[TR24][OF] H.E.R. - H.E.R. - 2017 (R&B, Neo-Soul, Electronic)

With H.E.R., the singer and multi-instrumentalist of the same name, who declines to show her face or confirm her identity, has reconfigured the whole of her output into one long-playing album: Vol. 1 and 2 are here, along with six previously unreleased tracks. H.E.R. is soulful and soul-baring R&B, with immaculate songwriting and soothing melodies. A delicate cover of Drake's "Jungle" wrings hope from defeat, but the lush arrangement of "Rather Be" reveals a penchant for the power ballad. Daniel Caesar has the album’s lone guest spot (“Best Part”), and, together with H.E.R., they deliver a duet in the image of Lauryn Hill and D’Angelo’s timeless “Nothing Even Matters.”
Presented anonymously, contemporary R&B artist H.E.R. debuted on major-label RCA in 2016. H.E.R., Vol. 1, released for streaming and as a download that September, was a seven-track EP of downcast post-breakup material, mostly ballads, that sounded both vulnerable and assured. Promotion was limited, but labelmates Alicia Keys and Bryson Tiller helped spread the word through social media. Among the selections was a cover of Drake's "Jungle," which helped send the set to number 28 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. A similarly styled follow-up, H.E.R., Vol. 2, arrived in June 2017.

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log date: 2018-03-27 16:03:08
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Analyzed: H.E.R. / H.E.R.
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR7        0.00 dB    -9.97 dB      3:46 01-Losing
DR6        0.00 dB    -8.15 dB      3:34 02-Avenue
DR5        0.00 dB    -6.36 dB      4:57 03-Let Me In
DR7       -0.90 dB    -9.74 dB      3:40 04-Lights On
DR6       -1.89 dB   -10.45 dB      2:52 05-Say It Again
DR7        0.00 dB   -10.29 dB      3:39 06-Facts
DR6        0.00 dB    -8.48 dB      3:20 07-Focus
DR7        0.00 dB    -8.68 dB      2:59 08-U
DR7        0.00 dB    -8.45 dB      2:40 09-Every Kind Of Way
DR9       -0.07 dB   -11.09 dB      3:29 10-Best Part (feat. Daniel Caesar)
DR7        0.00 dB    -9.67 dB      3:34 11-Changes
DR7        0.00 dB    -9.75 dB      5:05 12-Jungle
DR7        0.00 dB    -8.32 dB      3:18 13-Free
DR7        0.00 dB    -9.18 dB      3:09 14-Rather Be
DR6        0.00 dB    -7.27 dB      3:09 15-2
DR7        0.00 dB   -10.22 dB      3:06 16-Hopes Up
DR8        0.00 dB   -10.64 dB      2:49 17-Still Down
DR8        0.00 dB   -10.74 dB      2:16 18-Wait For It
DR8        0.00 dB   -10.81 dB      2:59 19-Pigment
DR8        0.00 dB   -11.01 dB      4:10 20-Gone Away
DR7        0.00 dB    -9.12 dB      3:31 21-I Won't
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Number of tracks:  21
Official DR value: DR7
Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           1457 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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