An extended meditation on unrequited love, the album shows off Smiths. His first album, In the Lonely Hour, was ranked third in top albums of 2014 and is nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy. Listen to In the Lonely Hour (Drowning Shadows Edition) by Sam Smith on Apple. At 22, he has achieved more than most people will achieve in their entire lifetime, and he’s just getting started. Sam Smith came into the public eye in early 2014 when the song “Latch” became popular.

Cause if my heart cant stop it, I find a way to block it, I go.

He was raised in a musical family, with fellow British singer, Lily Allen, as his third cousin, and his parents having a big musical influence on him. When your words mean nothing, I go la la la. In the Lonely Hour is the first album from Smith and some of the most popular songs on the album are: “Stay With Me”, “I’m Not the Only One”, and “Lay Me Down.” All of these songs were chart toppers and, in my opinion, the best songs on the album. If ever there was a conservative choice for the BBC’s Sound of title it was Sam Smith a guest on two of the biggest singles of 2013 and established name - barring a complete disaster, he was a banker for success in his own right.And true to form, he’s pushed on with a brace of number one singles, and become the proficient superstar he threatened to be.

However, his beautiful songs would be nothing without his unique voice. Something that makes this album different is Smith’s voice. He has a genuine, sultry voice that captivates the listener. He has been compared to artists like Adele and Frank Ocean, which is high praise. Another thing that makes Sam Smith stick out in his incredible range. His wide range is especially clear in the acoustic version of “Latch” and in “Lay Me Down.” In every song on the album, his amazing voice fits perfectly with the personal lyrics that he wrote. In a song, lyrics are just as important as the beat. The album’s team of producers gives Smith a mostly blank canvas to showcase his vocals, providing room for soaring riffs over fingerpicked guitars on “Not in That Way” and “Leave Your Lover.” But neither leaves as indelible a mark as Smith’s lost love has left on his heart.On this album, Smith pours his heart into his lyrics and shows a very personal side of himself. Elsewhere, though he reaches for his upper register with the same eagerness that he grasps for love, his emo hopelessness is a flood drowning everything in sight. He rolls deepest on the gospel-powered “Stay With Me” – a spare track with a simple arrangement that matches its bare plea – and “Like I Can,” a blissful groove that packs a Seventies rock-radio punch. With a steady, well-trained swell of a voice and a knack for whipping in and out of his. British singer-songwriter Sam Smith isnt shy. But while the album flirts with a few radiant moments, Smith’s endless yearning isn’t wrapped in as many irresistible packages. Sam Smiths new album, In the Lonely Hour, comes out June 17. Smith – a gifted blue-eyed-soulster with Barry Gibb’s flexible falsetto and Mark Ronson’s ear for throwback grooves – got noticed last year for his vocals on house duo Disclosure’s slow jam “Latch.” With In the Lonely Hour‘s orchestral flourishes and focus on a single unrealized affair, it seems the baby-faced singer is being positioned as a male Adele. Where do lonely hearts go? British singer Sam Smith, 21, has written a dissertation on the question with his debut LP.

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