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Benson Boone’s ‘American Heart’: All 10 Tracks Ranked
Benson Boone's 10 new tracks from his 'American Heart' album, ranked from our least to most favorite.
Advance singles “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else” and “Mystical Magical” — both of which have already reached the Hot 100’s top 30 — are fairly indicative of Boone’s overall direction with the set, upbeat and muscular and full of tiny production details that make the songs both immediately satisfying and worth diving into at length. With a shuffling beat, zooming guitar and panted backing vocals, “Wanted Man” reaches a strutting pop-rock groove reminiscent of Adam Lambert — which is a pretty strong musical pocket for Boone’s skills. The most successfully sensual of Benson Boone’s handful of musical come-ons on American Heart, “I Wanna Be the One You Call” persuades with early-’10s indie guitar, racing drums, a well-timed key change and yes, more panting backing vocals.
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