Album
The Art Of Loving
2025 · Funk / Soul, Pop
31 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Art Of Loving is a Soul & Funk album by Olivia Dean, originally released in 2025. On Gatefold: 23 pressings tracked, owned by 31 collectors.
About
Olivia Dean’s follow-up to 2023’s <i>Messy</i> suggests she’s anything but. From the radio-friendly uplifter “Nice to Each Other” to the sweeping, late ’60s Dionne Warwick-esque soul of “So Easy (To Fall in Love),” <i>The Art of Loving</i> finds Dean self-assured as she slinks freely through R&B and pop. “You can make whatever you want, there’s no rules and that’s such a freeing feeling,” she tells Apple Music’s Rebecca Judd. Dean describes her songwriting on <i>The Art of Loving</i> as “real, fresh, and honest” and she makes it sound so easy. It’s no surprise that the overarching theme—love in its different forms—came naturally. “I had the title quite quickly,” she say. “I’ve also been fascinated by love. It’s the one thing that everybody is looking for in their life in some capacity, whether it be friendship, family, romantic, but it’s something that we’re not taught. There’s not a love module in school. It’s this magic thing we’re supposed to know how to do. So I wanted to take a closer look at it and what it means to me and the art of it, the craft of loving someone properly.” .
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1The Art of Loving0:40
- A2Nice To Each Other3:29
- A3Lady Lady3:29
- A4Close Up3:15
- A5So Easy (To Fall In Love)2:49
- A6Let Alone The One You Love3:06
Side B
- B1Man I Need3:04
- B2Something Inbetween2:32
- B3Loud3:04
- B4Baby Steps3:17
- B5A Couple Minutes3:32
- B6I've Seen It2:06
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Neo-Soul
- warm
- tender
- soulful
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Wired StringsSTRINGS
- Bastian LangebækBACKING VOCALS DRUM PROGRAMMING, ELECTRIC PIANO , ELECTRIC PIANO , ORGAN, BACKING VOCALS PIANO
- Bryony JamesCELLO
- Charis JensonVIOLIN
- Daniel RogersonACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR BACKING VOCALS GUITAR
- Deschanel GordonARRANGED BY BACKING VOCALS ELECTRIC PIANO , PIANO
- Emma OwensVIOLA
- Eric HagstromDRUMS
- Finn Zeferino-BirchallBACKING VOCALS BASS
- Hayley PomfrettVIOLIN
- Homer SteinweissDRUMS
- Jack Banjo CourtneyTRUMPET
- Jenny SachaVIOLIN
- Jermaine AmissahSAXOPHONE
- Joe BristowTROMBONE
- Joel WatersBACKING VOCALS CONGAS PERCUSSION
- John RyanGUITAR
- Julian BunettaDRUMS
31 collectors on Gatefold own this · 23 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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