Seal Soul Reviews

- Genre: Soul
- Release date: November 11, 2008Official Site: Seal
- Label: Warner Bros.
- Producer: David Foster
- Single: "A Change Is Gonna Come"

This page contains reviews of Seal's seventh studio album, titled Soul, which was released on November 11, 2008. Produced by David Foster, this album features the singer covering 11 vintage soul songs from artists such as James Brown, Otis Redding and Curtis Mayfield. The first single from the album is a version of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come."
Reviews
"As always, Seal sounds great; age has relaxed his singing, and that lends the material an appropriately lived-in vibe."—Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly: Seal Soul Album Review
"Seal's David Foster-produced tribute to classic soul is a figure skater of a collection, all elegance and grace. But some of these songs require the more aggressive approach of a hockey player."—Billboard.comBillboard.com: Soul Album Review
"The songs he has chosen...have been reinterpreted so many thousands of times, he'd have to reinvent them to get anyone to pay attention, and the only thing new that Seal brings to the party is a feeling of swank Euro-sophistication that saps the music of much of its emotional oomph."—Rolling StoneRolling Stone: Soul Album Review
"What makes Soul an overall success isn't just Seal's caressing vocals and obvious knowledge of how to interpret these songs faithfully without drifting away; it's the subtle yet effective production work of 15-time Grammy-winning producer David Foster."—allmusicallmusic: Soul Album Review