John Newman - Revolve (The Deluxe Edition) (2015)

Tracklist

01. Revolve (feat. Idris Elba)
02. All My Heart
03. Something Special
04. Lights Down
05. Come and Get It
06. Never Give It Up
07. Tiring Game (feat. Charlie Wilson)
08. Give You My Love
09. I'm Not Your Man
10. Killing Me
11. We All Get Lonely
12. Killing Me
13. The Past
14. We All Get Lonely

Released almost exactly two years after the U.K. chart-topping, platinum-selling Tribute, Revolve more closely follows Calvin Harris' equally successful "Blame," on which John Newman provided a typically full-throttle vocal (and somewhat contradictory lines like "Guilt is burning" and "Don't blame it on me"). Although Newman made this album with a new set of collaborators, including fellow producer/songwriters Greg Kurstin and Jack Splash, its foundation is likewise in muscular retro-soul that blares and bolts and manages to keep up with the singer's superhuman level of energy. There are lighter diversions into house and disco -- including "Tiring Game," featuring Charlie Wilson -- and Newman dials it down every now and then for ballads, but Revolve is very much in line with the winning formula of Tribute. Its wider emotional range and stylistic switch-ups, none of which is outside Newman's grasp, give it a slight edge.

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