That song and most of the others stay true to the album's title and maintain an illusory atmosphere. This sense is intensified by some unexpected touches, like an interlude where Miguel softly croons part of the Zombies' 'Time of the Season' over synthesizer goo, and the hovering title track, which incorporates the bassline from Labi Siffre's 'I Got The' (in a manner heavier than Eminem's 'My Name Is') and some 'Strawberry Letter 23'-like guitar swirls. There are instances where the lyrical content edges too close to 'artsy' teenage erotic poetry, but no song is without an attractive quality, whether it's a heavenly melody, a riveting rhythm, or a boggling production nuance. The loose 'Where's the Fun in Forever' - atmospheric yet mostly drums and bass, with some cool and casual background vocals from Alicia Keys - melts into ADC highlight 'Arch & Point,' which is something like a skeletal power pop number slowed to a seductively squalid prowl. In its new context, the back half of that combination sounds fresh. Miguel is listed first in the songwriting credits of each song, and he's involved with much of the production, but he gets valuable support from earlier associates Salaam Remi and Happy Perez, as well as the likes of Warren 'Oak' Felder, Andrew 'Pop' Wansel, Steve 'Ace' Mostyn, and J*Davey's Brook D'Leau, whose baleful keyboards on the closing 'Candles in the Rain' flirt with evil.A complete anthology of Miguel's featured appearances released - or disseminated, as the freaky wordplay lover might call it - between Kaleidoscope Dream and this would be assorted, to say the least. It would include appearances on a crop of major R&B and rap songs, a cover of Elton John's 'Bennie and the Jets,' and a highlight turn on Hudson Mohawke's Lantern. Miguel kaleidoscope dream album songs free#Ī few of the extracurricular moves pointed toward his next solo step, but the clues remained clearest in the darker corners of Kaleidoscope Dream.

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