“Strawberry Amazing”Īs long as you’re making a record that sounds much like the sort of thing Prince would have written around the time he did “Around the World in a Day,” you may as well give it a name as close to “Raspberry Beret” as “Strawberry Amazing.” Also, if you plan to sound this much like Prince, it pays to do it right. It’s a full-on celebration of the premise that tomorrow isn’t promised so let’s seize the day and make it groove. You’re barely 20 seconds in before Miguel’s falsetto on the line “No end in sight” should leave you wondering why they didn’t choose this as the album’s second single over “Do You.” Then the chorus hits like Sly Stone in his psychedelic prime, rocking Beatlesque harmonies that soon give way to something closer to a gospel choir. “Where’s the Fun in Forever”Īnother album track from “Kaleidoscope Dream,” it starts with fat, distorted bass and a classic hip-hop beat. Cole’s best line? “Hey, come back, baby/Boomarang.” 4. “But now, deep down, when I face it, all I want is you.” J. “At best, all they do is distract me,” he sighs. Produced by Remi, it rides a quirky yet insistent funk groove, underscoring an aching lead vocal mired in regret, finding no salvation in his latest conquests. Cole on a guest rap that establishes the mood with “Damn cold world/I never thought I see that day that you’re my old girl.” The title track to his debut, it took Miguel to No. This was the single that launched his career, with J. The second track on “Kaleidoscope Dream” is epic, taking takes the sound to the opposite end of the musical spectrum from the leadoff track, “Adorn.” It sounds like something written for a post-apocalyptic science-fiction film, setting the scene with the chorus hook: “If I don’t make it back before the sun/All you have to do is run/Just promise me you run/Don’t look back.” And then, out of nowhere, it signs off with a speaker-rumbling, quasi-dubstep reinvention of the Zombies’ hit “Time of the Season.” Bringing Zombies to the post-apocalyptic soundscape? That’s one subtle stroke of genius. MORE MUSIC: Get the Things to Do app | Latest concert announcements | Top concerts this week in Phoenix 6. “Wanna give you control/With the lights on/If I could just let go/Forgive me/It’s the very first time/And I’m nervous/Can I trust you?” The echo is cavernous on this atmospheric highlight of “Kaleidoscope Dream” as he wanders what sounds like a slow-motion dream state pleading with his girl to “take me” after telling her “my body’s waving a white flag.” Then the chorus kicks in, and Miguel plays the sensitive card with seductive intent. But he has the range to pull it off, so why not shake things up a bit? 7. Either way, it’s definitely closer to the pop side of the ’80s than the R&B side. Or maybe it’s the way he keeps repeating “in the air tonight” that made me think of Collins. This “Kaleidoscope Dream” track works the drama like Phil Collins playing to the back rows in his ’80s prime. But there’s nothing especially funky about the haunted atmosphere that underscores the aching vocal as Miguel admits, “I always learn the hard way/And it always ends in heartbreak.” 8.
This first-album highlight wasn’t chosen as a single, or it would have been at least as big a hit as “Girls Like You.” Producer Salaam Remi sets the tone here with the sort of old-school funk beat one could easily imagine ?uestlove laying down. The melody is golden, and the pleading vocals undeniable, pining that there’s “No one to play Connect 4 with me, I Declare War with me.” Yes, he did rhyme Connect 4 with I Declare War while sounding like his heart was breaking. It does not store any personal data.The fourth and final single from Miguel’s first album, “All I Want Is You,” it stalled at No. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
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