Anne-Marie
Speak Your Mind
Release Date: Apr 27, 2018
Genre(s): Pop/Rock
Record label: Warner Bros.
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Album Review: Speak Your Mind by Anne-Marie
Fairly Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 3/5
Who is Anne-Marie, really? The Essex singer has been in the spotlight since 2013, when she first performed as a part of British dance group Rudimental's touring band. There were guest spots from her on their second album, 'We The Generation', but it was the appearance on Clean Bandit's mega-single 'Rockabye' alongside Sean Paul that propelled her into the mainstream. But that still didn't mean we knew who Anne-Marie was.
Opinion: Fairly Good
Though she might be best known for her soulful pop vocals on tracks by Rudimental, Snakehips and most notably Clean Bandit's 'Rockabye', Anne-Marie's debut album 'Speak Your Mind' finally gives the Essex singer the chance to break out as a solo artist. As you'd expect from the songs released before the album, 'Speak Your Mind' is largely based in pop-EDM, as can most clearly be heard on lead single 'Friends' with terrifying humanoid sweet Marshmello. Despite the singles leading up to the album pointing to a predictable pop-dance debut, there is thankfully some surprise and depth to the musicality of the rest of the project.
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