Take Me Apart
by Kelela

Take Me Apart by Kelela
Year: 2017
Release date: 2017-10-06
Overall rank: 3,148th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 125 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2017 (48th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (528th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,148th)

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Overall rank: 3,148th | 2010s rank: 528th | 2017 rank: 48th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 125 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.


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75/100
From 02/09/2024 14:45 | #301868
Nicely produced. Sexy record. She's great! (Edited)
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With a background in singing jazz, indie and even prog metal, Kelela proves that she is not to be confined to one genre in her cocksure full-length debut Take Me Apart. Admittedly what I like most about the album is that it channels the best of late-nineties R&B production, but that’s not to say Kelela is a carbon copy by any means. I expect a lot of good things in the future.
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70/100
From 02/04/2018 21:57 | #207225
Pretty good. Frontline and LMK are far and away my highlights
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60/100
A electronic tinged r&b that show potential but isn't there quite yet.
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75/100
Really good, track for track, but you could cut three or four songs here without missing anything. Otherwise, terrific songwriting--if a little samey--and even better production.
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95/100
This debut is off the chain. Mixes the vast and engaging instrumentals from artist like Bjork and Boards while having a sensual and seductive R&B record. If Aaliyah was still alive, this is the record she would try to make. Most if not all of these songs were killer. Stand outs include Frontline, Enough, Jupiter, LMK, Truth or Dare, Blue Light and Altadena. Man lets hope she keeps going strong.
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A sensual, deeply-felt record from Kelela that fuses traditional R&B stylings with more cutting-edge electronic production to a dazzling effect. "Take Me Apart" is cohesive yet also feels less "samey" than her previous work. Furthermore, the lyricism is great and her delivery is smooth and hits all the right spots.

This is a great record and one of the best R&B albums of the decade; with "Take Me Apart", Kelela has created a mountain for herself and is firmly placed on top of it. Let's hope that people look up.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 10/07/2017 18:09 | #199243
What an incredible debut! Cannot wait to see how she evolves her sound.
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