One Love is the fourth studio album by French house DJ David Guetta. It was released onto the official iTunes Store on 21 August 2009 and was released on CD format on 24 August 2009 throughout Europe and 25 August 2009 in the United States. A double disc deluxe edition have also been released; the second disc contains extended/club mixes of album tracks, as well as two new songs. The album received three nominations for the 52nd Grammy Awards in the categories, Best Dance Recording and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for the song "When Love Takes Over". It was also nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Album.[1]
Critical reception
Reviews for the album were generally favorable. According to Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 66, based on 10 reviews.[2]
Digital Spy gave the album a very positive review and rewarded it a 4/5 star rating.[3] The Los Angeles Times gave the album 3/5, saying "Guetta is at his best (and his most commercial) when he's equipped with a melody as chewy as his beats."[4] Ginger Clemens of Billboard calls it an effortless integration off catchy dance beats with expressive vocals, turning out Top 40-friendly songs while remaining true to dance club culture.[5] Allmusic: Even if everything seems built for the 12" format and then landed on an album anyway, Guetta's fans get all the well-done house music they desire, and then some.[6] musicOMH: He can doubtless get a party started every bit as effectively as either of those two [Paul van Dyk & Diplo] but, on this record at least, in dance terms he finds himself rather falling between two stools as he enlarges the walls of his big tent.[7] Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian gave One Love 3 out of 5 stars calling many of the songs enjoyable while favoring "Estelle's tender performance of the title track deserves special mention" and mentioning that "It feels like a series of tracks rather than a fully realised long-player."[8] NOW Magazine calls "One Love" surprisingly deep.[9] Observer Music Monthly calls it "the sound of the summer! If summer for you means a fake tan and drinking WKD for a week in the Med with the likes of Kelly Rowland and Will.I.Am popping up as guests with your fave."
