Distractions (The RH Factor album)
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- Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA
- The Plant Studios, Sausalito, CA
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| Released | May 2, 2006 | |||
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| Length | 37:58 | |||
| Label | Verve B0005987-02 | |||
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Distractions is a studio album by American trumpeter Roy Hargrove and his group The RH Factor, released by Verve Records on May 2, 2006.[1][2]
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| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz |    [3] |
| AllMusic | [1] |
| The Guardian | [4] |
All About Jazz was critical of the album, writing that it "basically offers two solid pieces: the title track..., and the track with D'Angelo", with the rest as "limpid music that's not quite jazz or funk".[3]
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek called it a "deeply gratifying, fun, and in-the-pocket album", with "a much more urban soul feel to this date".[1]
John L. Walters of The Guardian was similarly critical, stating, "The appropriately named Distractions is a dog's dinner of a crossover album ... [it] is one of those albums that appeals less the more you listen to it."[4]
JazzEcho described the majority of the twelve tracks as "inspired, reflective vocal pieces".[5]