Absent Within Music, Until Now: Craig David

Now I adored Craig David’s debut album, ‘Born To Do It’, I thought it was amazing and definitely made me a fan of this guy. His second album ‘Slicker Than Your Average’ was good as well. But his third album, ‘The Story Goes...’ was a bit of a miss for me, it had a couple of great songs on there, but the rest weren’t the Craig I’d seen live and came to love. His next album, ‘Trust Me’, was definitely not to my taste and made me even more wary on hearing new material from an artist I had respected for such a long time. So, when I heard that Craig was coming back with a new album this year, I was left humming and ahhing over whether it will actually be any good, my tastes in music have certainly changed a lot over the past few years and that is quite evident. But surely someone who paved the way for many artists within the UK’s R&B scene over the past ten years could deliver something interesting? Something worth listening to? Something worth spending your money on? Well, we will see when the new album materialises, which is said to be sometime in the next couple or so months.

Now it seems that a new song has surfaced, I heard the snippet a while ago and thought it sounded very interesting, especially as it has a sample of a well known song I like in there. I quite like the song, maybe it’s because of the sample; I’m not sure yet after only hearing it a couple of times. We’ll see if this song remains one that I’ll play with other liked Craig David songs. But one thing is for sure, this guy certainly has delivered some amazing music within his career (even if my favourite album from him is his debut). I hope there is better to come with this new album. He certainly has the potential to deliver something amazing.

In the meantime, here is the latest music video from him for you to check out.

Craig David – One More Lie (Standing In The Shadows)