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People Watching is the third studio album by English musician Sam Fender, released on 21 February 2025 on Polydor Records. The album was co-produced by Adam Granduciel, Markus Dravs, and Fender himself, with additional production from his bandmates, Dean Thompson and Joe Atkinson. According to Fender, the album explores "colourful stories and observations of everyday characters living their everyday, but often extraordinary, lives." The album's lead single, "People Watching", was released on 15 November 2024. Upon its release, People Watching received widespread acclaim from critics. On review aggregator Metacritic, the album holds a score of 84 out of 100 based on seventeen critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". In a five-star review in The Observer, Lisa Wright praised the album's honesty; calling it "a lonely document of fame, and of a man clinging on to the community his talents have propelled him away from. And where his previous album revealed Fender to be a songwriter of depth, People Watching explores life’s ugliness and finds excellence."
An entertaining album of Sam Fender. His most recent at the moment. I don't really understand this selection as his previous two albums are much better (and not on the 1001 or user list). It's a pleasant listen, but it won't blow your head off as it's never daring or getting wild.
Really enjoyed the opening song People Watching. Real Killers vibe! The rest of the album was very good with his Brandon Flowersy voice!
Something decent from the modem era at last
A lot of this reminded me of 80's rock by the likes of Don Henley. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. 3 stars.
Quite the recent choice for an all time best album but maybe someone just really loves this album. This felt like a folky Killers album. Fender has that similar sound but lyrically is a bit more relaxed and more Americana with it. Felt like this toed the line between pop and folky but not being enough indie. Overall it was a good listen but falls short in my ability to like it a ton. Maybe a revisit. Maybe not. 6.3/10
Overly semantic
This is a great site because a user thought this album was incredible enough to suggest it should be listened to before death And Apple Music can suggest this artist is entering their ‘Imperial phase’ on this album And then I can listen to it and go “it was okay”