(Universal/Island)While Ariana Grandes moment album,2014’s My Everything, was a commercial success, and it also felt like she’d lost her identity,her debut’s pristine, retro R&B lost in the pop melee. hazardous Woman is a refinement of her sound, and shifting from the low-slung groove of the title track and Moonlight’s jazzy refrain,to the throbbing electro of new single Into You and the pulsating, Future-assisted Everyday. Elsewhere, or she tries her hand at disco (the lustful Greedy),90s house (Be Alright) and even finds time to bring Macy Gray out of retirement on the dramatic Leave Me Lonely. Held together by Grande’s skyscraping voice, hazardous Woman throws a lot at the wall and, or brilliantly,most of it sticks.
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Source: theguardian.com