Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams is the second studio album by American R&B; singer Solange Knowles, released by Polydor Records on August 18, 2008 in the United Kingdom and via Music World and Geffen Records on August 26, 2008 in North America. As her first album in five years, Knowles was heavily influenced by the "Motown Sound" of the 1960s and 1970s during the creation of the album. This prompted her to work with several vintage-style prod...
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Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams is the second studio album by American R&B; singer Solange Knowles, released by Polydor Records on August 18, 2008 in the United Kingdom and via Music World and Geffen Records on August 26, 2008 in North America. As her first album in five years, Knowles was heavily influenced by the "Motown Sound" of the 1960s and 1970s during the creation of the album. This prompted her to work with several vintage-style producers and songwriters such as Cee-Lo Green, Mark Ronson and former Holland–Dozier–Holland legend Lamont Dozier. Exploring the lyrical theme of independence, it also includes hints of downbeat and electronic music that Knowles had discovered on previous trips to Europe.
Aiming at an "intellectual, backpacking, coffee shop, digital kid" clientele, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams has received generally favorable reviews from critics, scoring an averaged 72/100 rating on the review scores aggregate website Metacritic. Following its release,...
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