Robin Thicke- Paula (2014)

 Why did I review the album? I like Robin Thicke

Did I like it? Unfortunately not

Will I listen again? No

My Favs

3. You’re My Fantasy

2.  Forever Love

1. Get Her Back

This album suffers from a lack of focus. In the past I’ve said that albums should have a level of variety and I believe that, but when a silly song like Tippy Toes that sounds like a sing along for Tele tubbies is in a professional album, we have a problem.

I can see what each song was trying to achieve, but almost all fail for various reasons.

I will commend him for using a myriad of sounds and trying to merge them into a cohesive album, but using sounds from different genres and eras added to the lack of focus. It was a good idea that was poorly executed.

Overall Rating: 30 with a Not For Me recommendation

The Good 

Get Her Back- To me, this song is a poor man Complicated, but that’s a testament to the greatness of that song, not a slight to this one. It’s classic Thicke formula. Simple and smooth beat that is made more beautiful by Thicke’s effortless vocals. 4/5

The Bad

Tippy Toes- I believe this was an ode to the 50’s style songs, but every time I heard this song I couldn’t help but picture Teletubbies whenever I heard this song, so I couldn’t take it seriously. 1/5

Other’s Thoughts

This album has an average rating of 3.6 with 17 5-star reviews and 8 4-star reviews, so most people like it. Even though I did not like it, doesn’t mean you’ll have the same reaction.