Four years and four million album sales after her self-titled debut album comes Corinne Bailey Rae's long-awaited second album, The Sea. For the 30 year-old singer and songwriter from Leeds, this meant politely declining the suggestions that she work with this or that big-league producer in this or that big-money studio. It also meant embracing the pain she’d experienced, and ultimately this meant a collection of songs about grief and hope, despair and inspiration, loss and love. The first single “I’d Do It All Again,” one of many highlights on album, is a sweeping, defiant declaration of love and faith. The Sea will undoubtedly elevate Bailey Rae beyond her already-considerable achievements and put her up there with the all-time greats.