Once Again - John Legend (1) > Reviews > John Legend - Once Again - A masterclass in music

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Groundbreaking
Lyrics	Sublime
Quality and consistency of tracks	Flawless
Value for Money	Excellent

Advantages:	A great easy - listening album where every song sounds a classic
Disadvantages:	Could this follow on from the success of the first album?

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

This is the follow up to the extremely successful album 'Get Lifted', and many people were wondering if John Legend could produce something even nearly as good as his first album.

Well he's done even better.

The album is full of retro music with a fresh modern beat, all embelished by his amazing vocal abililty and song-writing capabilities.

The album begins with 'Save Room', the first single and it sets you up for a great album. It has a classic feel with an RnB twist, which has worked for him in the past with songs like 'Number 1' and 'I Used To Love You'. His vocal range is really outstanding in this song and the lyrics really paint a picture.

Other stand-out tracks are 'Heaven', 'Again' and 'Where Did My Baby Go?'. Heaven is the second single and uses an old sample to give this song a new dimension because Legend isn't the only one singing. Again and Where Did My Baby Go? really show Legends vocal capabilities and his skills on a piano. Where Did My Baby Go? reminds me of 'Ordinary People', the song that really put him on the map in the RnB world.

All of the other songs sound as though they could easily be classics, and there really are no songs you always press skip on. This album is easily as good as 'Get Lifted', maybe even better, and now it just has to pass the test of time to become the classic it deserves to be.