Sam Sparro: Return to Paradise – review

(Virgin/Positiva)In 2008 Sam Sparro released Black and Gold, a thumping electropop hit that was far better than anything else on his debut album. Four years later and he joins the Little Boots, Ladyhawkes and, perhaps more unkindly, Frankmusik in attempting to reassert his relevance in today's Guettaised musical climate. There's a shift towards a more grown-up, funk-pop sound, though too often this comes off as a straight-up Prince parody, not least in the run of Let the Love In and Yellow...

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