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Pulse

EMAILPRINTby Toni Braxton

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8.0 User Score:

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Album Info

Label: Atlantic

Release Date: 04 May 2010

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): R&B, Soul

Summary

This is the first album on Atlantic Records for the R&B singer and features Trey Songz on the first single "Yesterday."

What The Critics Said

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80

All Music Guide

A couple ballads are sonically lukewarm and lyrically platitudinal, but even so, this is easily the singer’s best work since The Heat.

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80

Boston Globe

Clearly, this set is designed to show, and does indeed prove, that the singer has a pulse.

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69

Billboard.com

When Braxton isn't sulking about heartbreak, she's enjoying being a woman.

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50

Los Angeles Times

The singer has no trouble making herself at home in these cuts, but the flimsy material can't quite conceal her hit-hungry desperation. Braxton fares better in the album's slower, more sensual songs.

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50

BBC Music

Braxton's sixth album Pulse--some five years in the making--is certainly a release shrouded with anticipation, but instead of sticking to her strength in ballads it feels more a trend-chasing American Idol semi-finalist's debut offering.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes

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