Seal - 6: Commitment
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Artist: SealEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-09-28
Music Label: Reprise
Product features:
- SEAL SEAL 6: COMMITMENT
- If I'm Any Closer
- Weight Of My Mistakes
- Silence
- Best Of Me
- All For Love
- I Know What You Did
- The Way I Lie
- Secret
- You Get Me
- Letting Go
- Big Time
Music reviews of 6: Commitment
Music Review: Seal is happy and in love...and I can't help but be sad.
Rating: 2 Stars
Seal is one of the few artists that truly affected me over the course of my life. Seal 1 and 2 soundtracked my college years, Human Beings slowly grew to become one of my favorite albums, and his fourth release had it's share of wonderful songs. I've always held Seal up there with the best...unique, incredibly talented, and deeply emotional.
And despite the labeling of being an Adult Contemporary artist, Seal never seemed to fully deserve that much-derided categorization. His songs always had a hint of pathos, or political fire, or a greater love for all the world. His music (with great thanks to Trevor Horn) became the vehicle for his unique vision, and gave his voice a wonderful foundation to work within, and often, soar above to glorious results.
Yet, System (5) began to give me pause. "Wedding Day" (his duet with Heidi Klum) was an unlistenable track that took Seal from a musical world all his own into a mainstreamed reality...one of gentle touches, tender kisses, and romantic love for a single individual..the well-worn topics constantly spelled out in almost every song by lesser artists. I guess Seal grew "down"...down into a sensitive, everyday guy who just likes coming home after a long day, seeing his beautiful wife, and being happy with the life he's made for himself. No longer did he have the weight of the world on his shoulders, or tumultuous emotions in his heart. His focus has became his family...and honestly, I can't begrudge the man that.
BUT, I can bemoan the fact that with it, he's adopted a sense of "generic-ness" in his music that I can't ignore. He's finally become an Adult Contemporary artist. No longer blazing his own trail, he's following others who came before him - including himself. His songs, always layered with unique instrumentation and even more profound lyrics that could appeal to multiple individuals in many ways, are now reduced to generic Hallmark card statements like "I did it all for love" and "you bring out the best in me." Where's the "Colors", the "Prayer for the Dying", the "Future Love Paradise"'s, with lyrics that spoke to you personally on a deeper level without ever giving away their true intent? I understand artists mature, and they grow...but why into this?
It pains me to write this, because I consider Seal one of my favorite artists. And I'm sure many will have disagreements with my assessment. But Seal has officially crossed the line for me with this release, and joined other artists I love like Sting and Phil Collins. Artists who no longer push boundaries, but are content to coast, either by channeling (or covering) the hits of the past, or indulging in the cheesiness and sappiness of the present.
I guess everyone grows "down". I just didn't think it would happen to one of the best.
Description of 6: Commitment
2010 release, the sixth studio album from the British vocalist. This highly-anticipated album was produced by David Foster. While showcasing Seal's one-of-a-kind husky baritone, ear for unforgettable melodies, and unique lyrical point of view, songs such as "Secret," "The Weight of My Mistakes," "Best of Me," and "If I'm Any Closer," delve into the emotions surrounding love, family, and commitment, hence the title. "Everything about my life is fully committed," he says. "I've never felt more focused on the matter at hand: My wife, my children, the family in general, my own well-being, and of course music and my career. Each one of these songs has personal meaning for me. I dug very deep and all I can hope for is that the music strikes a chord with people."Pop CDs
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