24K Magic
by Bruno Mars
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Nov 18, 2016
User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 426 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 270 out of 426
  2. Mixed: 57 out of 426
  3. Negative: 99 out of 426
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  1. Marcosotica
    Oct 18, 2017
    0
    This album sucked. Big time. I love the 80s influence. I love the sonic direction. but he could have done better with the songs. To me it seems like the type of album that gets rushed out, not your big album after a layoff.
  2. danger18
    Feb 4, 2018
    0
    horrivel. sempre as mesmas coisas. mds. nao aguento ouvir uma musica inteira
  3. joaostandalorde
    Feb 26, 2021
    0
    ALBUM HORRIVEL, CAPA HORROROSA SEM ACLAMAÇÃO NENHUMA! O AOTY DE 2017 É DO MELODRAMA!!!!
  4. chidime
    Nov 18, 2016
    2
    WOW. How did we get here? I never for the life of me, ever expected I'd give a Bruno album anything less than an 8 (or 7 at the very least). But I have to be honest. This album sucked. Big time. I love the 80s influence. I love the sonic direction. but he could have done better with the songs. If you're gonna make an album of 9 songs, you better bring it for each song on the album.WOW. How did we get here? I never for the life of me, ever expected I'd give a Bruno album anything less than an 8 (or 7 at the very least). But I have to be honest. This album sucked. Big time. I love the 80s influence. I love the sonic direction. but he could have done better with the songs. If you're gonna make an album of 9 songs, you better bring it for each song on the album. However, Bruno failed to bring it. This album sounds like an 80's album of throwaways from popstars' albums. I like 24k Magic, and love 'Versace on the Floor'. But apart from those two, there's nothing else on the album that I can even manage. Bruno, you are better than this. I know 'Uptown Funk' and it's success gave you a lot of ideas, but this album isn't it. I hope you do better cos writing this is breaking my heart. Do better bro!

    BEST: Versace on the Floor, 24K Magic.
    WORST: The rest.    … Expand
  5. GFace
    Feb 5, 2018
    0
    a mess don't even know how this s*** won the album of the year
    tragic
    please go backojfisdsdhsdhsudh
  6. battytipex
    Feb 2, 2018
    1
    With apologies to the exception, in the sublime Versace On The Floor, this album is complete trash. Kendrick, sweetie, I'm so sorry.
  7. Panchogul
    Aug 5, 2020
    0
    Genérico de principio a fin, es inaudito que un tipo como este tenga éxito, cero originalidad, cero estilo propio y muy repetitivo, siendo este su peor trabajo.
  8. fredpasseri
    Feb 3, 2018
    0
    An album where his big hits have very chauvinism's lyrics really deserves zero
  9. PRobert
    Nov 19, 2016
    0
    Have fans waited 4 years for only 9 songs? Really? What's worse is that the number of songs is not the most annoying on the album, but rather the forced and failed attempt to appropriate a musical style that defined the 1990s. I really like Bruno Mars, although it's undeniable the fact that he was never a very original singer. On this album, however, he failed humiliatingly by trying toHave fans waited 4 years for only 9 songs? Really? What's worse is that the number of songs is not the most annoying on the album, but rather the forced and failed attempt to appropriate a musical style that defined the 1990s. I really like Bruno Mars, although it's undeniable the fact that he was never a very original singer. On this album, however, he failed humiliatingly by trying to refer singers like MJackson, making a boring, tiresome and irrelevant album.… Expand
  10. longjetty7
    Nov 21, 2016
    3
    I'll admit, the title track is actually pretty musically interesting, and the next few songs are decent as well. But starting with Versace on the Floor (which is so sappy I wanted to vomit), the album just goes completely downhill. Everything about 24K Magic is derivative. It all sounds so "been there done that," and I can't help but think that Bruno Mars is basically just trying to beI'll admit, the title track is actually pretty musically interesting, and the next few songs are decent as well. But starting with Versace on the Floor (which is so sappy I wanted to vomit), the album just goes completely downhill. Everything about 24K Magic is derivative. It all sounds so "been there done that," and I can't help but think that Bruno Mars is basically just trying to be Michael Jackson. Lyrically, he's so one dimensional, even 9 songs feels like too much for this album. Overall, this is a lame and uninteresting release.… Expand
  11. LucasKidoo
    Nov 25, 2016
    2
    I was truly expecting a great album, then I was mistaken. 24k Magic, the lead single, is not the best song you heard on the planet, but it's quite interesting and cool, the old fashioned rhythm of 24k leaves a good impression. The problem here is: this is the only nice song on the album, the rest of it is just too boring.
  12. lordemusic
    Dec 1, 2016
    2
    I'll admit, the title track is actually pretty musically interesting, and the next few songs are decent as well. But starting with Versace on the Floor (which is so sappy I wanted to vomit), the album just goes completely downhill. Everything about 24K Magic is derivative. It all sounds so "been there done that," and I can't help but think that Bruno Mars is basically just trying to beI'll admit, the title track is actually pretty musically interesting, and the next few songs are decent as well. But starting with Versace on the Floor (which is so sappy I wanted to vomit), the album just goes completely downhill. Everything about 24K Magic is derivative. It all sounds so "been there done that," and I can't help but think that Bruno Mars is basically just trying to be Michael Jackson. Lyrically, he's so one dimensional, even 9 songs feels like too much for this album. Overall, this is a lame and uninteresting release.… Expand
  13. Stefffan
    Aug 8, 2017
    3
    Bruno is a good singer and performer, but i'm not a fan of him. This album contains of boring songs and "24k Magic" which is a pale copy of "Uptown Funk".
  14. Daniel1902
    Dec 12, 2020
    0
    malo, realmente mars no se esforzo en este album, parece que solo le interese cobrar cheques mas grandes
  15. HyanHythalo
    May 5, 2018
    3
    Bruno Mars stopped in time, no developments since Unorthodox Jukebox. If we have any difference between one and the other, this 24K Magic was specially produced to play on the radios, only....
  16. Dsros96
    Dec 14, 2020
    1
    Every song is an unispired version of Uptown Funk. I don't understand how the amazingly talented Bruno Mars released this.

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Q Magazine
    Dec 13, 2016
    60
    Ultimately 24k Magic's luxe exterior writes cheques its soul can't cash. [Feb 2017, p.115]
  2. 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.
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  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.
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