Legend's pop R&B style is smooth enough that his music is almost uniformly pleasant, but a lot of it can barely rise above background music. His sophomore album opens with a one-two punch of "Heaven" and "Stereo," but by the end, it mires itself in slow songs that barely distinguish each other. I'm going to point out "Again" as the spot where things turn sour: backed only by his own piano, it's a 5-minute ballad that's passionate without being particularly moving or pointed. From there, highlights fail to materialize for the rest of it. It makes for pleasant background music, but not much else. I will say that "P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)" has enough swagger to be a memorable cut away from Once Again.
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