“Deep down I know this never works, but you can lay with me so it doesn’t hurt,” Smith sings. “Stay With Me” strikes a chord with its portrayal of the vulnerability felt by a lover’s departure. In the Lonely Hour explores the darker sides of love, with Smith lamenting unrequited love (“Leave Your Lover”) while yearning to find his soul mate (“Make It To Me”). The sentimental ballad “Good Thing” features an appropriately overbearing string section straight out of a film from Hollywood’s Golden Age. While most tracks fit comfortably into the slow R&B mold, Smith also experiments with pop rock in the palm-muted guitar shuffle of “Like I Can.” With “Restart,” Smith channels 80s dance pop in the best way. Packed with smooth R&B crooning and energetic dancehall grooves, the album has enough variety to become more than simply a vocal showcase, though considering Smith’s vocal prowess, that would still be enough.
Lastly, the size of the moon expresses his sadness.With his debut album, the aptly titled In the Lonely Hour, London singer Sam Smith spends just under an hour bemoaning the loneliness, sorrow and self-doubt that love leaves in its wake. With that in mind, I made an artistic choice to only show parts of the meadow and moon. He wants us to catch a glimpse of what he went through and what he felt at that moment in his life. You might be asking yourself, "Why does the background look like it was scratched or peeled off?" Sam Smith wants to share his thoughts and feelings towards his audience. All these elements indicate that he's "In The Lonely Hour." The background suggests doubt as the moon on the horizon sits on top of a vast meadow, only showing a silhouette of a tree.
In the album art cover, the artist, Sam Smith, looks down as he tend to his internal emotions. I fell in love with someone who didn't love me back." It's about unrequited love and defining what love is to him. It was my way of talking about the only real issue in my life. In an interview with DigitalSpy, Sam Smith (the artist seen in the album cover) said, "My debut album is just a diary from a lonely 21-year-old. I saw it's potential so I continued working on it.
This started as one of my projects from my Photoshop class. In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith (Album Concept)
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