Transient

Transient as an album consists of two parts. The first half of the album is mostly jazzy and soft rnb, the other half is more electronic with a (slow) dance vibe. The transition during the album is slowly creeping in. I think I prefer the electronic part, but I think it would have been better to stick to one of these styles and make a more consistent and shorter record.

There’s a reason why this sort of thing was the soundtrack to every upscale lounge and boutique hotel lobby in the early 2000s… it’s cool, perfect for chilling with a cocktail or two.

Soild chillled out music, ideal cocktail bar music .

Not bad, but not my style 2 Parkway is really interesting

Mellow, beautifully rendered. Reminiscent of Sade. Definitely sets a mood.

Damn I'm surprised that this is rated so low. I'm very much not an R&B fan, but this is one of the best from the genre that I've heard. Love the more downtempo vibe it's going for.

The most interesting thing about this is that it sounds like 1998 at the latest but this came out in 2004.

R&B with the good jazz behind it but also some electronica elements so cool I guess

An interesting addition. I am familiar with King of My Castle so I'd heard her voice before (not that I knew who was singing it). It's fine but not really all that noteworthy. My personal rating: 3/5 My rating relative to the list: 3.5/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

Pretty nice

Nice voice

Generally I liked this, though musically it was a little too low key. The vocals were the best part, the lyrics hot or miss.

I hate that above everything else, this is boring. Too slow, too sparse, not diversified in sound.

This didn't really caught my interest very much. I found it even a bit boring to listen to

Couldn't make it through

Drifted as it went from lounge-style filler music to something more electric

How is she 'influenced' by Radiohead, Portishead, Cocteau Twins, Peter Gabriel etc etc? The latter half of the album at least tries something different but this is primarily generic R&B.

First song is ok but then descends into lounge music with nothing of any interest

There's a line in here where Gaelle asks the listener to "excuse my repetition," but I don't think I will. There are no choruses on this LP, or they're so subtle that you could blink and miss them. The result is 4-minute tracks that remain in neutral the whole time – no dynamic contrast, no melodic changes, just a uniform slab of music. It's an odd choice, even by deep house genre standards, and it makes this LP an absolute slog to listen to.

Not for me but I can understand why people would like it.