'Listen' is the new album from French EDM legend David Guetta.
From the opening track 'Dangerous', you can tell that something is up with Guetta's music. This is Guetta's new single to promote the album and it doesn't include one of the fundamental parts of EDM - the drop. As people soon realise from listening (pun slightly intended), this doesn't take away from how excellent the track is, and sure enough it's become popular everywhere as Guetta's singles typically do. As somebody who's so renowned in this field of music, Guetta must've been so brave to take the leap to try and do something different with his production work. The result is an album that marks a new era of EDM.
Just by looking at the guest stars on the tracklist alone, you know that this is a well-crated, well-thought through album. Guetta opts for some of his successful old collaborations (Sia, Nicki Minaj, Afrojack) but has mostly branched out to include artists not typically found in this genre of music (Emeli Sande, Birdy, The Script). The result of this is a fresh sound on every track that is delightful to hear. The production work on every track is stellar and Guetta knows when to bring in fellow producer Showtek to add something even more different to certain songs.
In short, there's something for everybody on Guetta's new album from the uplifting to the soulful to the ravey even to the revolutionary (try out 'Rise' with Skylar Grey). Guetta has knocked down the typical genre boundaries around EDM to give people music for every mood, lyrics that are just a tad shy of meaningful and excellently delivered vocals from guest stars who compliment the extraordinary production work. There are miles of positive progress between Guetta's last album 'Nothing But the Beat' and this, a fresh collection of unexpected songs that anybody who likes good music can enjoy. He may be over 40, but there's still a lot of life and good music left in David Guetta's creative capability to keep him going for years to come.
9/10
Click here to watch the music video for lead single 'Lovers on the Sun'
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