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Generally favorable reviews- based on 426 Ratings

  • Summary: The third full-length release for the R&B singer-songwriter was produced by Shampoo Press & Curl.
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Versace on the Floor
Let's take our time tonight, girl Above us all the stars are watchin' There's no place I'd rather be in this world Your eyes are where I'm lost... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. HipHopDX
    Nov 23, 2016
    86
    He succinctly gets his point across by instilling that much needed old-school nostalgia lacking in music today with nine tracks. Instead of diving into the album with a bloated guest list, Bruno and his production team, Shampoo Press & Curl (with assistance from longtime collaborators The Stereotypes) ensure 80s babies stay forever young.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Nov 18, 2016
    83
    With only nine songs, there’s not an ounce of fat on Magic, and nearly every track sounds like Top 40 gold.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    Dec 1, 2016
    80
    Few albums designed to sound like a party actually play like one, but Bruno Mars has pulled it off with style.
  4. Pitchfork
    Dec 2, 2016
    62
    24K Magic is the rest of the park: rebuilt shinier and glitzier and safer, every element engineered to please more than the real thing, and with a hell of a tour guide. It’s not history, not even historical fiction, but harmless fun.
  5. Q Magazine
    Dec 13, 2016
    60
    Ultimately 24k Magic's luxe exterior writes cheques its soul can't cash. [Feb 2017, p.115]
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  6. The Guardian
    Nov 28, 2016
    60
    James Brown is referenced unto pastiche on the crisp Perm, but Finesse and That’s What I Like respectively revisit new jack swing and the young R Kelly with such love that it’s not so much throwback as righteous resurrection.
  7. The Independent (UK)
    Nov 23, 2016
    40
    There’s scant distinction overall, with Bruno’s eager-beaver personality wearing perilously thin on “That’s What I Like”, a tiresome tick-list of unimaginative hedonism, and “Chunky”, a big-lass anthem lacking even the roguish, cheeky [sic] charm of Sir Mixalot’s “Baby Got Back”.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 78
  3. Negative: 17 out of 78
  1. georgianaeliza
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Um álbum maravilhoso, com letras e sonoridade incríveis, cada vem melhor e mais coeso ,um álbum completo.
  2. MovieOverlooker
    Nov 27, 2016
    10
    I am very surprised! This is a very good album, and in my opinion, one of the best R&B albums of the decade. Perfectly resembling the Soul,I am very surprised! This is a very good album, and in my opinion, one of the best R&B albums of the decade. Perfectly resembling the Soul, the R&B, and even the New Jack Swing of the 80s and 90s with a great and delightful production by Shampoo Press & Curl. Bruno has done a twist on his career and the result is wondeful. Inspirations are noticeable: Babyface, Michael Jackson, James Brown, R. Kelly, and many more. If he continues this way, Bruno will become a classic.… Expand
  4. kc89344n
    Nov 18, 2016
    10
    This is the first time I enjoyed an album by Bruno Mars, there isn't a song that I don't like. I hear influences from so many artists on thisThis is the first time I enjoyed an album by Bruno Mars, there isn't a song that I don't like. I hear influences from so many artists on this album, a masterpiece!… Expand
  5. aledelf
    Jun 27, 2023
    8
    I think it is a really underrated album, it was great, have good songs and a good mix, all of the instruments are sounding great and Bruno´sI think it is a really underrated album, it was great, have good songs and a good mix, all of the instruments are sounding great and Bruno´s voice couldn´t get better, of course it have mistakes, but overall is a good album.… Expand
  6. WolfLambert
    Nov 25, 2016
    6
    I really like the opener, and there are some more interesting songs on here, but overall, this feels unfinished. When you're limiting yourselfI really like the opener, and there are some more interesting songs on here, but overall, this feels unfinished. When you're limiting yourself to nine short pop songs, you have to make them count, and I feel like that is not what happened here. Eh.… Expand
  7. MacsMusic
    Mar 22, 2018
    5
    Musically, 24K Magic is dynamite. Every song sounds great, with an impossibly fun sense of style that only BM is capable of pulling off. EveryMusically, 24K Magic is dynamite. Every song sounds great, with an impossibly fun sense of style that only BM is capable of pulling off. Every song is a finely-crafted, funky, dance-able, combination of passionate vocals and killer throwback-style music.

    The lyrics, however, are utterly terrible, and even offensive to women. A woman is more than just an object to be used for men's pleasure, and Bruno Mars doesn't seem to know that. The lyrics are as shallow as they could possible be.

    Bruno Mars will go down in history as one of the defining voices of the 2010's, and like many greats, fame and money plague his view of his fellow humans. 24K Magic is a cleverly disguised, fun, flashy album with terrible lyrics.    … Expand
  8. Daniel1902
    Dec 12, 2020
    0
    malo, realmente mars no se esforzo en este album, parece que solo le interese cobrar cheques mas grandes

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