You Can't Steal My Joy

Ezra Collective - You Can't Steal My Joy
Critic Score
Based on 10 reviews
2019 Ratings: #113 / 805
User Score
Based on 98 ratings
2019 Rank: #248
Liked by 5 people
April 26, 2019 / Release Date
LP / Format
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
NME
A celebration of jazz, without being overtly reverential towards older conventions, this is a collection that draws on – and adds to – the genre's new wave
80
Loud and Quiet

You Can’t Steal My Joy is more than just a spiritual Mahavishnu marching band. As far as nu-jazz rising and jazz fusion will curtail, this is a pop album at its apex; a catchy and carefree excursion into joy.

80
Clash
In an age of hostile austerity manufactured by moral panic-inducing powers, Ezra Collective’s debut effort is a polyrhythmic balm for disillusioned youth seeking a dose of musical dopamine.
80
The Observer
The record is a joyous listen, which will only be enhanced on their forthcoming tour, and a confident assertion of Ezra Collective breaking out of the once-restrictive jazz enclave.
80
Dork

Potent, rebellious, and uplifting, ‘You Can’t Steal My Joy’ feels like the first release from that scene that is ready to stretch beyond it.

Felix_96
70

7/10

good

Fav tracks: Space is the Place, Why You Mad?, Red Whine, Quest for Coin, Sao Paolo, King Of The Jungle, Shakara

funklildim
90

Наверно, это пока мой самый любимый современный джазовый альбом. Именно то, что я люблю - смена ритмов, яркость мелодий, настроений - всё это никак не даёт мне заскучать. Можно расслабиться и потанцевать одновременно. Ягодкой этой работы является кульминация в середине ... read more

Bor
74

This album made me study 10 weeks worth of physics in 53 minutes

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Added on: April 4, 2019