Take Me Apart

Decent near-contemporary electro rnb. Not much that’s especially memorable but definitely paved the way for more interesting stuff from the next several years.

This one is brand new to me and I always look forward to those albums.
Starting with the first song - I don't know if I like this or not. I don't hate it. I feel like I'm going to tire of this one fairly quickly. The songs don't really vary at all from one to the next. It's sort of monotonous.
I'm not a fan of electronic music in general, so this isn't exactly my bag nor would I say I am the intended audience. Her voice is good despite the autotune. I wish people would stop using autotune and just sing how you sing. I suppose some of it is done to achieve a specific vocal effect but it's distracting and sounds so artificial regardless. I guess it does fit with the electronic nature of the album though? I wish I could actually hear her sing for real though, seems like she could really do it.
I also don't get the accolades for production and innovation in recording. This sounds like any other vocal electronic/R&B album from the mid 2010s. Maybe if this was from 1997 or something I would get it, but this is basically (and unfortunately) how music has been made for like 15 years now.
Ultimately this is a mundane and boring record that somehow got some praise. 2/5

This R+B/Soul album was not so bad actually.

Meh. Nice voice, polished production, but kind of bland. 2*

Vocals were good, music was ok. Overall better than expected, but unlikely to return to this. 3/5

I like modern R&B, but my knowledge isn’t deep. I hadn’t heard of this one. It was perfectly fine, but there isn’t a track on here that stands out. Just three star material all the way through.

A bit of a mixed bag - some tracks I really liked and some interesting production choices, but some duller patches. It’s a three-star album with a four-star trying to burst out,

I guess I'm deaf because I actually thought this was kinda pretty. Maybe you're the deaf ones.

Crazy good production and the singles are bangers - the rest feels like filler

Perfectly fine. Nothing stands out, but it's well produced. Didn't get much time to give it a proper listen.

Repetitive, kinda, as song seemingly blend from one to the other if you're not paying attention. Feels like it's going for a Janet Jackson vibe so that's ok, but I had enough by "Enough"...

bom album de r&b com ótima produção. poderia ser facilmente um album recente.

btw adoro a produção da arca. é nítido as músicas que tem o dedo dela!!

Futuristic soul. Big on ambience, this is full of lush RnB and glitchy electronic notes that make a deep sombre introspective but also bombastic atmosphere. Emphasis on vibes, feel and groove over hooks. The Björk influence is clear in the moody tension and cold spacey production. Her voice is powerful and expressive, but used more as another textural element than as a pop diva lead. Overlong and samey.

I loved this. An artist I’ve never heard of, a genre I’m not to keen on, yet it blew me away. The rest of the R&B community needs to catch up with Kelela.

Take Me Apart is definitely a jack of all trades, master of none type of album. A lot of the time, i really do like the mix of R&B as well as hip-hop/electronic type of music this album is going for and it does seem to do that style well. The music is pretty good, Kelela has some good vocals and the lyrics are solid as well. The problem is, that's all the album really does. Every song seems to rely on this formula with some slight changes here and there but each song more or less gives the same kind of vibe. This causes a lot of the songs to become pretty forgettable as they all blend in too well. This album is far from bad but i did expect more from it.
Best Song: Blue Light
Worst Song: Enough

This doesnt deserve to be here but still pretty enjoyable

NOW! That's What I Call Music for duck-faced teenagers!

Old grey doesn't get it, sounds like commercial churn to me. All warbling and ASRM appeasing toss.

Solides Woman Voice R&B aus 2017 als passende Begleitmusik zum Mojito - aber nich grandios.

Really nice vocals here. Production is well done too. Just not anything I'm interested in listening to.

Really engaging r&b stuff. Lovely, dark, and rich. Feels like it's a pastiche of multiple decades. Nice.