Album reviewed scoring 3 stars out of 5. Described as 'not quite a return to form' but overall improvement on recent works. Then again, it describes Emancipation in less flattering terms than the review that actually appeared in Q originally (different reviewer).



It ranks the ballads as the strength of the work suggesting that this could be due to his maturity/age. Best trax cited as 'I love u but ...', 'Strange but true' and 'The Sun, The Moon and Stars'.