Smith's new album is rooted in a sort of open-vein vulnerability; the bruised, tender manifesto of a Kid Who Cares Too Much.
Love Goes is inspired and it’s genuine. It’s a confident declaration of how the passion and obsession of love for another can parallel the importance self-love.
Whilst Love Goes could have been an album containing only Smith’s newer dance sound, the album does offer something for all Sam Smith fans, to mixed results.
Smith delivers more of these familiar, emotional-pop crescendos designed to soundtrack sentimental feelings on and off the dancefloor.
The pop crooner’s third album is at times freer, queerer, and more enlivening than anything Sam Smith has done before, and yet too cautious to make what could’ve been a career-defining leap.
The faintly cosmopolitan dance-pop grooves and finely measured ballads offer few unexpected turns. They're set apart more by a lack of gospel and soul, consequently rendering Love Goes plain by Smith's standard -- unfortunate for an artist whose instrument is anything but that.
Although there are dalliances here with buoyant, radio-friendly material, album three sees the star largely stick to their tried-and-tested break-up songs.
It makes for a record full of healing sounds to pull you past sorrow.
In ‘Love Goes’ Sam Smith has produced a flawed but decent return that mirrors the introspection of this strange, difficult year.
For the most part, the mood here is pensive, the ballads plentiful and the pace glacial, with little evidence of the wild abandon that the singer supposedly longs for.
The pop titan returns with a post-breakup album that takes risks without quite putting itself out there.
Love Goes wallows too much in its comfort zone to be truly memorable.
Smith attempts to mix despair with euphoria on an album that delivers plenty of gloom but not much glitter.
I knew i'll be bored during this one the moment he started it with the youtuber apology 'sigh'. Tbh,it has a lot in common with that,from the unnecessary length to the fact that it literally didn't do anything for me (had no reaction to any song),nor did it do shit for Sam. He is quite literally the human incarnation of average shit.
Sam Smith's third studio album "Love Goes",or how i like to call it,"Love Toes",is a really boring dance pop effort,with a really messy pace ... read more
"Love Goes," the third studio album from Sam Smith, was released on October 30, 2020. The album features the lead single "Diamonds," as well as collaborations with Burna Boy, Labrinth, and Calvin Harris."Gloria" is one of the standout tracks on the album. The song is an emotional ballad about the struggles of a relationship and the pain that comes with letting go. Smith's vocals are powerful, and the haunting melody perfectly captures the emotion of the ... read more
1. Young: 90
2. Diamonds: 70
3. Another One: 70
4. My Oasis: 40
5. So Serious: 60
6. Dance (‘Til You Love Someone Else): 80
7. For The Lover That I Lost: 80
8. Breaking Hearts: 50
9. Forgive Myself: 100
10. Love Goes: 80
11. Kids Again: 50
12. Dancing With A Stranger: 70
13. How Do You Sleep?: 80
14. To Die For: 80
15. I’m Ready: 90
16. Fire On Fire: 90
17. Promises: 80
1 | Young 2:32 | 54 |
2 | Diamonds 3:32 | 79 |
3 | Another One 3:07 | 55 |
4 | My Oasis 2:59 feat. Burna Boy | 54 |
5 | So Serious 2:51 | 57 |
6 | Dance (‘Til You Love Someone Else) 3:43 | 68 |
7 | For The Lover That I Lost 2:56 | 64 |
8 | Breaking Hearts 2:42 | 52 |
9 | Forgive Myself 3:39 | 57 |
10 | Love Goes 4:44 with Labrinth | 48 |
11 | Kids Again 3:27 | 60 |