Rating: 6/10
Favourite Tracks: Heartline, Going On, Love Me Like It's Yesterday, I Know You, Live In The Moment, Focus
Least Favourite Track: For The Gram
On this review I will be reviewing an album released today on the 26th January 2018. It is the seventh studio album by Craig David called "The Time Is Now".
Craig David is a Garage, R&B singer who has been in the music scene since the beginning of the 21st century. Over the years he has been trying out different new sounds to Motown, and to Tropical House. I have been a fan of Craig since his first album was released "Born To Do It" will always be his great album there's not an album from his discography that can replace "Born To Do It". It will always be his masterpiece, My overview of his album discography's. Starting with "Born To Do It" which is my favourite album from Craig. This album defined the beginning of UK Garage. It was a great time to be alive lots of great music was coming in. I loved this album it includes mixture of Garage to a bit of smooth R&B. "Slicker Than Your Average" Not quite the best as "Born To Do It". But "Slicker Than Your Average" is an okay second album. "The Story Goes" which is Craig's third album and my second favourite album from Craig David. This album is good to relax to it has so many underrated songs on the album. His fourth album "Trust Me" which I never really paid much attention to since I've heard a couple of tracks on that album but I haven't heard the full album So I dont have much to say for "Trust Me". "Signed Sealed Delivered" which is his fifth album. It was a new approach to Craig since this album was Motown covers. Which I really enjoyed. It's a shame this album did not receive the praise that it deserved. His sixth studio album "Following My Intuition" which was a brilliant comeback album. I loved how he brang back Garage. And now we move on to his new album "The Time Is Now" which I was quite surprised since there was not any Garage sounds on this album since it was more of Tropical House. Which is okay since Tropical House has now become a trend. I thought his new album was okay it's just not his best album. I can understand that Craig wanted to appeal to our generation. He wanted to make an album of music that is being listened by so many young Pop fans.
Moving on to my favourite tracks on the album starting with "Heartline" produced by 'Jonas Blue' who I am not really big fan of. The production was okay it could have been bit better. However it's a really cool song. "Going On" great track quite catchy loved the groove. "Love Me Like It's Yesterday" I loved how the track started with the bell sounds. It's probably the second strongest on the album. "I Know You" at first I did not like this track since I found it very weird but then after playing over again I started to like it. Loved the collab with 'Bastille'. "Live In The Moment" produced by 'Kaytranada'. It is the best track on the album. It's so funky I am loving the Funk vibes. It's featured with Goldlink which I think he was decent on this track. "Focus" I feel like this track sounded more like from the previous album since it had those vibes to it. My least favourite track was a track called "For The Gram" It's such an annoying song which is pointless since Craig does not even need auto tune. Such a terrible track. But however the rest of the tracks were alright. I am still disappointed not another Garage album like the last one but oh well Welcome to the new sound of 'Craig David'.
Overall I found this album alright despite it's not his best work. I would listen to the album again. It's a 6/10.
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