A Love Surreal finds him simplifying things. As a result, he’s more relatable without dumbing things down.
In a very exciting year for R&B, Bilal’s very quickly made the race for album of the year an incredibly competitive one
Pleasingly, A Love Surreal eschews the idea of calling in favors, instead laying bare Bilal's own songwriting and production prowess.
Bilal seems to have found his sweet spot somewhere between "hired session gun" and "weirdo auteur."
1 | Intro 1:07 | |
2 | West Side Girl 3:28 | |
3 | Back To Love 3:11 | |
4 | Winning Hand 5:23 | |
5 | Climbing 3:24 | |
6 | Longing and Waiting 3:54 | |
7 | Right at The Core 3:34 | |
8 | Slipping Away 5:57 | |
9 | Lost For Now 3:36 | |
10 | Astray 4:14 | |
11 | Never Be the Same 3:20 | |
12 | Butterfly 6:41 feat. Robert Glasper | |
13 | The Flow 3:58 | |
14 | Outro 1:06 |