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  • Summary: The debut full-length release from London-based R&B trio FLO features guest appearances by Cynthia Erivo and Glorilla.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Nov 14, 2024
    90
    A definitive debut.
  2. 80
    Even if ‘Access All Areas’ doesn’t overwhelmingly herald the return of R&B girl group dominance, the massive momentum FLO have built over the past two years hint that the dam is about to break.
  3. Dec 16, 2024
    80
    Access All Areas is an assertively, confidently, confoundingly surface level record that succeeds in presenting their lead singles with various wigs on for 45 minutes and change.
  4. Nov 14, 2024
    70
    Never straying too far to their admired soundscape but enough so to still be refreshing. ‘IWH2BMX’, ‘Get It Til I’m Gone’, ‘Nocturnal’ ooze confidence.
  5. Nov 15, 2024
    60
    FLO’s debut has one glaring problem: it fails to make these girls seem real. They’re excellent singers, yes, but there’s no introspection, no personality, that shines through Access All Areas.
  6. Nov 14, 2024
    60
    At times, the record stumbles over its ambition to lean into the classic R&B playbook while remaining experimental. .... Access All Areas thrives when Jorja Douglas, Stella Quaresma, and Renee Downer highlight their individual personalities without disrupting their chemistry. [Nov 2024, p.71]
  7. 40
    AAA doesn’t give us the faintest clue as to who these women are – or why we should care.

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