Everything Is Recorded - Everything Is Recorded By Richard Russell

Score: 4.8 

XL Recordings frontman Richard Russell's debut album as Everything Is Recorded feels more like a collection of sloppy collages than a proper album. Sampha, Obongjayar, Kamasi Washington, Syd, Giggs, Wiki, Rachel Zeffira, South Korean band Infinte, Peter Gabriel, Owen Pallett, Scritti Politti's Green Gartside and even samples from Gil Scott-Geron and Grace Jones appear throughout the record, sometimes in excessively repetitive ways and almost always in completely underwhelming, uninspiring forms. It's weird to see a producer who's been in charge of concocting some of the best albums in recent years delivering such an adrift, messy and insipid musical work. It is also a pity.

Tracks I like the most: Close But Not Quite, Show Love, Mountains Of Gold

Tracks I like the least: Wet Looking Road, Purify - Interlude, Be My Friend, Everything Is Recorded

Artist: Everything Is Recorded

Country: United Kingdom

Album: Everything Is Recorded By Richard Russell

Released: 16/02/2018

Genres: Indie Pop, R&B, Soul, Hip Hop

Length: 38:05