Paloma Faith / A Perfect Contradiction
Artist Paloma Faith
Album Title: A Perfect Contradiction
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Primary Genre Hip Hop
Format CD
Released 03/10/2014
Label Epic
Catalog No 88843006112
Bar Code No 8 88430 06112 5
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Can't Rely On You (3:15)
2. Mouth To Mouth (4:24)
3. Take Me (3:10)
4. Only Love Can Hurt Like This (3:53)
5. Other Woman (3:09)
6. Taste My Own Tears (3:03)
7. Trouble With My Baby (3:00)
8. The Bigger You Love (The Harder You Fall) (3:02)
9. Impossible Heart (4:32)
10. Love Only Leaves You Lonely (4:33)
11. It's The Not Knowing (3:30)
Date Acquired 01/10/2015
Personal Rating
Acquired from Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Purchase Price 8.99

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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR6        0.00 dB    -6.87 dB      3:15 01-Can't Rely on You
DR6       -0.09 dB    -8.04 dB      4:24 02-Mouth to Mouth
DR6       -0.09 dB    -7.20 dB      3:10 03-Take Me
DR5       -0.52 dB    -6.02 dB      3:53 04-Only Love Can Hurt Like This
DR6       -0.09 dB    -7.92 dB      3:09 05-Other Woman
DR5       -0.09 dB    -6.82 dB      3:03 06-Taste My Own Tears
DR5        0.00 dB    -6.49 dB      3:00 07-Trouble with My Baby
DR5       -0.09 dB    -7.23 dB      3:02 08-The Bigger You Love (The Harder You Fall)
DR5       -0.09 dB    -6.74 dB      4:32 09-Impossible Heart
DR6       -0.09 dB    -7.59 dB      4:32 10-Love Only Leaves You Lonely
DR6       -0.09 dB    -7.81 dB      3:30 11-It's the Not Knowing
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Number of tracks:  11
Official DR value: DR5

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           877 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Matt Collar
British vocalist Paloma Faith's third studio album, 2014's A Perfect Contradiction, is a slick, funky production featuring several big-name songwriters, from Pharrell Williams to Raphael Saadiq. In the post-Amy Winehouse world of soulful, '60s-centric, dance-oriented divas, Faith has always leaned toward the artier end of the spectrum, setting her cherubic yet impossibly robust vocals against her Frida Kahlo-meets-Dusty Springfield persona. Which isn't to say that Faith's music is an acquired taste. On the contrary, her previous efforts (2009's Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? and 2012's Fall to Grace) found the London-born singer balancing an inclination toward arch theatricality with her gift for belting out R&B hooks. On the heels of Adele's success, and in sea of up-and-coming Springfield devotees, Faith smartly moves away, if ever so slightly, from the neo-vintage, Mark Ronson-esque production of her past albums and toward a more high-sheen, disco, and '70's soul-influenced sound. Cuts like the Pharrell-produced "I Can't Rely on You," and the Saadiq-helmed "Mouth to Mouth," are infectious, booty-shaking numbers that wouldn't sound out of place booming out over the speakers at Studio 54. Similarly, the cowbell-heavy "Take Me" is a jubilant, Southern soul-influenced anthem that veritably drills itself into your head as soon as the descending piano riff starts. That said, Faith has built her career upon '50s- and '60s- influenced sounds and aesthetics, and A Perfect Contradiction certainly has its share of neo-retro reappropriation in the Diane Warren-penned "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" and the Stuart Matthewman co-write "Taste My Own Tears," which does sound a bit like Matthewman's longtime boss Sade, if she had recorded at Motown in the mid-'60s. Ultimately, it's Faith's irrepressible enthusiasm and unbridled vocal ability that shine the most on A Perfect Contradiction, and having musicians like Pharrell and Saadiq around just works to sweeten the deal.
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