![]() ![]() The echo is cavernous on this atmospheric highlight of “Kaleidoscope Dream” as he wanders what sounds like a slow-motion dream state pleading with his girl to “take me” after telling her “my body’s waving a white flag.” Then the chorus kicks in, and Miguel plays the sensitive card with seductive intent. But he has the range to pull it off, so why not shake things up a bit? 7. Either way, it’s definitely closer to the pop side of the ’80s than the R&B side. Or maybe it’s the way he keeps repeating “in the air tonight” that made me think of Collins. This “Kaleidoscope Dream” track works the drama like Phil Collins playing to the back rows in his ’80s prime. But there’s nothing especially funky about the haunted atmosphere that underscores the aching vocal as Miguel admits, “I always learn the hard way/And it always ends in heartbreak.” 8. This first-album highlight wasn’t chosen as a single, or it would have been at least as big a hit as “Girls Like You.” Producer Salaam Remi sets the tone here with the sort of old-school funk beat one could easily imagine ?uestlove laying down. The melody is golden, and the pleading vocals undeniable, pining that there’s “No one to play Connect 4 with me, I Declare War with me.” Yes, he did rhyme Connect 4 with I Declare War while sounding like his heart was breaking. The fourth and final single from Miguel’s first album, “All I Want Is You,” it stalled at No. ![]()
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