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It would almost seem like an insult to call Robin Thicke's SOMETHING ELSE "neo soul." That term is often applied to slavish retro rehashes, and Thicke's fourth album is anything but that. SOMETHING ELSE assimilates the influences of everything from Marvin Gaye to Prince to Philly soul to disco, and puts them in a sonic blender that delivers a distinctive, original-sounding end product. While this album isn't a wild stylistic divergence from what Thicke has done previously, it's a more singular, atmospheric experience, an album of mellow blue-eyed soul that you can really sink your teeth into, from the Jeff Buckley-meets-Otis Redding "Dreamworld" to the romantic, horn-punctuated falsetto-fest "The Sweetest Love." Think of Thicke as something like a hipper, alternate-universe version of Justin Timberlake.
Personnel: Robin Thicke (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, glockenspiel, shaker, sleigh bell, background vocals); Bobby Keys (guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, sitar); Pro J (guitar, drums, congas, bongos, tambourine, percussion); Andrew McKay (guitar); Alfredo Rivera (flute); Jerahm Orozco, Dan Higgins, Kamasi Washington (saxophone); Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Josef Leimberg, Brian Warfield (trumpet); Isaac Smith, Charlie Morillas (trombone); Larry Cox II (Fender Rhodes piano, organ, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer); Sean Hurley, Greg Malone (bass guitar).
Audio Mixers: Richard Travali; Fabian Marasciullo.
Rolling Stone (p.73) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The music is a lush, louche swirl of strings, congas and Fender Rhodes that flaunts its debts to Marvin Gaye, classic disco and PHilly soul."
Entertainment Weekly (p.75) - "Thicke imbues the album with a bachelor-highlife vibe....[E]levated, both by SOMETHING ELSE's buttery production and by Thicke's own light-footed ease with the material." -- Grade: B+ Something Else Music | List Price | $13.99 (You save $2.70) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, R&B CDs, Easy Listening, Soul/R&B, Contemporary R&B, Rock | | Label | Star Trak / Arista | | Orig Year | 2008 | | All Time Sales Rank |  9262  | | CD Universe Part number | 7731560 | | Catalog number | 001179302 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 30, 2008 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Bill Malina | | Personnel | Gary Grant
Bobby Keys - guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, sitar
Dan Higgins
Chuck Findley
Sean Hurley
Robin Thicke - vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, glockenspiel, shaker, sleigh bell, background vocals
Charlie Morillas - trombone
Isaac Smith
Larry Cox - Fender Rhodes piano, organ, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer
Kamasi Washington - saxophone
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Robin Thicke Something Else Songs Something Else Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)  something else!
this album is smooth and rich enough that you dont want to listen to anything else!
great musicianship.
great musician.
great music.
Submitted by write.ge0rgi (Auckland, New Zealand) 
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Robin Thicke,the first album had it going on but, now we are on something esle. I like the style this time he change it up a little, it's hot and you can still play the whole album with out skipping one single song you go Robin! I love your style!
Submitted by FOXYCARMEL99 (Nevada)
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Fantastic
Amazing, Sweet and wonderful
Submitted by rcalixto (Brasilia,DF,Brasil)
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This album is disappointing. His last album was great. I'm not sure what he was trying to do, but he could have done a lot better. He has such a great voice range, but I just wasn't feeling this one. Yea, I'll admit there was a couple songs that I liked (Loverman, You're my Baby). And two were almost okay (Magic & Tie My Hands). Hopefully your next cd will be much much more better Robin
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