On My One [LP]

by Jake Bugg

Overview

Moving from producer Rick Rubin to Jacknife Lee -- a trajectory pioneered by Weezer nearly a decade earlier -- Jake Bugg seems to be searching for a new voice on On My One. No longer the new-millennial Dylan of his 2012 eponymous debut, Bugg also abandons the Rubin-endorsed classicism of 2013's Shangri La, choosing a muddled middle ground between plaintive introspection and bustling electronic arrangements ripe for crossover play. At the very least, this heretofore unheard infatuation with electronica and R&B loops suggests Bugg is a man indeed born in the '90s, something that seemed somewhat inconceivable on his prior records. If there's a slight whiff of desperation in the dense Madchester percolation of "Gimme the Love," it's trumped by "Ain't No Rhyme," where Bugg strips away the irony from Beck and delivers a full-fledged old-school rap. This is easily the strangest moment here but there are other left turns -- the slowly simmering "Never Wanna Dance," where Bugg gives James Blunt a run for his money; Bugg leaning on his penchant for literalism on the steady-rolling country-rock of "Livin' Up Country;" the big crawling plastic soul of "Love, Hope and Misery" -- that are paired with a bunch of by-the-books troubadour tunes, turning this into his most diverse collection to date. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/17/2016
Label:	Emi / Island / Virgin Emi
UPC:	0602547817938

Tracks

1. On My One
2. Gimme the Love
3. Love, Hope and Misery
4. The Love We're Hoping For
5. Put Out the Fire
6. Never Wanna Dance
7. Bitter Salt
8. Ain't No Rhyme
9. Livin' Up Country
10. All That
11. Hold On You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jake Bugg   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Jake Bugg   Composer