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8.0
138152
8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
This album is imperfect by all measures. It's derivative at times, its attention seems scattered, and it can feel intentionally immature – particularly in the lyrical department. Yet, there's a magic to this that is undeniable
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8.0
138180
8.0 |
musicOMH
Glitchy electronics meld with urban influences and excitable auto-tuned delivery for a surreal hyperpop experience
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7.0
138103
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
It’s a feisty, hungry album that feels fearless even as it grapples with the unknown—the late-20s paradox turned into candy-coated pop
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7.0
138104
7.0 |
Clash
A lack of refinement and direction is the burning issue at play here, but she has succeeded in making an inherently fun record
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6.9
138108
6.9 |
Pitchfork
The pop star’s fourth LP is a transitional record mistakenly labeled as a statement album. Her impressionistic tale of lost love and aimless youth is electrifying but inconsistent
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6.0
138105
6.0 |
NME
Cabello tries a shiny, Auto-Tuned pop sound on for size – and indulges a “rebellious mood” with head-scratching Drake collaborations
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6.0
138162
6.0 |
Exclaim
It sounds like it's been purchased from other talents rather than being curated and homegrown by Cabello and her team. You gotta hand it to her for trying though, even more so for the fact that it nearly, just nearly, works
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5.0
138272
5.0 |
Spectrum Culture
C, XOXO takes some genuine artistic risks, with mixed results
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4.0
138154
4.0 |
Northern Transmissions
To its credit, there are some interesting ideas on C, XOXO. “pretty when i cry” is the best song on the record simply because of its normality — no piano cuts, awkward interludes, gibberish or autotune, it’s a solid Afrobeats number that interpolates some house elements later on
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4.0
138106
4.0 |
Slant Magazine
The album plays like a TikTok video: attention-grabbing, disposable, and instantly forgettable
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4.0
138107
4.0 |
The Guardian
Leaving behind gooey balladry and family-friendly fare, the US star’s reinvention owes a clear debt to Charli xcx but leaves her grasping for space on her own album
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4.0
138109
4.0 |
The Arts Desk
If a former squeaky clean star wants to get sexy or punky or weird, let a thousand blossoms bloom
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2.5
138153
2.5 |
Paste Magazine
The pop star’s fourth studio album is remarkably apathetic and lacks the charisma needed to leave any kind of worthwhile impression
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