child Lenny Kravitz - he could be addressing the city rather than a lover. Considering his last album was a commercial success, I hope his fan base is willing to go along on his musical journey. When he pleads devotion to a "you" in the album's standard-edition finale - which appropriately includes some flame-throwing guitar from L.A. Miguels Wildheart is worth the purchase if for nothing else, he is demonstrating how a particular genre of music is not confining his ambitions to explore. When Miguel sings of salvation and damnation, of being a pastor and pimp, he could be singing for the city as much as a thrill-seeking protagonist. "Pour your sins on me baby, let us pray" is one of that song's relatively clean lines, one of the album's many instances where spirituality and sexuality are mixed. If there is a "Love Machine" here, it's the porn industry-referencing third track, though it's a dragging slow jam, half-whispered and half-wailed, that is much more graphic. Like that 1975 album, this revels in L.A.'s allure, the fantasies it fuels, the dreams it breaks. Rather than attempt to rewrite "Adorn," a number one R&B hit awarded a Grammy for Best R&B Song, Miguel evidently saw more of a creative future in the seamier, hazier, reverb-laden Kaleidoscope Dream album cuts like "Use Me" and "The Thrill." Grinding guitars and mechanical beats, played and programmed at sludgy tempos that fuse new wave-era rock and contemporary R&B, dominate a program that curtails Miguel's melodicism in favor of grunts, moans, and a couplet that ends in (groan) "masturbate" and "master, babe." He was inspired by his Los Angeles environment to such an extent that it can be felt in this album almost as much as it can in the Miracles' conceptual City of Angels. A few of the extracurricular moves pointed toward his next solo step, but the clues remained clearest in the darker corners of Kaleidoscope Dream. It would include appearances on a crop of major R&B and rap songs, a cover of Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets," and a highlight turn on Hudson Mohawke's Lantern. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands.A complete anthology of Miguel's featured appearances released - or disseminated, as the freaky wordplay lover might call it - between Kaleidoscope Dream and this would be assorted, to say the least. The heavier weight steadies the record and ensures consistency in pressing and promises the highest fidelity reproduction of the source recording.Ĭontains features not included on the traditional version.Įach record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum anti-dust sleeve.Īll items are shipped brand-new and unopened in original packaging. This record is pressed onto 180 grams of black audiophile grade vinyl. This vinyl is packaged with a two-part folding sleeve. Blue Weekend Forest Green Vinyl (LP) Wolf Alice T R A P S O U L Deluxe Edition (LP) Bryson Tiller A N N I V E R S A R Y Deluxe Edition (LP) Bryson Tiller. After Jive's dissolution in 2011, he moved to RCA Records and released his second album Kaleidoscope Dream in 2012 to critical acclaim. Wildheart (CD) Miguel Wildheart Deluxe Edition (CD) Miguel Wildheart Deluxe Edition Autographed (CD) Miguel All I Want Is You (CD) Miguel. Although it was under-promoted and performed poorly upon it's release, the album became a sleeper hit and helped Miguel garner commercial standing. Signed to Jive Records in 2007, Miguel released his debut album, All I Want Is You, in November 2010. Wildheart is the long awaited follow up to Miguel's 2012 critically acclaimed sophomore release, Kaleidoscope Dream, which spent 20 weeks on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. 2015 release, the third album from Grammy Award winning recording artist Miguel.
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