Coming Home
by Leon Bridges
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Jun 23, 2015
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 49
  3. Negative: 1 out of 49
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  1. blistabusta
    Nov 3, 2015
    3
    I found this record so boring that I had to dig out the album cover to remember this man's name for this review. Leon Bridges is sort of like Sam Cooke....only without the magical personality and without the excellent backing sounds of the Wrecking Crew. With contemporary vocalists like Saun & Starr, Mayer Hawthorne, Michael Kiwanuka, Charles Bradley, Aloe Blacc, Sonny Knight, LeeI found this record so boring that I had to dig out the album cover to remember this man's name for this review. Leon Bridges is sort of like Sam Cooke....only without the magical personality and without the excellent backing sounds of the Wrecking Crew. With contemporary vocalists like Saun & Starr, Mayer Hawthorne, Michael Kiwanuka, Charles Bradley, Aloe Blacc, Sonny Knight, Lee Fields, Naomi Shelton, and Venice Dawn on the scene, a soul singer needs tons of personality to stand out in the crowd. Taking a few instrumental cues from the Daptones, Adrian Younge, The Electric Peanut Butter, Co., The Sorcerers, Lord Newborn, Anitbalas, or the Heliocentrics might be useful to this young performer. The history of Jump Blues, R&B, Soul, Funk, and World music is there for the taking. Bridges only need reach out in any direction for a piece of this history to serve his purpose. A year of being homeless might also harden him for this role as well. Music junkies and serious crate diggers find this sort of half-assed, Uncle Tom fluff offensive. While any artist that is able to secure a record contract with a major label deserves a certain amount of respect from all of us, an artist as clueless about the depth of his cultural heritage as Bridges is should be treated with an amount of bewilderment and contempt. Anyone reading this review that enjoyed Bridges' snippets on TV ads should download this album rather than throw away good money on a copy of "Coming Home" on vinyl like I did.… Expand

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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Jul 9, 2015
    78
    10 songs over 35 minutes at first feeling slight--yet not a sax bleed, organ snap, or female choral echo combs out as less than true-blue.
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  2. PopMatters
    Jul 8, 2015
    80
    The majority of the 10 songs are in the three minute range and the album only lasts about half an hour. That’s actually a benefit.
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  3. The Telegraph (UK)
    Jun 30, 2015
    80
    Accessorised with Staxy horns and handclaps, the resulting album has a genuine groove and glow.
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