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Graham Clark
Music Features Writer
@Maxximum23Clark
4:08 PM 10th November 2014
arts

Album Review: Keep Calm And Chillout (Sony Music)

 
The Keep Calm and Carry On theme has now extended to the compilation market and this new compilation from Sony Music features the best melodic tracks from this summer and further back as well.

The recent tracks include the #1 hit from Magic! with Rude, Ella Henderson with Ghost, then there is the big soul hit of the year in All of Me by John Legend and then big European hit this summer - Waves by Mr Probz.

Because the charts have had more up-tempo tracks recently, the compilers of the album have had to delve back to keep the theme of the album intact so there is Alicia Keys with Girl on Fire, Sade with By Your Side and Train with Hey Soul Sister. Melodic pop that appeals to all ages.



It is not often you will find a compilation that includes Dolly Parton and Usher on there but it is keep calm theme that puts them altogether which works well on this interesting album.

The album is a good introduction to the more accessible tracks in popular music of recent times.

4 out of 5