''Wait Til I Get Over'' is the first solo studio album by American musician Durand Jones, released on May 5, 2023, through

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. It follows three albums by Jones as the singer of the group

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, and is themed around his hometown in

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. The album received acclaim from critics and charted in the top 40 in Scotland.

Background

The album is themed around Jones's hometown,

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, which he describes in the interlude "The Place You'd Most Want to Live" as being "founded by eight slaves who received it as a form of reparations after the

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Critical reception

''Wait Til I Get Over'' received a score of 88 out of 100 on review aggregator

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based on seven critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Andy Kellman of

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wrote that "seemingly posed as a promise and a threat, ''Wait Til I Get Over'' is a striking and poignant deviation" and called it "a composite of live takes and intensive sonic processing and goes in a number of creative directions". '' Uncut'' felt that "the concept is implicit in the music's gospel-soul communion, the lyrics' yearning and reckoning, and the rousing, towering power of Jones' purposively nostalgic soul vocal", while ''

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'' remarked that it is "simply stunning". ''

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''s Tom Doyle found that Jones "return to a soul sound that veers from the ambient to the gritty" and described it as "multifaceted and consistently brilliant". Thomas Smith of ''

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'' awarded it five out of five stars and described it as "gritty but glorious, too. The tenderness of his work with the Indications is somewhat on hold, and we get a rawer Jones as he details the Southern Black experience". Smith felt it will "please newcomers and existing fans alike, but, given the backstory and heart poured into t the record existing for Jones feels like a triumph". ''Glide Magazine''s Ryan Dillon stated that Jones "uses nuanced musicianship and unconventional song structures to achieve the colorful imagery that makes his solo debut so layered" and summarized it as "as conceptually ambitious as it is sonically". Reviewing the album for ''

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'', Peter Piatkowski opined that it is "a fabulous record that recalls masterful works by

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, and

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. Braiding stirring songwriting prowess, sparkling production, and beautiful vocals, Jones has created one of the most assured and brightest debut albums in quite some time".

Track listing

Charts

References

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