Coming Home (Leon Bridges album)
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| Studio album by Leon Bridges | ||
| Released | June 23, 2015 | |
| Recorded | 2014–15 | |
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| Length | 34:11 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Producer | Niles City Sound | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10 |
| Metacritic | 78/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Clash | 8/10 |
| Consequence of Sound | B |
| Exclaim! | 9/10 |
| The Guardian | |
| NME | 8/10 |
| The Observer | |
| Pitchfork | 7/10 |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| Spin | 7/10 |
Coming Home is the debut studio album by American singer Leon Bridges. It was released on June 23, 2015, by Columbia Records. The album was written by Leon Bridges, Austin Michael Jenkins, Joshua Block, Chris Vivion and produced by Niles City Sound.
The album was supported by two singles; "Coming Home" and "Smooth Sailin'". Coming Home received generally positive reviews from critics, and charted at number six on the Billboard 200. The album was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.
"Coming Home" was released as the lead single from the album in February 2015, through Columbia Records. The song continued the success of the demo version and became a "Top 10 Most Viral Track" on Spotify, the same month as its release.
Coming Home received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on 21 reviews. Adam Kivel of Consequence of Sound said, "On Coming Home, Bridges solidly aligns with the latter, his soulful R&B studied and nostalgic, but also immediate and emotionally true." Ryan Patrick of Exclaim! said, "Coming Home is a star-making vehicle that is solidly crafted, robustly traditionalist and palpably soulful. This is not just a nostalgia act; this is music from the heart, and the soul." Leonie Cooper of NME also gave the album a positive review stating, "Coming Home exists in a satin-swathed timewarp that takes you back 55 years. Texan singer Leon Bridges' debt to the warmth of soul pioneer Sam Cooke is evident in every tune on a debut album where even the stylish artwork acts as an unreconstructed envoy to a 1960 dependent on daiquiris and dinner dances." Kitty Empire of The Observer said, "Coming Home is, perhaps, a healthy reiteration of the classic sounds of succour in a time of need; a principled and mellifluous nay-saying." Ernest Wilkins of Pitchfork said, "While he obviously has good intentions, at times, Bridges can't help but come off as an imitator."
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