In a less enthusiastic review, NME critic Ben Cardew lamented some of the guitar elements, writing that they occasionally sounded heavy handed in the manner of arena rock. Jesse Cataldo of Slant Magazine compared it to D'Angelo's socially conscious album Black Messiah (2014), finding Wildheart to be "just as relevant, acknowledging the complicated realities of modern sexuality while pushing to expand its horizons". In Entertainment Weekly, Kyle Anderson called Miguel's lyrics about romance and thrill in Los Angeles both exciting and balanced, while Pitchfork 's Anupa Mistry felt he had improved his songwriting with a sex-positive perspective that was distinct from the lustfulness of most other R&B music: "Languorous and detailed, it transcends the genre's established narratives with a focus on pleasure and partnership instead of one-sided pursuit". Reviewing the album for Rolling Stone, Will Hermes found it "even bolder" sonically than Kaleidoscope Dream, while Q deemed Miguel's take on R&B and rock "quixotic". Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.6 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on 27 reviews. Wildheart was met with widespread critical acclaim.
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Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores In its first week, the album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and sold 40,000 copies in the United States. Wildheart was released on June 29 by RCA Records and ByStorm Entertainment. The lead single from the album was a re-worked version of the EP's track "Coffee", renamed as " Coffee (Fucking)", featuring guest vocals from American rapper Wale it was released on May 4, 2015. In 2014, Miguel released an EP, titled Wild, in promotion of Wildheart, featuring the songs "NWA", "Hollywood Dreams", and "Coffee". According to Pareles, the rock ballad "What's Normal Anyway" serves as the crux of Wildheart, as it finds Miguel contemplating his biracial heritage and feeling of rootlessness, while Christgau surmises that the song's "straightforwardly confused" lyrics properly outline Miguel's character: "He is normal-because he ain't." Marketing and sales Sex-themed songs range from the wholesome narrative of " Coffee" to the pornographic "The Valley", which makes reference to the San Fernando Valley's adult entertainment industry. Jon Pareles from The New York Times says the alluring but amoral environment of California is a recurring setting throughout the record, which explores Miguel's "clashing impulses further" than Kaleidoscope Dream (2012), "toward love and death, raunch and exaltation, doubt and confidence, salvation and damnation, cynicism and hope" "Gonna Die Young" was written about the dangers of leading a risky lifestyle, while ".Goingtohell" explores themes of human mortality and romance.
Īccording to Robert Christgau, Wildheart shares more with rock music's recurring theme of struggles with normalcy and human contradiction than it does with R&B's "sin-versus-salvation struggles". The Music magazine deems it an exploration into progressive soul, while Sheldon Pearce from Consequence says the album's neo soul music ranges from "psychedelic to interstellar" sounds and defies the "traditional sensibilities in modern R&B". Throughout, Miguel comes off as a seeker lost in a world where dreams, religion, sex and art are tangled up with their own dark, addictive mirror images.Īccording to AllMusic's Andy Kellman, Wildheart 's music is defined less by melody than by the presence of "grinding guitars and mechanical beats", played in the style of contemporary R&B and new wave rock.
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