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Sparro, Sam Return To Paradise (CD) (US IMPORT)
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- Condition
- No Of Discs
- 1
- EAN
- 5099946438225
- Title
- Return To Paradise
- UPC
- 5099946438225
- Artist
- Sam Sparro
- Format
- CD
- Release Year
- 2012
- Record Label
- EMI
- Release Title
- Return to Paradise
- Genre
- R&B & Soul
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Record Label
EMI
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5099946438225
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4050126378
Product Key Features
Release Year
2012
Format
CD
Genre
R&B & Soul
Artist
Sam Sparro
Release Title
Return to Paradise
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EMI
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Number of Discs
1
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Vocalist Sam Sparro has always evinced a love of '70s and '80s disco, funk, and soul in his decidedly electronic-based dance music. His 2008 debut showcased plenty of Stevie Wonder-meets-Prince-sounding cuts, including the single, "Black and Gold," which featured Sparro's deep, resonant baritone croon over pulsing synths like some lost Studio 54-era anthem. Sparro takes this love of classic dance club music even further on his superb 2013 sophomore album, Return to Paradise. While retaining his knack for immediately catchy pop hooks, Sparro has crafted a more organic, less electronic-minded (though there is still some of that here, too) album full of real drums, keyboards, organs, guitars, horns, and strings. Essentially, this is groove-oriented R&B, immaculately produced with a disco and house music purist's ear for period details. Tracks like the steamy opener "Paradise People," and the absolutely jubilant, '90s house music-sounding "Happiness" are infectious club moments that grab your ears as much as they do your feet. Having a great voice and a big personality never hurts when it comes to effusive dance music, and in this way, Sparro also succeeds. With a subtle gospel inflection and just enough vocal melisma when it's required, Sparro imbues each of these songs with an intensity, passion, and palpable love that shines through even when he's singing about heartbreak and negativity, as on the ballad "I Wish I Never Met You." There is also a bit of camp, of course, in the presentation of some songs, with Sparro even casting himself as a future space diva awaiting his return to help save the earth from androids who've waged what he calls "Robogeddon" on the title track. Whether the song is really a metaphor for his move away from electronic dance music and rediscovery of organic, live instrumentation, or literally a plea to save the earth's ecology, Sparro makes us believe. In that sense, Return to Paradise isn't just an album about a time when music made us groove in the refracted disco ball light of Studio 54 or the Paradise Garage. Its about how funky, soulful music and a positive attitude can help us recapture our best selves and make a paradise out of the present. As he sings on "Happiness," "I can feel the world spinning round. Do you feel it? Ooh yeah." ~ Matt Collar
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Perfect! For any Gaga collectors wondering, this is definitely the 2024 repress WITHOUT the name and title printed on the disc!
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The delivery was perfect and the item was still sealed, sadly one of the miniatures was broken in some parts but i think that's because of how the production company handled the packaging
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