Let It Go

On his fourth release in the mainstream market, Will Young once again sticks to what he does best: produce material satisfying to the adult contemporary listener. Once again, he has done so while balancing soft-spoken ballads with effervescent fresh dance tunes pleasing to a general audience. As Young matures with every disc he releases, so does his music, as seen on Let It Go. This time around, Young evokes George Michael on his first single, "Changes," but keeps up his credibility as he croons "Grace" and shakes up the beat with the album's strongest upbeat track, "Tell Me the Worst." Unfortunately for Young, contrary to his previous releases, the rest of the album simply doesn't support the small handful of tracks that truly excel on the album. Other than the aforementioned tracks, nearly the entire remainder of the album is a display of truly middling sticky ballads that evoke the weaker moments of a James Blunt/Maroon 5 release, both of which can be horribly sleepy in their low points.