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R. Kelly

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Overall Rating
7

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1998

16 Sources have reviewed this album

10/10

Los Angeles Times

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Charming, unpretentious and effortless, the singer presides over a party whose pace never flags and whose soul is fun-loving and wholesome. [22 Aug 2004]

8/10

All Music Guide

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A definitive work of sorts since he's at the top of his game as both a craftsman and conman.

8/10

Uncut

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[Happy People] is a cunning, crackling, can't-keep-still classic. [Nov 2004, p.120]

7.5/10

Entertainment Weekly

The problem separating sinner and salvation seeker into two albums becomes apparent as U Saved Me gets bogged down in one indistinct, syrup-doused ballad after another. [20/27 Aug 2004] [avg. of B+ for Happy People, B- for U Saved Me]

7/10

Billboard

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Kelly has an uncanny ability to mix retro sounds with tasty dollops of contemporary seasoning.

7/10

Village Voice

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Happy People is, if this is possible, the smoothest and frothiest album of the year. U Saved Me is chicken soup for the soul man. Its born-again ballads are fundamentally frothy, in their heavy-handed, gospel-tinged way.

7/10

Stylus Magazine

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The mood for both is, in a word, joyous.

6.5/10

E! Online

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U Saved Me's songs of praise like "Leap of Faith" and "Prayer Change" can be taken in two ways: attempts at redemption for what you've just heard or hollow attempts at album sales.

6/10

The Guardian

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The Happy People side, inspired by the Chicago steppin' scene, shows why [Kelly] is still a contender.

6/10

Rolling Stone

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Where Happy People only exercises Kelly's technique, U Saved Me adds some heart.

6/10

PopMatters

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The first disc finds Kelly honing his already well developed skills at creating effortless dance hooks, but on the second disc Kelly seems to be trapped in staid evangelical idioms and drowning in itchy church choir robes.

6/10

Blender

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These records are too dramatic, too personal and, well, too much. [Oct 2004, p.110]

5/10

The New York Times

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There's something rather unambitious about this set.

5/10

The Onion (A.V. Club)

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An album that makes Up With People sound like Joy Division, Happy People embraces an ecstatic brand of cheerfulness so far removed from the realities of everyday life that it creates a kind of altered state.

5/10

Launch.com

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Happy People [is] a featherweight collection of midtempo, Marvin Gaye-influenced tunes... The sacred material on U Saved Me, by contrast, is more exciting--and troubling.

3.5/10