Vows
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100
The rest of Vows is equally fresh and surprising, its genre leaps held together by Kimbra’s pliant coo — a remarkably expressive instrument that can evoke toughness, heartbreak, and humor over the course of a single line.
11y
80
The intricate rhythms are the link between these disparate songs, all of which – scattergun or not – are absolutely beguiling.
11y
70
You’ll discover new reasons to love her as you become more keenly aware of each carefully placed detail throughout the record.
14y
70
It will be interesting to see if she decides to pursue a more streamlined direction in the future, but by threading its widely eclectic range of influences together in such an impressively cohesive manner, Vows suggests she might never need to.
14y
70
Kiwi songbird emits offbeat R&B charms sharper than duet dude Gotye; debut LP actually invigorated by Yankee meddling.
14y
70
These songs are massive—slickly recorded and crammed to the brim with overdubs, as if the singer-producer was afraid to leave any sonic stone unturned.
14y
70
While neither reinterpretations of the past nor genre hopping are unique in the world of pop, it’s the effortless way that Kimbra does it all that makes Vows a compelling listen.
14y
70
Vows gives R&B a wacky art-rock spin, with a cappella vocal chorales mutating into sumptuous funk pop.
11y
70
Most of the material on Vows is expressive and dynamic.
11y
40
There are moments of brilliance, but it's bogged down by the kind of watery filler an older, more mature artist would have largely filtered out.
13y
40
She overstates her proper pop star credentials with an underwhelming run through the requisite tricks.
2y
Hey, the girl from “Somebody That I Used to Know” has some solid solo material! The highlights on the front half of this album lived rent-free in my head in the 2010’s. “Settle Down,” “Cameo Lover,” and “Two Way Street” are some genuinely great slightly off-center pop tracks. Her standout performance on Gotye’s unlikely hit was clearly not a fluke, as her jazzy alto shines just as brightly here. The other tracks are mostly okay, but ... read more
KIMBRA DISCOGRAPHY #1 (these are old reviews from February):
I mean, FIFA 13 introduced me to this album with "Come Into My Head", which is actually a great single to me, this pop record is everything except your average pop record. Kimbra has great vocals and delivers an album which is very enjoyable and filled with creativity, with hints of Kate Bush here and there, that makes it an underrated art pop album. I'll keep going into her discography, good debut.
Are you somebody that I used to know? No? Oh sorry maybe it’s the tattoos that I confused to another artist…
Kimbra more know as the female artist of the one hit wonder with Gotye, apparently put an album long time ago, and honestly it’s kinda difficult to me to express how this album works genually, beacuse in one hand it’s honestly pretty good material for other hand even do is good is also forgettable in the hooks apptents but genually it’s decent pop material ... read more
there is not a single moment on this where at least one aspect is not cranked up to max. such an intimidating debut.
katy perry so que boa
e a capa me lembra o speak for yourself da imogen heap
top 5: Cameo Lover, Come Into My Head, Plain Gold Ring, Call Me, Old Flame
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Track List
| 1 | Settle Down 4:01 | 89 |
| 2 | Cameo Lover 4:02 | 91 |
| 3 | Two Way Street 4:20 | 88 |
| 4 | Old Flame 4:30 | 84 |
| 5 | Good Intent 3:30 | 87 |
| 6 | Plain Gold Ring 4:30 Live | 83 |
| 7 | Call Me 4:32 | 88 |
| 8 | Limbo 3:52 | 82 |
| 9 | Wandering Limbs 5:27 | 85 |
| 10 | Withdraw 4:07 | 82 |
| 11 | The Build Up 5:02 Includes hidden track "Somebody Please" | 83 |
Total Length: 47 minutes
