Radio Red
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{{Infobox album
| name = Radio Red
| type = studio
| artist = Laura Groves
| cover = Laura Groves - Radio Red.png
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2023|08|11|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length = 44:19
| label = Bella Union
| producer = Laura Groves
| prev_title = Blue Roses
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc =
}}
Radio Red is the second album by British singer-songwriter Laura Groves, and her first under her own name. It was released on 11 August 2023 through Bella Union, and features a sole guest appearance by Sampha. The album received positive reviews from critics.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 84/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/radio-red/laura-groves|title=Radio Red by Laura Groves Reviews and Tracks|website=Metacritic|access-date=10 August 2023}}
| rev1 = Paste
| rev1score = 8.3/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/laura-groves/radio-red-review|title=Album of the Week {{!}} Laura Groves: Radio Red|magazine=Paste|last=Mitchell|first=Matt|date=9 August 2023|access-date=10 August 2023}}
| rev2 = The Skinny
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/laura-groves-radio-red|title=Laura Groves album review: Radio Red|magazine=The Skinny|last=Goggins|first=Joe|date=8 August 2023|access-date=10 August 2023}}
}}
Radio Red received a score of 84 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on four critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Mojo called it "expansive, restless, subtly volatile, [and] intriguing enough to keep it locked", while Uncut highlighted "the tracks that dispense with the drums and move into woozy, beatless territory, using choral harmonies and FX-laden electric pianos".
Paste{{'}}s Matt Mitchell described it as "a triumphant display of how wide a creative palette can stretch" and "a pop record through and through", concluding that it is also a "crystalline, shimmering pop enterprise that dares to ask what a project might look like when a synthesizer takes a backseat to a career-defining vocal performance". Joe Goggins of The Skinny wrote that Groves's "cleverly layered vocals do much of the heavy lifting" and that the album "bears all the hallmarks of a carefully constructed labour of love, one rendered all the more elegant by the glacial pace of its gestation".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Radio Red track listing
| title1 = Sky at Night
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Good Intention
| length2 = 3:42
| title3 = Synchronicity
| length3 = 4:32
| title4 = D 4 N
| note4 = featuring Sampha
| length4 = 5:25
| title5 = I'm Not Crying
| length5 = 4:30
| title6 = Any Day Now
| length6 = 4:05
| title7 = Time
| length7 = 4:57
| title8 = Sarah
| length8 = 4:19
| title9 = Make a Start
| length9 = 3:46
| title10 = Silver Lining
| length10 = 4:32
| total_length = 44:19
}}
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for Radio Red ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|UKDigital|44|date=20230818|rowheader=true|access-date=19 August 2023}} |