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DAVID GUETTA – One Love, Too Many Lovers…

So, I’ll admit off the bat, I’m not always terribly fond of someone putting out an album, and then having about 100 guest artists on it.  First of all, I have a hard time believing it’s THAT person’s album.  Secondly, it always feels like a bit of a jumbled mess to me with no continuity.  In the case of this blog, there’s a little bit of that going on here.

David Guetta’s “One Love” features many of today’s hottest artists in both dance and hip-hop music.  Such artists include Kelly Rowland, Akon, Will.i.am and Black Eyed Peas, Estelle, and several others.  And while some of these tracks work very well on their own, this doesn’t necessarily translate into a strong “album,” as it were.

I mentioned that problem with continuity before, and there is one here, but not for the usual reason.  Most of the time, the music seems all over the map, and there’s not one driving force.  In the case of “One Love,” it’s all too similar.  I’m not sure there’s a difference in beats-per-minute between one track and the next.  In a case like this, if everything’s going to have the same beat and feel, I’d rather it be mixed together.  At least THEN something is driving the album, y’know?  Of course, apparently there IS a version out there like this, but you have to buy the Deluxe Edition on ITunes to get it, which I did not.  The thing is, I kept waiting for a different type of beat to enter the picture, but that never really happened.

Not to say there aren’t some good cuts on this record.  There’s a couple of stand-outs, such as “When Love Takes Over” featuring Kelly Rowland, “On The Dancefloor” featuring Will.i.am and Apl De Ap are a couple that come to mind.  But overall, I kept doing with this album what I’ve done with several Adam Sandler movies… I kept waiting for it to begin.

2 out of 5 stars (1 star for each song I actually may go back to again).

Mark Massi