The London Sessions (Mary J. Blige album)
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| Studio album by Mary J. Blige | ||||
| Released | November 24, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Studio | RAK Studios (London, United Kingdom) | |||
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| Length | 45:34 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100 |
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| AllMusic |   |
| Cuepoint | A– |
| The Daily Telegraph | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| The Guardian | |
| NME | 7/10 |
| Pitchfork Media | 7/10 |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Spin | 7/10 |
The London Sessions is the twelfth studio album by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige. It was released on November 24, 2014, by Capitol Records and Matriarch Records. On October 26, 2014, the album leaked in its entirety to the internet, with Billboard calling it "superb" and "objectively her best since 2005's The Breakthrough".
In June 2014, Blige released a full-length soundtrack album for the comedy film Think Like a Man Too. The project followed her gold-selling holiday album A Mary Christmas, which became a top ten success in United States, but it underperformed commercially: Think Like a Man Too debuted and peaked at number 30 on the Billboard 200, with 8,688 copies sold in its first week, becoming the lowest sales debut of any of Blige's studio albums. "Suitcase", the only single released from the album, reached the top 30 on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs chart only. In February 2014, amid the production for the soundtrack album, Blige recorded vocals for a remix version of "F for You", a song by British electronic garage-house duo Disclosure. The remix, while retaining most of the original track from their album Settle, was re-recorded for release as a single and became a top ten hit on the UK Dance Chart. Inspired by its response, Blige initially hoped to record an EP with the duo, in July 2014, it was announced Blige would move to London to experiment with a new sound. Blige spent a month in London recording her album in RAK studios with a host of young British acts, including Disclosure, Naughty Boy, Emeli Sandé and Sam Smith. The results were ten new songs, co-written and recorded by the singer in one month in postcodes W6, NW8 and NW5.
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