Music Speaks
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| Studio album by Candice Glover | ||
| Released | February 18, 2014 | |
| Recorded | 2013 | |
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| Length | 44:32 | |
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| Daily News (New York) | 4/5 |
| Idolator | 4/5 |
| Los Angeles Times | 2.5/5 |
| Rolling Stone | 2.5/5 |
Music Speaks is the debut studio album by American recording artist and American Idol twelfth season winner Candice Glover, released on February 18, 2014, by Interscope Records. It was preceded by the release of two digital singles, "I Am Beautiful" and "Cried". In the album, Glover combined the styling of contemporary R&B with 1960s-style lounge music.
Immediately following the broadcast on May 16, 2013, Music Speaks was made available for pre-order on iTunes. Originally scheduled for release on July 16, 2013, the album got pushed back twice, to October 8, 2013, and February 18, 2014. "Cried" was released to promote the album before its release .
Glover took part of the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2013, from July 19 to August 31, 2013, in which she performed Music Speaks tracks "In the Middle" and "Lovesong."
On January 5, 2014, she performed "Cried" at the Progressive Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular. On January 19, 2014, the song "Damn" leaked online, however, Glover stated she was ok with it.
On February 3, 2014, Glover did an exclusive performance of Music Speaks' tracks "Lovesong", "In the Middle" and "Cried" for Yahoo! Music. On February 10, 2014, she performed "Cried" at The View and on 106 & Park. On February 12, 2014, snippets of all songs were released by Yahoo! Music.
Music Speaks has received generally positive reviews. Christopher R. Weingarten of Rolling Stone gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5, saying "American Idol's 12th victor deserves better than this much-delayed hodgepodge of styles and ideas. The voice that pushed Alicia Keys and U2 songs into unimagined octaves all season long – inspiring judge Nicki Minaj to say, "I want to skin you and wear you" – is on full display. But the songs reveal a serious identity crisis. An entire album of cosmopolitan Mark Ronson-esque pop soul like "Same Kinda Man" and the Shabba Ranks-interpolating "In the Middle" could have been revelatory. Instead, those highlights are jumbled between too many grooves that recall a vague, anonymous version of the decade between Jennifer Holliday and Mary J. Blige."
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