MSN Music — Late Late Show music guest Sam Smith performs "Too Good at Goodbyes" for the Stage 56 audience. more info

Mjsbigblog — Sam Smith has the top album of the week in sales and combined. Right behind him are bro-rivals Adam Levine (Maroon 5) and Blake Shelton who both coach on The Voice. Now 64 is the fourth best selling album of the week (6th combined) and features Liam ... more info

Stereogum — This week we reviewed new releases by Fever Ray, Converge, Sam Smith, and 21 Savage/Offset/Metro Boomin. We picked Weezer's best songs since Pinkerton and worst songs since Rivers Cuomo was born. We celebrated Halloween with our metal column and a li... more info

The Daily Mail — Sam Smith has revealed he is feeling 'a lot happier' since he began dating 13 Reasons Why actor Brandon Flynn. more info

Stereogum — Remember that time Sam Smith ripped off Tom Petty? What about the time Smith claimed he didn't know who Thom Yorke was after being asked what he thought of Radiohead's rejected theme song for Spectre, the Bond film for which Smith later sang the them... more info

Stereogum — Ever since he made the leap from golden-throated Disclosure associate to sulking adult-contemporary torch singer extraordinaire, Sam Smith has caught the same comparison over and over again: He's the male Adele. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Who is Sam Smith kidding? “Every time you hurt me, the less that I cry,” he sings, vowing to guard his fragile heart, in “Too Good at Goodbyes,” the gospel-inspired opener from his new studio album, “The Thrill of It All... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Who is Sam Smith kidding? “Every time you hurt me, the less that I cry,” he sings, vowing to guard his fragile heart, in “Too Good at Goodbyes,” the gospel-inspired opener from his new studio album, “The Thrill of It All... more info

USA Today Music — The British singer's sophomore album 'The Thrill of It All' comes out Friday.             more info

Stereogum — Get ready for some real amiable, toothless, borderline-annoying theater-kid Britishness! Sam Smith, whose new album The Thrill Of It All is out tomorrow, is the latest participant in James Corden's whole Carpool Karaoke hustle. The episode involves... more info