★★★★★
Despite the huge success of "Impossible", James Arthur was sufficiently discomfited by his success, according to recent reports, to have considered suicide. Although, pop being a cynical business, it's hard not to commend the promotional value thus attached to "Suicide", a song about romantic disruption...
- www.independent.co.uk
2013-11-05
★★★★★
First albums by X Factor winners are necessarily a mixed bag: with something thrown in for the service-station impulse buyer, the ardent fan, those who just, you know, really loved that "Impossible" song, their granny and cat. And this is no exception. But there's also enough here to make clear that Arthur is no mere steed in the Syco stable.
"New Tattoo", "Recovery", "Suicide", "Smoke Clouds".....
- www.independent.co.uk
2013-11-05
★★★★★
Photo: Winning the X Factor over the years hasn't always guaranteed success; in fact the runner-up of the talent show has often enjoyed a more successful career, Olly Murs and JLS to name a few have gone on to lengthy successful careers although the later announced their split early this year. 2012 winner James Arthur releases his debut self-titled album, and it seems like the timing of the release couldn't have been planned any better, with this year's show now underway it will provide...
- www.gigwise.com
2013-11-05
★★★★★
On this debut contractual obligation to Simon Cowell, X Factor winner James Arthur sounds exactly like an X Factor winner. That is, unsubtle, unrelentingly emoting and singing every phrase with what sounds like that constipated, really-really-meaning-it face, apparently now as obligatory as the sob story...
- www.theguardian.com
2013-11-03
★★★★★
You have to feel for James Arthur - being a male contestant on The X Factor is a rum old business. A cursory glance at the show's progeny reveals that the male solo 'stars' are far more likely to end up becoming punch lines (Steve Brookstein, Leon Jackson, Joe McElderry) than enduring successes. The show simply doesn't know what to do with men whom it can't push into shiny boy bands - a problem stemming from the wider lack of suitable role models...
- www.musicomh.com
2013-11-03
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