★★★★★
20 year old British Ed Sheeran has released an album of interesting acoustic/pop songs, mixing it up with dashes of folk and RnB here and there. It melds to make an interesting concoction of inoffensive radio-friendly tracks, which are well written, catchy, and pure catnip for the romantics. Lyrically, bases itself primarily in the love-song arena, occasionally dipping into the cheesy and clichéd pool, but ultimately coming across as sincere and touching...
- www.musicreview.co.za
2012-11-20
★★★★★
Sound: After years of plugging away with independent releases in the UK underground scene, young artist Ed Sheeran finally found commercial success midway through 2011 with the release of his debut LP, the minimalistically titled "+". At the base of Sheeran's sound is the often upbeat strumming of acoustic guitar with a vocal range for me reminiscent of American singer-songwriter Joshua Radin, prominent but subtle, always emotive and lyrically poetic...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Opening with Beatle-like screams, the demographic for tonight's gig was generally towards the younger age, which is no surprise as Ed Sheeran himself is 20 years old himself, and for that age his musicality is very impressive...
- hangout.altsounds.com
2011-10-13
★★★★★
People really do get hung up on authenticity, don't they? Ed Sheeran has been ticking integrity-boxes so fast you can practically hear his hands still whirring in the background of his debut album. He's got the touches of 'urban' styling with flimsy hip-hop rhythms and Plan B-lite veering between half-arsed rapping and boyband emoting...
- nme.com
2011-10-04
★★★★★
Americans may not have heard of Ed Sheeran, but he's a big deal in the U.K. The singer/songwriter has been making music for six years, and his last EP, "Loose Change," generating a lot of buzz for the twenty-year-old musician. He toured with British rapper Example, played hundreds of shows on his own, and found time to release "+", his major label debut. "+" opens with "The A Team." Disappointingly, this is NOT about a group of former special forces operatives acting as soldiers of fortune...
- rapreviews.com
2011-09-21
★★★★★
Authenticity. It's a word that is all too often published during the emergence of a new artist. The latest victim to encounter this outbreak of scrutiny is the russet locked, hoodie clad, boy about Suffolk; Ed Sheeran. Shielded by his 350,000+ Facebook followers and legions of teenage girls, Sheeran has certainly since signing to Atlantic earlier in the year...
- www.gigwise.com
2011-09-19
★★★★★
He's only 20 and Ed Sheeran already has under his belt two U.K. top 5 hits and a string of collaborations with up-and-coming Brit rappers such as Wretch 32. On +, his debut, the ginger troubadour focuses on his selling cards: mostly great, timeless songwriting and a supple voice best showcased on monster single The A-Team and the stunning closer Give Me Love featuring a soaring coda reminiscent of Damien Rice...
- hour.ca
2011-09-19
★★★★★
Lines between genres have never been more blurred than right now, especially in the mainstream. Experimentation with styles and the melding of musical approaches is to be commended, obviously; but to relate authenticity with consistent, similar output is something very wrong indeed, as not everybody singing the same song is coming from the same place...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
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