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A Perfect Contradiction
Pop · 2014 · 15 tracks · 53m

A Perfect Contradiction

Paloma Faith

A high-gloss collision of 1960s Motown soul and 1970s disco. Big brass, bigger choruses, and a voice that sounds like velvet dragged over gravel.

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It's like a 60s Motown party crashed by a 21st-century disco queen.

A resilient and rhythmic celebration of survival through heartbreak.

A Perfect Contradiction · vs · Paloma Faith
Trumpet+4.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds trumpet far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 53m
01
Can’t Rely On You
3:15
02
Mouth to Mouth
4:23
03
Take Me
3:10
04
Only Love Can Hurt Like This
3:53
05
Other Woman
3:08
06
Taste My Own Tears
3:02
07
Trouble With My Baby
3:00
08
The Bigger You Love (The Harder You Fall)
3:01
09
Impossible Heart
4:31
10
Love Only Leaves You Lonely
4:31
11
It’s the Not Knowing
3:29
12
Can’t Rely On You (live from The Kitchen)
3:43
13
Trouble With My Baby (live from The Living Room)
2:57
14
Only Love Can Hurt Like This (Off the Cuff)
3:44
15
It’s the Not Knowing (Exposed version)
3:35
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive, brass-heavy chorus of track 4 where the vocal breaks into a desperate, beautiful rasp.
The gritty, Pharrell-helmed funk groove of track 1 that feels like a modern update on a classic Stax rhythm.
The stripped-back vulnerability of the 'Off the Cuff' version of track 14, highlighting the raw texture of her voice.
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