Name: Paula
Brand: Interscope
SKU: 54248413
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Paula

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Album: Paula
#	Song Title		Time
1)	You're My Fantasy	More Info...
2)	Get Her Back	More Info...
3)	Still Madly Crazy	More Info...
4)	Lock The Door	More Info...
5)	Whatever I Want	More Info...
6)	Living In New York City	More Info...
7)	Love Can Grow Back	More Info...
8)	Black Tar Cloud	More Info...
9)	Too Little Too Late	More Info...
10)	Tippy Toes	More Info...
11)	Something Bad	More Info...
12)	The Opposite Of Me	More Info...
13)	Time Of Your Life	More Info...
14)	Forever Love	More Info...

Album: Paula
#	Song Title		Time
1)	You're My Fantasy	More Info...
2)	Get Her Back	More Info...
3)	Still Madly Crazy	More Info...
4)	Lock The Door	More Info...
5)	Whatever I Want	More Info...
6)	Living In New York City	More Info...
7)	Love Can Grow Back	More Info...
8)	Black Tar Cloud	More Info...
9)	Too Little Too Late	More Info...
10)	Tippy Toes	More Info...
11)	Something Bad	More Info...
12)	The Opposite Of Me	More Info...
13)	Time Of Your Life	More Info...
14)	Forever Love	More Info...

Performer Notes

A sleeve that would have been a more emblematic model for Robin Thicke's seventh album is that of Robert Goulet's My Love Forgive Me. If Paula bears any other relation to Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys -- the graphic likeness is unmistakable -- it must be far beneath the surface. Like the 1964 Goulet album, Paula deals in remorse and heartache -- ballads that acknowledge fault and plead for mercy. It even has a bossa nova-inspired moment. He's in entertainer mode to such an extent that he sounds not like an agonized singer/songwriter but more like an reinterpreter. The most over-the-top song is "Lock the Door," a piano blues ballad; he howls "At least open the doggie door, throw a friend a juicy bone" as if he's going for yucks rather than expressing how low he feels. The album doesn't strictly cover his separation. Some of the songs could fit on any non-conceptual Thicke release. ~ Andy Kellman

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly - "There's a breathlessness here, as though these songs rushed out of Thicke uncontrollably. That energy is welcome." -- Grade: B-

Billboard - "[A] post-breakup record, named after his high school sweetheart and now estranged wife, actress Paula Patton. And it's a sharp departure from the blithe mood of 2013's 'Blurred Lines'."