''Radio Red'' is the second album by British singer-songwriter Laura Groves, and her first under her own name. It was released on 11 August 2023 through

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, and features a sole guest appearance by

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. The album received positive reviews from critics.

Critical reception

''Radio Red'' received a score of 84 out of 100 on review aggregator

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based on four critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". ''

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'' called it "expansive, restless, subtly volatile, ndintriguing enough to keep it locked", while ''

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'' highlighted "the tracks that dispense with the drums and move into woozy, beatless territory, using choral harmonies and FX-laden electric pianos". ''

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''s Matt Mitchell described it as "a triumphant display of how wide a creative palette can stretch" and "a pop record through and through", concluding that it is also a "crystalline, shimmering pop enterprise that dares to ask what a project might look like when a synthesizer takes a backseat to a career-defining vocal performance". Joe Goggins of '' The Skinny'' wrote that Groves's "cleverly layered vocals do much of the heavy lifting" and that the album "bears all the hallmarks of a carefully constructed labour of love, one rendered all the more elegant by the glacial pace of its gestation".

Track listing

Charts

References

{{reflist 2023 albums Albums produced by Laura Groves Bella Union albums Laura Groves albums