Like I Can is the most rhythmic mover of a track on this debut, with a nice journey. I’m Not the Only One is a great jazzy soother. It’s video shoot spurred a romance rumour between the featured Daisy Lowe and Smith, yet the video actually brings about a discussion of sexuality and where the unrequited love actually lies. Recent single Stay with Me appears third, and this track is simply electrifying with it’s blunt honesty and exquisite gospel influence. Good Thing has a charming beat, despite it’s sad tale: “although you made my heart sing, to stay with you would be wrong”. His debut album doesn’t disappoint and heavily pens a signature of raw, heart-on-sleeve lyrics and gloriously controlled sound. The bold and catchy track Latch by Disclosure, on which he first noticeably featured his vocals, launched this artist into incomprehensible stardom. He is delicately modest in all of his public performances, seemingly humble on all of his social media outlets, and ultimately writes good, honest music. Sam Smith’s speedy swell in popularity over the past few months has been extraordinary.

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