THE Brit-winning singer, who counts Jamie Foxx, Courteney Cox and Taylor Swift among his friends, is back with X (pronounced ‘Multiply’), the highly anticipated follow-up to his 2012 debut +, and there is plenty here to sate fans’ appetites.
A mix of acoustic ballads and more lively tunes including No 1 single Sing, the album opens with the pensive One, before the mood goes upbeat with I’m A Mess, Don’t and Sing, a collaboration with Pharrell Williams featuring an amazing falsetto. Those who like Sheeran’s rapping can check out his rhyming skills on Sing and The Man, while personal highlights include the soulful Thinking Out Loud, Afire Love (about his grandfather’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease) and Photograph, a ballad he co-wrote with Snow Patrol’s Johnny McDaid.
Worth the wait.
Shereen Low
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