18 Months
by Calvin Harris
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Oct 30, 2012
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
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  1. AllMusic
    Nov 15, 2012
    60
    18 Months shows Harris to be a solid producer with an easily identifiable sound.
  2. Consequence
    Nov 15, 2012
    50
    Unfortunately, tracks like [Rihanna's "We Found Love"] and, to a lesser extent, Welch's slightly crowded "Sweet Nothing" float like life rafts atop a sugary sea of tunes that will be the soundtrack of television commercials for months to come.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Nov 15, 2012
    58
    His new album is called 18 Months, but it doesn't sound like it took anywhere near that long to make.
  5. New Musical Express (NME)
    Nov 15, 2012
    60
    This album feels more like a deserved victory lap than a forward step or a new instalment, but apart from his sole vocal on 'Feel So Close', the victor seems oddly absent.
  6. NOW Magazine
    Dec 13, 2012
    40
    this sounds like the soundtrack to the hell of cheese-ball Las Vegas bottle service clubs.
  7. PopMatters
    Feb 6, 2013
    50
    While 18 Months, Harris’s third solo full-length, is pretty much the hit-making monster that launched him in to the world spotlight, the truth of the matter is that it feels like a rather compromised vision of who he is an artist, sacrificing his quirkiness for a brooding new persona that starts to get stale over the course of a complete full-length.
  8. Q Magazine
    Nov 21, 2012
    40
    In a half-hearted effort to dilute the homogeneity, Harris grouts 18 Months with flimsy instrumentals, as if to create the illusion of a proper album. He's not fooling anyone--maybe not even himself. [Dec 2012, p.108]
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  9. The A.V. Club
    Nov 15, 2012
    58
    This album is less a monument to the human experience and more a harbinger of the rise of the machines.
  10. The Guardian
    Nov 15, 2012
    40
    For all the pop divas he has roped in, there's a veneer of cynical, laddy EDM, resulting in the kind of tracks Skrillex might come up with on an Ayia Napa booze cruise.
  11. The Independent (UK)
    Nov 15, 2012
    60
    The poorest served is hapless Ellie Goulding, struggling against the hurtling momentum of "I Need Your Love"; more successful is Florence Welch on "Sweet Nothing".
  12. The Observer (UK)
    Nov 15, 2012
    60
    Harris's production has become increasingly homogenised and, despite the array of vocalists, everything here risks sounding the same.

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User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 93 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 93
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 93
  3. Negative: 8 out of 93
  1. Musicfan09
    May 12, 2013
    10
    Just forget what the critics say, this album is AMAZING. Look at the user reviews for proof. This album is full of dance gems, which willJust forget what the critics say, this album is AMAZING. Look at the user reviews for proof. This album is full of dance gems, which will never EVER be forgotten. Amazing album, really should have better reception!… Full Review »
  2. Duu
    Feb 4, 2013
    4
    This music is rather competently made, but 90% of the music is uninspired. This music was 100% made for the lowest common denominatorThis music is rather competently made, but 90% of the music is uninspired. This music was 100% made for the lowest common denominator listener, especially drunk college students. Considering the amount of talented singers on this album, they add almost nothing to the tracks which are inherently stiff and uninteresting music, with the levels to everything turned all the way up. The songs on this album have no appeal other than being really loud and regular, so that if you are trying to dance when drunk, you are likely to be able to dance on beat. This music is basically background music turned up really loud.… Full Review »
  3. BlogCritic123
    Jul 5, 2016
    10
    Guys, this album is and will always be a dance music classic!
    This album is Outstanding for Pop and EDM music.
    Love the drops and the    Guys, this album is and will always be a dance music classic!
    This album is Outstanding for Pop and EDM music.

    Love the drops and the collabs are cool too
    not much to say but the album is fantastic.    … Full Review »
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