and also showcased his highly emotional vocal style well changes is his third offering and like previous albums this record finds him mostoften backed by the dapkingsassociated spinoff group the menahan street band again like the rest of his output from the beginning there is nothing about this record that indicates it was made in 2016 it has a vintage sixties sound this album sounds like the work of analogera pros the fact that bradley can wail like otis reading and scream as if his soul was being ripped out of his body in the process helps add to this feeling the shuffling funk of aint it a sin delivers some awesome drive and bradley puts his years of james brownimpersonating to good use on good to be back home nobody but you nicely integrates the hookmelody of seals crofts summer breeze into its horn section and the title track believe it or not is an unlikely and highly successful cover of the black sabbath classic from the beginning of the record with bradleys spokenworddriven opening rendition of god bless america theres kind of an aw gee sense of innocence he introduces himself like archie bell the drells did on their classic tighten up this is a man who frequently reminds us that the years before he got famous were unspeakably difficult and while there is sadness that often surfaces in his music he is still rightfully making his victory lap having survived various kinds of adversity things we do for love is some bright doowop while crazy for your love puts his emotional nearly crying singing style to work on a love ballad while this album doesnt deliver the kind of awestriking feeling of his debut it still shows bradley to be a very consistent performer if you enjoyed his previous two records youll enjoy this one as well it took bradley much longer than it should have to achieve fame hopefully he can make up for lost time and release a stack more of these albums knowing his story you cant help but be happy for his success focus tracks aint gonna give it up with a skuzzy seventies funk groove complete with a laserbeam synth and a group of background singers this jam is packed with vintage cool its hard to listen to this track without adopting a strut in your step good to be back home the ghost of james brown is strong in this workout and bradley has a powerful yell the fact that this more partyready side of him is emerging more here than on his other two sets must mean he is getting happier which is good to hear changes never would i have thought bradley and ozzy could handle the same material but bradley nails this cover giving the song the emotional heft it demands next week music from m83 deftones and more missed last weeks get the latest from zayn 2 chainz bob mould and more media 38175503