Robin Thicke managed to establish a reputation of a talented composer, producer and actor. However for many music lovers he is, first of all, an amazing performer. Thicke’s debut record titled A Beautiful World saw the light in 2003 and it let everyone understand that the musician’s decision to give freedom to his own creative nature was totally a right one. Moreover, by that time Robert had already had experience in the sphere of albums creation and their following development. The Evolution of Robin Thicke became a real breakthrough for the singer and it made a full way to the well-deserved place at the very top of rhythm and blues chart in the USA. Later it was followed by two not less impressive long plays, which helped Robin to strengthen his positions on the world music stage. Something Else and Sex Therapy: The Session also were strong enough to provide themselves places among three best rhythm and blues records in 2008 and 2009 consequently. The artist’s romantic compositions proved to be highly appreciated and enjoyed by listeners, while Thicke’s falsetto just had no chances to be ignored by representatives of fair sex. Also the themes that are taken by Robin in his songs have always been interesting and fascinating for people: feelings, relationships, love – how can one not pay attention to these eternal issues? Thus, the long play titled Love After War saw the light in 2011 and it did not really had to be heavily promoted. The point is that Robin has faithful fans, who had been looking forward to that release. Well, meet the new portion of sensational compositions!
So, this powerful album is opened by a very positive track called An Angel On Each Arm. Major chords and vivacious rhythm help that song to play its role of introductory composition just fine. Then goes another bright act, called I'm An Animal. And it definitely brings some funky notes. As it is well-known, Robin has always paid a lot of attention to arrangements, and in that aspect Love After War is luckily not an exception. The general sound proved to be very thick and juicy, however at the same time it is not overloaded. A mid-tempo composition The New Generation seems to be a great example of that as well. Nevertheless, Robin Thicke puts the main accent on sensual and romantic songs, such as All Tied Up. Just choose the ones that you like most of all, and you will get an outstanding and pretty much ideal soundtrack for the night with your soulmate. Robin and Lil Wayne made quite an interesting duo: the song Pretty Lil' Heart turned out to be a great addition to the romantic atmosphere of a long play. The title song Love After War creates the right mood, even in spite of the fact that it did not get the first place in the album’s play list.
Robin Thicke presented to his fans seventeen brand new compositions, and that number is actually quite big. What is especially great on Love After War is that you simply will not find any average songs – every single of them has been worked out in a truly elaborated way. There are vivacious and pushing funky tracks and Robin’s signature songs, which are almost the quintessence of sensuality, such as What Would I Be?, for example. This way or another, there are no paths for boredom at all. The album gives us a small amount of digital sound and, respectively, the way bigger amount of real, live instruments’ sound. Of course such an arrangement of priorities proved to be successful, because for rhythm and blues, soul and other genres, where emotions are the biggest and the most important part, the live sound is especially significant. Thus, Robin Thicke once again proved to everyone that he knows well how his album should sound like and that he is perfectly capable of reaching his aim. He decided not to reinvent the wheel, so Love After War is a logical continuation of the musician’s previous works. That long play is of the same highest level, which means that pleasure from listening to Love After War is guaranteed.
Sex Therapy: The Experience (Deluxe Edition)
Something Else
The Evolution of Robin Thicke
The Avalanche 2006
It seems only right that the newest Sufjan Stevens release is titled The Avalanche. The man has simply overwhelmed the masses with music, and almost all of it has been very, very good. The Avalanche contains extra material from 2005's Illinois
