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Opening the album Trust Me with the very identifiable intro to David Bowie's "Let's Dance" which was sampled throughout the song "Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)," Craig David released his fourth album of the 21st century. After the '80s style pop of "Hot Stuff," the next two tracks were "6 of 1 Thing," a funk/soul highly infectious song, and "Friday Night," which reminds one of Kool & the Gang at their early-'80s funky peak. "Kinda Girl for Me" extensively but subtly used a sample of the song "You Are Everything." There was a variety of styles on Trust Me, none of which detracted from its overall sense of cohesion, "Awkward" was a soulful ballad, "Officially Yours" and "Top of the Hill" had the backing of an acoustic guitar, but "She's on Fire" relied heavily on an electric bassline. "This Is the Girl" was a hip-hop number, and "Don't Play with Our Love" (subtitled "Trust Me") was a Latin influenced salsa track which was more in keeping with the ambience of the album which was recorded in Havana, Cuba and produced by Martin Terefe. Trust Me charted at number 18 in its first week and began a rapid descent downwards, but might have performed better had it been released at a less competitive time of year. ~ Sharon Mawer, All Music Guide
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- Born To Do It
- Released 2001
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- Slicker Than Your Average
- Released 2002
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- The Story Goes ....
- Released 2005
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- Greatest Hits
- Released 2008
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Not that bad
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- By BigO007
- 11/12/2008 13:57:53
- This album is not that bad, but Craig can do better and has yet to top the albums Born to it or Story Goes. At least this is a better effort than his second album IMO because he is just being himself and to take a quote from Billboard "on his fourth full-length Craig David doesn't sound tethered to any one sound in particular." He mixes multiple genres on this album, but still manages to make every song his own, which probably explains why this album does not sound like a typical Craig David album or an R&B album in general, therefore you have to listen to this album several times to appreciate its full glory otherwise you could be saying or thinking to yourself like Mojo- "All the ingredients for another hit album are here. The only thing missing is soul." It seems like Trust Me was an experimental album musically for Craig David that fans will either love or hate. BTW I think this was the first major album ever to be completely recorded in Cuba if I am not mistaken.
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