The songs rarely cohere into anything greater than the sum of their individual parts.
The album is too lightweight (and repetitive) to make a lasting impression.
This is a thrilling, sometimes confounding album that has an energy all its own.
The album is charming both because of and in spite of its rowdy pugnacity.
On her first studio album in over a decade, the singer leans even further into easy listening.
The album veers between well-oiled honky-tonk and aggressive, battered guitar rock.
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Four decades later, the album continues to shake and awaken the imagination.
The album brings a rock sensibility to the duo’s brand of dance music.
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The band sheds their usual ragged, rustic style in favor of a more polished approach.
If possible, the album is even hornier than its predecessor.
The band’s fourth studio album offers deeper, more vulnerable insights.
The album explores loss and loneliness, but Dev Hynes finds ways to break through the fog.
The album is laidback, vibe-y, and sample-heavy, with cryptic, free-associative lyrics.
The track is a funk-pop workout that moves the rapper-singer back toward a sunny pop milieu.
The band adds new colors to its already varied sonic palette but retains its signature punch.
The album is composed of mood pieces that feel tenderly reflective but too often stagnant.
The album sets up shop comfortably on the border between R&B and lo-fi indie pop.
The album commands attention on its own terms.