Seal - Seal IV
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Free Music Notes for Seal IV
Free Music Review: not your typical Seal
Hit: 4 Stars
Usually I find Seal a bit sappy. Despite his soft seductive vocal quality Seal songs are often mostly sorrow, sorrow, sadness and longing. It's simply hard to listen to when you don't already want to cry. This album has dynamics. There are songs to dance to, some Reggae beats and yes more sorrow. Seal sings that "it sounds like another one of my sad songs" but I don't mind. Somehow these tunes are infused with more soul than usual. The sad songs are musically up to par with "Song for the Dying" but his poetic expression is better than anything before. Start with sampling "Let me Roll" and "Love's Devine".Free Music Review: Only the voice is still there...
Hit: 2 Stars
It's, of course, official. Seal's best days are fading way into the past and the only evidence remaining of the peaks he'd once achieved is the voice which is still there.Alas, unless you can be satisfied only upon hearing a good voice, regardless of how poor the songs are, this is hardly enough.
This is an album filled with overwhlemingly boring ballads aimed i'm not sure at whom. The overall result is like the music you hear when you're pacing through the isles of a supermarket.
Occasionally, even in a supermarket you'll hear a good tune but you are there to shop and the tune is there to assist you:
"relaaaaaaaaax, buy that can of tuna and that new improved -but not really- detergent"..
Much the same is the offering here. Relax. Buy the new improved -but not really- Seal album.
Sad, when one remembers those flashes of brilliance like in Seal's debut album with "Killer" and "Crazy" but also a few shinings here and there in the subsequent albums. It seems that those moments are buried like a hatchet and I'm not so sure Seal knows where the burial site is...
Free Music Review: Awesome eclectic mix of music
Hit: 5 Stars
I must say that I will listen to anything at least once to try and expose myself to everything out there. This CD combines all types of music styles. It encompassed pop, rock, hip-hop like beats, jazz, and all sorts of other styles. Every track is a different style and they are all wonderful. I would rush out and buy this CD right now if you don't already have it. If you watch commercials for "Average Joe" the song that they used in their commercial was "Love's Divine" then I heard "Waiting for You" and I had to have the CD. It's a combination of music styles that you will never hear from anyone else.Free Music Review: Love's Divine
Hit: 5 Stars
I have and will always respect Seal as an incredible artist, rather- he is FANTASTIC!. So I will greatly recommend this record to anyone who prefers mature pop, with a mixture of R&B and much influence of optimistic soul. Admittedly, most of my favorite artists are female artists- but when it comes to Seal or Sting, it's a different story, because both of those artists, in my opinion are the best male artists in this category other than a handful of good male artists like Phil Collins, U2, Lenny Kravitz and Darren Hayes. Seal (1994) is my favorite Seal retail, but this album is seated as my second favorite.
My favorite tracks are; 3. Love's Divine, 2. Get It Together, 5. My Vision, 11.Tinsel Town.
This is definitely for people (including teenagers) who prefer much more sophisticated music, it doesn't really matter which category it is, because every music category has a sophisticated side to it. Enjoy!.
Free Music Review: Heavenly...(Good Feeling)
Hit: 5 Stars
I forgot what television show I was watching at the time but I recently heard Seal's "Love's Divine" being played in the background and I simply fell in love with the gorgeous ballad. It took my breath away. Plus TNT has been using "Waiting For You" for their commercials for the long-running "Law & Order" series, and the song quickly grew on me. So it was obvious that I had to get the new album from Seal. Normally this is not my type of music I listen to but Seal has one of the best voices in music today. "Seal IV" is my first album from Seal. I always did enjoy songs like "Kiss From a Rose" and "Cry". I have just never gotten around to getting any of his cds. The first time I listened to the album, my reaction was lukewarm but now that I am listening to it again, the music is beginning to grow on me like a fungus. Listening to "Seal IV" is like enjoying a good cup of coffee. It has a smokey flavor. The ballads are my personal favorite songs off the cd. Besides "Love's Divine", "Don't Make Me Wait" is an enchanting song to listen to. Very smooth and laid back. Ideal to listen to in front of the fireplace. I thought "Loneliest Star" bore an uncanny resemblence to "Kiss From a Rose". Nothing wrong with that but I just thought that I would point that out. None of the other songs really do sound anything like Seal's past hits. In my opinion, Seal is the male equivalent to my other favorite r&b artist Sade. The two singers have the sexiest voices in music today.