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The Sting
Pop · 2013 · 13 tracks · 45m

The Sting

Gabriella Cilmi

Smoky, noir-inflected soul that trades pop polish for swampy blues and late-night intimacy. A radical departure into shadows and grit.

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It's like a soul record recorded in a haunted jazz club during a thunderstorm.

A heavy, atmospheric descent into smoky blues and late-night introspection.

The Sting · vs · Gabriella Cilmi
Brooding+4.0σ

Brooding saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 45m
01
Highway
3:38
02
Symmetry
3:50
03
Sweeter in History
3:21
04
Don’t Look Back
3:47
05
Not Sorry
3:52
06
Left With Someone Else
3:16
07
The Sting
3:26
08
Vicious Love
3:46
09
Every Memory
2:58
10
I Am Just a Girl
3:42
11
Parallel Universe
3:49
12
Kill Ourselves
3:22
13
Deep Water
2:25
Moments Worth Waiting For
The skeletal, swampy guitar riff that anchors the title track, creating a sense of impending dread.
The transition into the fragile, piano-led vulnerability of Deep Water to close the record.
The way her voice cracks with intentional grit during the bridge of Sweeter in History.
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