sam smith in the lonely hour album tracklist

‘Money on my Mind’ opens the record and it is miles apart from the rest of the album in terms of genre. It gets right under the skin, in the best way possible. Smith’s voice has equal soul, power and passion to the two aforementioned artists, but it is completely unique. In The Lonely Hour has undoubtedly come under scrutiny for failing to break the mould set by the likes of heavyweight vocalists Adele and Emeli Sande, in fact every review I’ve read so far draws these predictable comparisons.

Coming in at number one with ‘Money On My Mind’ removed Smith from the bubble of being ‘only a featured artist’ and, as predicted by the industry, Smith is now in the midst of a stratospheric rise to fame I can’t think of anyone more deserving of it either. Topping the BBC’s Sound of 2014 and winning The Brits Critics Choice award in the same year added fuel to a fire that had been on the back-burner for quite some time. Naughty Boy’s ‘La La La’ was the next track that featured Smith’s incredible voice, although still a featured artist, his voice was becoming a staple in the pop music scene. Since emerging into the mainstream as a very talented featured artist joining Disclosure on their breakthrough single ‘Latch’, the country have sat up and started paying attention to the 22 year old from London. Sam Smith has been drip feeding us snippets of his début album, In The Lonely Hour, over the past twelve months, and for some of us, it has been a long time coming.

Sam smith in the lonely hour album tracklist