Managed and surprising

As great Soul - Hope started (with "Urban Hang Suite") and under the rarely stupid label "Neo - Classic - Soul" filed to Maxwell struggled with his second, edgier album ("Embrya") against any categorization. With his third album, he is now more relaxed at work and does what he can best: contemporary Soul away from Schmacht - opera a la R. Kelly with Widescreen - choirs, orchestras - use and one-dimensional (ie, horizontal) content. When we hear Maxwell attention to detail and the courage to innovate. His parade - discipline are the ballads like "Lifetime", "For Lovers Only" or with a pedal - (- listen to songs in otherwise Coutry) refined pun "W / As My Girl" - Steele guitar. Managed and surprising in Soul / R & B - field, the use of Rock - Guitar - riffs ("Temporary Nights"). Even moderate radio - approaches as in "Now / At The Party" will find its place on this album. A successful and stylistically varied album, with New York's position in the highly competitive R & B - can strengthen the field impressively.