I think I love Olivia Dean more than I love her music
The Art of Loving
Album by Olivia Dean
Released 26 September 2025
Tracklist
- 1The Art of Loving (intro)0:403.4 ★
- 2Nice to Each Other3:294.2 ★
- 3Lady Lady3:294.0 ★
- 4Close Up3:153.9 ★
- 5So Easy (To Fall in Love)2:494.5 ★
- 6Let Alone the One You Love3:064.4 ★
- 7Man I Need3:044.3 ★
- 8Something Inbetween2:323.2 ★
- 9Loud3:044.8 ★
- 10Baby Steps3:173.7 ★
- 11A Couple Minutes3:323.9 ★
- 12I’ve Seen It2:064.1 ★
Recent reviews
Harry Styles started playing after this and I flinched like an abused dog
The Art Of Loving is a very good album. I really like the sound. This calmer R&B and soul, with jazz and a little pop, is exactly the kind of thing I like to listen to. It's a quiet, tasty album, that you put to play and just let go. But at the same time there is something that bothers. He gets too stuck in this same vibe from beginning to end. It doesn't get tired, but sometimes it gets a little sleepy, it seems that it doesn't leave much of the place. It's all well done, everything is beautiful, but almost always in the same tone. The beginning is harder to engage. As the album goes by, it gets better, and from the middle to the end it really works very well. There are songs there that stand out and show how much Olivia Dean knows how to create atmosphere and feeling. Overall, it's a beautiful, coherent and very pleasant album to listen to, not to mention Olivia's wonderful voice. Maybe it's not so surprising, but it delivers the experience you propose very well.
Notable tracks: Close Up, So Easy (To Fall In Love), Let Alone The One You Love, Man I Need, Loud, A Couple Minutes and I've Seen It
More by Olivia Dean
Release credits
- recording [2]
- additional [5]
- keyboard [3], percussion [3], producer [3], synthesizer [3]
- engineer [3]
- cello [1, 9, 11]
- Rhodes piano [10], Wurlitzer electric piano [10], additional [4], background vocals [4, 10], drum machine [10], organ [10], piano [1, 4], producer [1, 9-10, 12], synthesizer [12]
- violin [1, 9, 11]
- mix
- engineer [2]
- acoustic guitar [2, 4], background vocals [2, 4, 6], electric guitar [2, 4], guitar [6, 8]
- Wurlitzer electric piano [6], background vocals [2, 4, 6], keyboard [2, 4, 6], piano [2, 6]
- viola [1, 9, 11]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- background vocals [2, 4, 6], bass guitar [2-4, 6, 8]
- violin [1, 9, 11]
- drums (drum set) [3]
- trumpet [3-4, 6]
- additional [3], assistant [3-4, 6, 8], engineer [2]
- engineer [4-6]
- violin [1, 9, 11]
- saxophone [3-4, 6]
- trombone [3-4, 6]
- background vocals [2, 4, 6], congas [4], percussion [2], tambourine [6]
- bass guitar [5], engineer [5], guitar [5], horn [5], piano [5], producer [4-6], programming [4-6]
- bass guitar [4], drums (drum set) [4-5], producer [4-6], programming [4, 6]
- violin [1, 9, 11]
- acoustic guitar [3], bass guitar [3], keyboard [3], percussion [3], producer [3]
- horn [5]
- bass guitar [4], drums (drum set) [4], guitar [4], percussion [6], piano [4], producer [4], programming [4, 6]
- background vocals [11]
- additional [1, 4, 10], background vocals [4, 10], bass guitar [9-10], electric guitar [10], engineer [6], guitar [12], organ [4], percussion [10], piano [9-10], producer [3, 9, 12], synthesizer [12], task [3-6, 8]
- viola [1, 9, 11]
- violin [1, 9, 11]
- strings [1, 9, 11]
- background vocals [2, 4, 6, 8, 10-11], keyboard [3, 7], lead vocals, piano [2, 5, 7-8], synthesizer [7]
- guitar [9]
- violin [1, 9, 11]
- cello [1, 9, 11], strings [1, 11]
- violin [1, 9, 11]
- strings [1, 9, 11]
- strings [1, 9, 11]
- acoustic guitar [2], additional [9-10], bass guitar [2, 7], drum machine [2, 11], drums (drum set) [3-4, 7-8, 11], electric guitar [2, 7], engineer [4, 6-11], guitar [10], lap steel guitar [2], percussion [3, 7], producer [1-8, 11-12], programming [1, 6], synthesizer [2, 4, 7-8]
- violin [1, 9, 11]
Issues
TDigital Media (hi-res)26 September 2025- TDigital Media26 September 2025
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