![]() ![]() Here, Usher asks us to sympathize with the philanderer, the heartbreaker. But that is also what makes Confessions such a compelling record.īridging musical genres and stylistic eras (through both subject matter and production style), Confessions is an album set apart, and a masterpiece of tone and sound. It is uncomfortable subject matter for a listener more inclined to revel in the syrupy R&B of the past. ![]() For it is on this record that Usher uses a confession of infidelity - and subsequent pregnancy - to traverse the moral and emotional landscape of contemporary romance. ![]() On Usher’s fourth and unquestionably best studio album, the R&B singer sets the tone of the record before a word is ever spoken on his “Intro,” inviting the listener into an hour-long journey of vulnerability, joy, heartbreak and, somehow, redemption. ![]()
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