Haley Reinhart - Better (2016)

So much has happened since the release of her outstandingly-groovy 2012 debut Listen Up! on Interscope Records; yes, she was dropped six months later, but that is only a small piece of the puzzle. In nearly four years, she, too, has gone through other machinations of Hollywood and a fickle music business in order to find her soul and a new muse worthy of greatness. Better, packed to the brim with 11 soul-inspired, Motown-fused tracks, is a kind of greatness which forges career-defining moments in time. Reinhart is having her moment, and she has enlisted a bevy of songwriters and producers to bolster her stylistic expression, including Rob Kleiner (who worked on her last album and has also produced the likes of Sia, Britney Spears and The Weeknd), Sir Charles Prince (a mastermind who taps into the magic and sheer sucker-punch of Reinhart’s raw voice on Love is Worth Fighting For) and Swedish producer Anders Grahn (whose imprint is found on three songs, Bad Light, Better and the sweltering Good or Bad).

TRACKLIST

01. My Cake
02. Behave
03. Better
04. Can’t Help Falling in Love
05. Check Please
06. Bad Light
07. Talkin’ About
08. Good or Bad
09. Love Is Worth Fighting For
10. I Belong to You
11. Listen