Kiss land

"Kiss Land is more personal, more human, and will draw his fans closer to him. The slightly wider vocal range and additional expressiveness don't hurt his cause. For those who aren't as easily drawn into Tesfaye's world, this will seem roughly as insufferable and as bleakly aimless as the earlier material".

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"Kiss Land is technically the Weeknd's fourth album in two and a half years, and without the ear-turning innovation of the earlier work, all you can muster in reaction to its worldview, the same one that's been delivered repeatedly without variation, is, "Maybe it's you, man." Which in a way, vindicates it: Kiss Land sounds every bit as isolated and singular as Tesfaye feels".

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"23-årige Abel Tesfaye har skullet levere en af årets absolut mest ventede debutskiver, hvor legepladsen fra mixtape-udgivelserne skulle løfte sig til "et rigtigt album". Der er fortsat flere af de fantastiske små stjerneglimt undervejs, men den kitschede og lidt for naive tilgang på Kiss Land lugter desværre for meget af én, der mistede sit fokus i jagten på toppen".

"På det officielle debutalbum »Kiss Land« har Tesfaye holdt fast i den mørke grundtone, mens lyden er blevet større og mere monumental. Hvor de ofte Michael Jacksonklingende vokalfraseringer er hentet i soul og R&B, befinder hans musikalske univers sig til gengæld milevidt fra disse genrer".

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