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Radius is the follow-up to a self-titled release, Allen Stone's second album, which was released independently and then given wider distribution in 2012 through the ATO label. This is the first album he has created within the major-label system. Made with Tingsek, a Swedish jack of many trades Stone has long admired, it's a significantly slicker and less rollicking update of the retro-soul/roots rock hybrid that preceded it. This is most apparent in one of the singles, "Freedom," a tight romper much closer to Maroon 5 than anything filed in an old record store's R&B section. Subtract the studio sweetening -- the overdubs, the hints of perfectionism, the few concessions to contemporary pop -- and the songs tend to have the same pleasant, spirited, past-rooted foundation. Stone still often comes off as an affable everyman, one just trying to find his way in the world, one who thinks you should just be who you are, and he remains dedicated to making it known that he has soul and is authentic. In "Fake Future," however, Stone isn't so easygoing; he's a "hippie with soul" and an ax to grind. He jabs at electronic dance music with one of his earnest attempts at replicating '70s soul/funk sounds and implores "Chuck your laptops" and "Chuck your glitter, you glittery shites," among other things. Are the chintzy disco strings unintentionally ironic, or part of the joke? (Stone, born in 1987, is just about begging to be the subject of an answer record titled "Fake Past.") Just after that, Stone humbles himself, however awkwardly, by acknowledging the privilege into which he was born: "Oh, it doesn't seem right...that I was born white...and my parents don't fight." There is a number of ways that can be interpreted. The same goes for the odd quote of Kendrick Lamar's "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe." He probably means well.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Wayne Hector, Composer - James Ho, Composer - Magnus Tingsek, Composer - Malay, Producer - Bmg Rights Management (uk) Ltd, MusicPublisher - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Bhamboo Music Publishing/Bughouse (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Composer, Producer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Composer, Producer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Composer, Producer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Composer, Producer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - Steven Watkins, Composer - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Steve Watkins publishing designee (BMI), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Producer - Allen Stone, MainArtist - Hal Linton, Composer - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Jackie Tohn, Composer - BMG Silver Songs/Turtle Victory (SESAC), MusicPublisher - BMG Platinum Songs/Green & Bloom Talent/Powerfox Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - BMG Silver Songs/Green & Bloom Tunes/Funk Baby Publishing (SESAC), MusicPublisher - Allen Stone/\Billy Man, Composer
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Composer, Producer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Producer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Sam Hollander, Composer - Boots Ottestad, Composer - Magnus Tingsek, Composer, Producer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Mayday Malone Music/Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Twenty Seven Songs, BMI, MusicPublisher - May day Malone Music/Universal Music Corp. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Producer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Richard Perry, Composer - Marc Griffin, Composer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Blended Babies, Producer - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Jonathan Keller, Composer - J P Keller (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Marlon Blendo (BMI), MusicPublisher - Sony/ATV Tunes LLC /Marc Griffin Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Talay Riley, Composer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Benny Cassette, Composer, Producer - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - EMI April Music Inc. obo itself and Beans And Granola Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI) o/b/o Sony/ATV Music Publishing Allegro UK, MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Talay Riley, Composer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Benny Cassette, Composer, Producer - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - EMI April Music Inc. obo itself and Beans And Granola Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI) o/b/o Sony/ATV Music Publishing Allegro UK, MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Composer, Producer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - Steven Watkins, Composer - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Steve Watkins publishing designee (BMI), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Producer - Andy Rose, Composer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Kackie Tone, Composer - 2016 BMG Platinum Songs/Green & Bloom Talent/Powerfox Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Lola Lime Publishing (BMI), administered by Reach Music Songs (BMI)., MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Composer, Producer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Producer - Matt Wertz, Composer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - My Associate Cornelius Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Composer, Producer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Magnus Tingsek, Composer, Producer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, MusicPublisher - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Shy Carter, Composer - Magnus Tingsek, Producer - Andy Rose, Composer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - Lola Lime Publishing (BMI), administered by Reach Music Songs (BMI)., MusicPublisher - BMG Platinum Songs/You Want How Much Of What Publishing (BMI)/ All Rights Administered By BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Talay Riley, Composer - Allen Stone, Composer, MainArtist - Benny Cassette, Composer, Producer - BMG Platinum Songs/Topline Music/StickyStonesPublishing (BMI), MusicPublisher - EMI April Music Inc. obo itself and Beans And Granola Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI) o/b/o Sony/ATV Music Publishing Allegro UK, MusicPublisher
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Album review
Radius is the follow-up to a self-titled release, Allen Stone's second album, which was released independently and then given wider distribution in 2012 through the ATO label. This is the first album he has created within the major-label system. Made with Tingsek, a Swedish jack of many trades Stone has long admired, it's a significantly slicker and less rollicking update of the retro-soul/roots rock hybrid that preceded it. This is most apparent in one of the singles, "Freedom," a tight romper much closer to Maroon 5 than anything filed in an old record store's R&B section. Subtract the studio sweetening -- the overdubs, the hints of perfectionism, the few concessions to contemporary pop -- and the songs tend to have the same pleasant, spirited, past-rooted foundation. Stone still often comes off as an affable everyman, one just trying to find his way in the world, one who thinks you should just be who you are, and he remains dedicated to making it known that he has soul and is authentic. In "Fake Future," however, Stone isn't so easygoing; he's a "hippie with soul" and an ax to grind. He jabs at electronic dance music with one of his earnest attempts at replicating '70s soul/funk sounds and implores "Chuck your laptops" and "Chuck your glitter, you glittery shites," among other things. Are the chintzy disco strings unintentionally ironic, or part of the joke? (Stone, born in 1987, is just about begging to be the subject of an answer record titled "Fake Past.") Just after that, Stone humbles himself, however awkwardly, by acknowledging the privilege into which he was born: "Oh, it doesn't seem right...that I was born white...and my parents don't fight." There is a number of ways that can be interpreted. The same goes for the odd quote of Kendrick Lamar's "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe." He probably means well.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:29
- Main artists: Allen Stone
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ATO RECORDS
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 2016 Capitol Records under exclusve license to ATO Records, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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