Critical reception
The album has received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 14 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[1]
In a positive review, Q magazine stated, "There is slick virtuosity to all the playing here but it is her warm, witty presence that shines through."[2] James Skinner, in his 8/10 review for BBC Music says "...there is something fantastically indulgent and heartening going on here: the sense that Wasser is embracing her peculiarities and making giddy, ebullient light of them. Long may she continue to do so."[3] Andy Gill, from The Independent called it "everything the Adele album lacks: real emotional insight, couched in genuinely soulful arrangements bristling with imagination." However, Michael Cragg's review for The Guardian was mixed, saying, "Wasser's featherlight voice suits the slower songs, it has a tendency to sound slightly one-dimensional on the over-fussy bigger numbers, and there are moments when it drifts too close to polite MOR."[4] In a negative review, David Raposa for Pitchfork Media criticized the overall sound of the album stating, "While she aims for such critically acclaimed heights, her shots often land in a middle-of-the-road, adult-contemporary wasteland."[5]
Track listing
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| 1. | "Nervous" | 6:02 |
| 2. | "The Magic" | 4:10 |
| 3. | "The Action Man" | 5:08 |
| 4. | "Flash" | 7:52 |
| 5. | "Run For Love" | 5:38 |
| 6. | "Human Condition" | 5:33 |
| 7. | "Kiss the Specifics" | 4:30 |
| 8. | "Chemmie" | 4:47 |
| 9. | "Forever and a Year" | 5:56 |
| 10. | "I Was Everyone" | 6:02 |
| Total length: | 55:35 |
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| 11. | "It's Possible" | |
| 12. | "Human Condition (solo)" | |
