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- Summary: The seventh full-length studio release from Ed Sheeran was inspired in part by Edward Elgar's 1899 composition Enigma Variations and was produced by Aaron Dessner.
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- Record Label: Atlantic
- Genre(s): Pop, Vocal, Pop/Rock
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Mixed: 4 out of 6
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Sep 28, 2023Sheeran sounds like a supercharged David Gray. Grown-up. Energised. Forget Autumn, this feels like an album of bright new dawns.
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Sep 29, 2023On Autumn Variations, the storytelling skills that paved the way for Sheeran’s mainstream success are on full display.
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Sep 28, 2023There’s no standout tune on here to match Elgar’s “Nimrod”, of course, but there’s enough soupy seasonal sentimentality to fill the Royal Albert Hall.
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Oct 3, 2023An album that sustains a mellow, melancholy mood without quite distinguishing itself as a collection of individual songs. Then again, that's kind of the point of the album: it's a pensive soundtrack for a specific season, nothing more and nothing less.
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Sep 28, 2023The nuance and specificity of his last album’s songwriting is largely absent; instead ‘Autumn Variations’ is akin to aimlessly swiping through Instagram, blurry snaps of followers’ leafy happenings whizzing past in a distracted daze.
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Sep 28, 2023Yet despite this genre-hopping, most songs eventually end up in the same realm: that of a bland, plodding vaguely sentimental ballad boasting at least one instantly memorable hook.