Although there are some clear sure-fire hits on the LP, there are also quiet, dark horses such as “Like I Can” and “Good Thing” that make the album worth everyone’s while. As told by Smith to Digital Spy, “The album is supposed to be the soundtrack to those quiet moments in life,” and it, indeed, achieves its goal. No doubt, most of the disc is somewhat of a ballad extravaganza, which causes some songs such as “I’ve Told You Now” and “Not In That Way” to fall on the back-burner and waver when pinned against powerhouse numbers such as “Leave Your Lover” and “Lay Me Down.” While every track faithfully keeps to Smith’s theme, they almost seem to ironically stand alone instead of making a fluid piece of work, a possible unintentional by-product of Smith’s exploration of unreciprocated love.īut, that seems to be the beauty of the album. Judging from his more or less upbeat track record with electronic hot shots, this may or may not come as a surprise to fans, save the Two Inch Punch-produced falsetto-laden album opener “Money On My Mind.” Even so, when stripped down, “Latch” proves to retain those “classic” song stylings that Smith so effortlessly puts forth, fitting in perfectly with the rest of the album. However, as Smith has said time and time again, and as the album title clearly suggests, In The Lonely Hour is about unrequited love and, thus, inherently melancholy. This can only really be explained by Smith’s intensive jazz vocal training since he was 8 years young. From gospel-influenced tracks like “Stay With Me” to jazzy numbers such as “I’m Not The Only One,” it is clear that Sam not only has pipes of gold but knows how to use them as well. While the album, for the most part, is minimalist in its musical arrangement, it is Sam’s virtuosic voice that is purposefully made the focal instrument.
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