Van Hunt (album)
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| Studio album by Van Hunt | ||||
| Released | February 24, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 Various recording locations |
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| Genre | R&B, funk, neo soul | |||
| Length | 54:45 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Van Hunt (also exec.), Randy Jackson (exec.), Andrew Slater (also exec.), Howard Willing | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
| BBC Music | favorable |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
| Entertainment Weekly | A |
| Mojo | |
| The New York Times | favorable |
| Paste | favorable |
| PopMatters | favorable |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | B+ |
| The Village Voice | mixed |
Van Hunt is the debut album of R&B singer-songwriter Van Hunt, released on February 24, 2004 by Capitol Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Capitol Records, Westlake Audio, Sunset Sound, Sage & Sound Studio, and Zac Recording in Los Angeles, House of Blues in Memphis, and The Sound Kitchen in Nashville.
The album charted at number 38 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 14 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers. The single "Dust" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in 2005.
Music journalist Will Hermes notes "sublimely janky '80s synths and melodies that jab and slide" on the album's songs.Rolling Stone's Ernest Hardy finds Hunt's vocal style similar to those of Prince, Curtis Mayfield, and Marvin Gaye, and comments that the album's music evokes influences such as the Beatles, Muddy Waters, and Sly Stone. Neil Drumming of Entertainment Weekly perceives a lack of melisma in Hunt's singing, writing that he sings "clearly and crisply and sav[es] the crests and falls for the swirling synths, slick guitars, and percolating bass lines."
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