★★★★★
There are artists who debut with such freshness and promise that you get giddy at the idea of a lifetime of releases by them, believing they will only grow and blossom that much more with time and experience. Such was the case with Vivian Green in 2002 with her introductory release, A Love Story, and its hit singles "Emotional Rollercoaster" and "Wishful Thinking...
- www.soultracks.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
By any measurement Vivian Green has the whole package. A songwriter and singer since she was an early teen, at age 25 Green has the voice, the songwriting skills and the looks to be a major star. However, she has yet to apply her considerable talents into a uniformly satisfactory package. A Philadelphia native, Green paid her dues as a background singer for Jill Scott before being signed as a solo singer by Columbia Records in 2003...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
She burst onto the R&B scene with "Emotional Rollercoaster" in 2002, and ever since then, Ms. Vivian Green has distinguished herself from the other R&B sirens (including her former employer, Jill Scott) by fashioning herself into a sweet, stirring voice for the woeful, weary and broken-hearted...
- www.soultracks.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Is this potential rivalry in the r&b world? This album has been decribed as '...better than songs in A Minor' by Alicia Keys. It's even been given a whopping five stars by Blues and Soul. If Alicia Keys is the Barbie of R&B, it looks like Vivian is boldly bidding for the Cindy position. This album is more laid back jazz than anything, the sort of music that plays in the background of a plush restaurant as you sit down for a romantic dinner...
- www.gigwise.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
We've been spoilt in recent years with quality neo-soul female singers since Erykah Badu first exploded onto the scene back in 1997 (yes, it was that long ago). We've embraced Macy Gray, Jill Scott, India Arie and most recently, Alicia Keys. The latest to join the sisterhood is Philadelphia starlet Vivian Green who's debut album, A Love Story, must surely earn her an early entry in the end of year Best Newcomer shortlist...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2010-08-22
★★★★★
The debut from the sexy, dulcet-voiced twenty-three-year-old is all about neosoul politesse -- hip-hop-flavored and vaguely jazzy. Very good if that's your thing, but tofu-bland otherwise.
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Vivian Green got her break singing backup for fellow Philadelphia soul sister Jill Scott, then continued in a similar vein on her 2002 debut, A Love Story. Capitalizing on the success of that album's minor hit "Emotional Rollercoaster," Green comes on here like a sound-only version of the smash film Diary of a Mad Black Woman...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
Girl meets boy. Girl writes pining songs for boy, sings from her bowels about the greatness of meeting boy, goes from being Jill Scott's back-up singer and part of a blip on the musical radar screen named Younique to make her own debut. Girl creates A Love Story, leaving her audience wondering why so many love stories are predictable and uneven, how the right voice at the right time can sound so off-key. Maybe it's because singers with axes to grind aren't quite as novel as they used to be...
- www.popmatters.com
2009-03-21
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