Dance, No One's Watching
by Ezra Collective
Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Record Collector
    Sep 27, 2024
    100
    It's a hard-hitting statement album that raises the bar the band set with their previous offering to an insanely higher level. The grooves seem deeper, the horns punchier and the hooks catchier. [Oct 2024, p.100]
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  2. musicOMH.com
    Oct 28, 2024
    90
    This album is a joy, with a cast iron guarantee that you’ll be smiling by the end of minute one.
  3. Mojo
    Oct 21, 2024
    80
    It’s late summer sunshine in music form. [Dec 2024, p.93]
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  5. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 17, 2024
    80
    A powerful tapestry of sonics ranging from mellow to rapid that permeate with soulful purpose, Dance, No One’s Watching is a joyful outpouring of enthusiasm which harnesses a deeper, yet fruitful, meaning.
  6. AllMusic
    Oct 2, 2024
    80
    Dance, No One's Watching is an ambitious step forward from Where I'm Meant to Be, and a musical extension of its creativity. In all, it proves Ezra Collective's prize-winning debut was no fluke.
  7. The Telegraph (UK)
    Sep 27, 2024
    80
    It’s the same mix that made their Mercury-winning album so irresistible, but the range of musical references from jazz and West African Highlife and the London street is even bolder, the solos from keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones and trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi freer and more generous.
  8. Uncut
    Sep 27, 2024
    80
    Moonchild Sanelly guest on “Streets Is Calling”, woozy dub soundscapes accompany “The Traveller”, Afrobeat and Afro-Cuban rhythms collide on “Shaking Body”, and the sense of jazz as a hybrid, liberating form is unselfconsciously embraced. [Oct 2024, p.33]
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  9. New Musical Express (NME)
    Sep 27, 2024
    80
    Ezra Collective deliver on the excellent ‘Dance, No One’s Watching’, bringing people back together on the dancefloor.
  10. The Independent (UK)
    Sep 27, 2024
    80
    It’s always been their melding of sounds that has singled them out. That glorious, flagrant disregard of genre is on full display here, a merging of sensibilities smooth as a rich, dark rum.
  11. The Observer (UK)
    Sep 27, 2024
    80
    The group’s previous albums have played second fiddle to their raucous live shows, but these tracks exist for their own sake, providing a glimpse into a new direction that allows for introspection as much as celebration.

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