocals, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Jean Claude Olivier, Composer - Samuel Barnes, Composer - Dwight Myers, Composer - Hamish Stuart, Composer - Owen McIntyre, Composer - Roger Ball, Composer - Malcolm Duncan, Composer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Leon Ware, Composer - Steve Ferrone, Composer - Minnie Ripperton, Composer - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - John William Davis, Composer - Alan Edward Gorrie, Composer - Richard J Rudolph, Composer - Malik Izaak Taylor, Composer - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Jd. Reid, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, Additional Vocals - Carlos Mas, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Jordan Reid, Composer - Kojey Radical, Vocals, MainArtist - Kwadwo Adu Genfi Amponsah, Composer - Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammed, Composer - James Essien, Composer, Additional Vocals - Mahalia Rose Burkmar, Composer - Terrie Robinson, Composer
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Jd. Reid, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, Additional Vocals - Jordan Reid, Writer - Max Pope, Guitar, Writer - Cameron Dawson, Bass - Mahalia Rose Burkmar, Writer - Benjamin Stefan Hart, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Jd. Reid, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, Additional Vocals - Jordan Reid, Writer - Max Pope, Guitar, Writer - Mahalia Rose Burkmar, Writer - Benjamin Stefan Hart, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Mahalia, Vocals, MainArtist - Geoff Swan, Mixer - Cameron Gower Poole, VocalProducer - Jd. Reid, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer, Additional Vocals - Jordan Reid, Writer - Max Pope, Guitar, Writer, Bass - Mahalia Rose Burkmar, Writer - Léa Vivyen, Piano - Benjamin Stefan Hart, Writer
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar,
Album review
Mahalia spoke of losing momentum to the COVID-19 pandemic, but no one outside her circle could have detected such an effect from what transpired for the singer/songwriter between the September 2019 release of Love and Compromise and the July 2023 arrival of IRL. She won 2020 and 2022 MOBO awards, was nominated for multiple BRITs and a Grammy, and amid the flurry of those accolades earned her third BRIT silver certification. Mahalia was productive, too, releasing an album's worth of EPs and singles. (Was world domination the objective?) She was active enough that IRL doesn't truly feel like a return or even a follow-up. Still, she immediately set this album apart from Love and Compromise by previewing it with the fluid and bumping "Terms and Conditions," a shrewd collaboration with RAYE that is unequivocal about its "rules in place" for a potential lover. There's a similar level of assuredness with regard to partners in songs like "Cheat," the posting of a zero-tolerance policy with help from JoJo and bright late-'90s throwback production, and "It's Not Me, It's You," a subtly stinging duet with a defensive Destin Conrad. The same goes for "November," a ballad of contentment and devotion with an equally glowing Stormzy, and "Wassup," a tough hip-hop soul gem with a typically gruff Kojey Radical. As fine as those songs are, there is an overspill of featured appearances that verge on drowning out a consistently pleasurable singer who makes songwriting sound easy in both introspective and conversational modes. The undaunted folk-soul opener "Ready," strutting "In My Bag," and slick street-soul jam "Isn't It Strange," all of which are unassisted, are just as striking as any track with a co-star.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:33
- Main artists: Mahalia
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Atlantic Records UK
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, © 2023 Mahalia Burkmar Under exclusive licence to Warner Music UK Limited, ℗ 2023 Mahalia Burkmar
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