![]() ![]() Savannah Children's Choir: choral voices (5).Alan Hampton, Chris Turner: background vocals (1).Becca Stevens, Justin Brown: background vocals (1, 6).Gretchen Parlato: background vocals, spoken word (1, 6, 10).Terri Lyne Carrington: drums (1–3, 5, 9, 11).Daniel Blake: saxophones, flute (1–3, 8–10).Leo Genovese: piano, Rhodes electric piano, keyboards (1–3, 6, 8–12), guembri (9).Esperanza Spalding: vocals, electric and acoustic bass.The album has sold 135,000 copies in the US as of January 2016. It debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart and number one on the Top Jazz Albums chart with first week sales of 25,000 copies. In the United States, Radio Music Society became Spalding's first Top 10 album. At just 11 tracks, this record flexes serious range, but what’s even more impressive is that it rarely sounds overextended". Jeff Artist of Okayplayer wrote "With her new companion LP, Radio Music Society, the young virtuoso branches out sonically, injecting her jazz roots with some modern soul and pop juice, maybe even inspiring the Bieber faithful to check in on what all the fuss is about. A review in the monthly Kulturspiegel extra of the German Spiegel magazine noted that the poppy arrangements of the songs might help the album to become successful beyond the jazz genre. He wrote in conclusion: "For those who have hitherto found her considerable abilities easier to admire than enjoy, this is the most convincing display yet". John Bungey of The Times noted the album's "journey through soul, gospel, balladry and big-band swing", and complimented Spalding's "light, airy voice". ![]() At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Radio Music Society was well received by music critics. #ESPERANZA SPALDING RADIO MUSIC SOCIETY ZIP PROFESSIONAL#Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores ![]()
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