Album Reviews

Album reviews: Sharper lyrics, same old music in ‘new’ Ed Sheeran release

The English singer-songwriter’s seventh studio album deviates little from his previous six

Ed Sheeran: his seventh album, Autumn Variations, borrows a concept from English composer Elgar, which gives the songwriting a sharper narrative focus

Ed Sheeran, Autumn Variations (Gingerbread Man Records)

Can even the most fervent follower of Ed Sheeran have too much of a good thing? Autumn Variations is the second album released this year by the British singer/songwriter and the first on his label Gingerbread Man (thereby removing Warner Records from his money-making machine). You might think this strategy would mean a ‘new’ Ed Sheeran, but in fact there is little to distinguish his seventh studio album ...