{"product_id":"sam-smith-hazel-eyes","title":"Sam Smith - Hazel Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003eHazel Eyes finds Sam Smith trading the neon provocation of Gloria for something earthier, a fifth studio album steeped in folk, country and soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shift was signalled early. Love Is a Stillness surfaced as a single in 2025, well ahead of the album, and To Be Free followed later that year, both pointing towards a quieter, more grounded Smith. When the full record arrived in 2026, it confirmed the turn: these are songs built around that remarkable voice and the room around it, rather than the beat underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmith co-produced the album with Simon Aldred, Ricky Damian, David Odlum and Ruth O'Mahony Brady, and the arrangements are given space to breathe. Moondance brings in Feist for a duet of two voices leaning gently into one another, and Oh Mother swells with the TwoCity Chorus behind it, warm and generous. My Guy and When He's Gone wear their hearts openly, while To Be Free closes the record on a note of hard-won release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a confidence in how unhurried it all is. Hazel Eyes sounds like an artist who no longer needs to prove anything and would rather simply sing, and on vinyl its intimate, lived-in textures make a strong case for listening start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57269564408113,"sku":"602488167031","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Sam_Smith-Hazel_Eyes.jpg?v=1793639619","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/sam-smith-hazel-eyes","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}