Air
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Studio album by
Sault
Released13 April 2022 (2022-04-13)
GenreChoral, contemporary classical,[1][2] funk[3]
Length45:06
LanguageEnglish
LabelForever Living Originals
ProducerInflo
Sault chronology
Nine
(2021)		 Air
(2022)		 Ten
(2022)

Air is the sixth studio album by English contemporary R&B group Sault, released on 13 April 2022 to positive reception by critics.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.2⁄10[4]
Metacritic77⁄100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Guide[6]
Clash5⁄10[7]
The Guardian[3]
Mojo[8]
Pitchfork83⁄100[9]
Uncut7⁄10[10]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Air received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 from six critic scores.[5] The editorial staff at AnyDecentMusic? scored characterized reviews as a 7.2 out of 10, with five reviews.[4] The editors of AllMusic Guide gave Air four out of five stars, with reviewer Andy Kellman praising the group's to choral music, as well as the vocals on "Luos Higher".[6] In The Guardian, Stevie Chick scored this release five out of five stars, calling this "boundary-breaking work for an entirely new and unexpected paradigm" after the group's funk and hip hop roots.[3] Shy Thompson of Pitchfork rated Air an 83 out of 100, with the site naming it the Best New Music of the week; Thompson's review calls Air "too manifold to be easily simplified" and noting that it is an important statement about love.[9] The same publication posted a review of the 39 best albums of 2022 so far on 13 June and included Air.[11] For The Quietus, Nathan Evans called this album "compositions deserve Fantasia-style visuals", that still retain some of the group's R&B roots.[12] Clash's Robin Murray dissented, with a five out of 10 review that considers this work weak compared the band's back catalogue, calling it "disappointing and listless", but "at times pretty, at others curiously appealing".[7] Mojo's Tom Doyle rated Air three out of five stars, calling it "impressive in its execution", but noting that it "too frequently tends to the bombastic".[8] In Uncut, John Lewis assessed this release a seven out of 10 for being "a rather audacious curveball" that is "a little stiff and metronomic in places".[10]

Track listing

  1. "Reality" – 3:58
  2. "Air" – 5:54
  3. "Heart" – 3:52
  4. "Solar" – 12:34
  5. "Time Is Precious" – 7:03
  6. "June 55" – 5:31
  7. "Luos Higher" – 6:10

Chart performance

Chart performance for Air
Chart Peak Duration
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)[2] 24 1 week
US Top Classical Crossover Albums (Billboard)[1] 2 15 weeks

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Sault Chart History (Top Classical Crossover Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  2. 1 2 "Sault Chart History (Top Classical Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  3. 1 2 3 Chick, Stevie (19 April 2022). "Sault: Air review – a daring act of creative rebirth pays off". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Air by Sault reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Air by Sault Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  6. 1 2 Kellman, Andy. "Sault – Air". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  7. 1 2 Murray, Robin (20 April 2022). "Sault – AIR". Clash. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  8. 1 2 Doyle, Tom (July 2022). "Filter Albums". Mojo. No. 344. p. 90. ISSN 1351-0193.
  9. 1 2 Thompson, Shy (21 April 2022). "SAULT: Air". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  10. 1 2 Lewis, John (July 2022). "New Albums". Uncut. p. 31. ISSN 1368-0722.
  11. ↑ Bloom, Madison (13 June 2022). "The 39 Best Albums of 2022: Our Favorite Music of the Year So Far". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  12. ↑ Evans, Nathan (22 April 2022). "Reviews | Sault". Retrieved 12 November 2022.
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