Angels & Queens
by Gabriels
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Jul 7, 2023
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    Jul 10, 2023
    100
    Inspiration comes in a myriad of ways, and the talent must have the time to put these parts together and let them mature; it’s how we’ve ended up with an album as epic and impressive as this.
  2. The Observer (UK)
    Jul 10, 2023
    100
    Every song is a wonder. It is unlikely Angels & Queens will inspire many imitators of its retro-future soul, its damaged doo-wop. It’s simply too good to be copied.
  3. The Line of Best Fit
    Jul 31, 2023
    90
    With sonics so extraordinarily ornate and a soul-stirring sentiment to match, three men and their producer have successfully taken the listening world to church, and left it there waiting for its next sermon.
  5. AllMusic
    Aug 4, 2023
    80
    Regret, longing, and grief fill the other songs, but Lusk's soaring, whole-hearted articulations of hope and reassurance prevent this transfixing album from being an unqualified downer.
  6. Uncut
    Jul 17, 2023
    80
    A sumptuous feast. [Sep 2023, p.24]
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  7. The Telegraph (UK)
    Jul 10, 2023
    80
    The Gabriels are making thunderous, thoughtful music with commercial snap.
  8. Glide Magazine
    Jul 10, 2023
    80
    While Gabriels wear their influences on their sleeves, they are able to melt them down to form their own forward-thinking take that is as free and courageous as the genre has sounded in a long time.
  9. Mojo
    Jul 10, 2023
    60
    While all but a handful of the songs from the 13 track Angels & Queens have already been drip-fed via a series of singles, EPs and last year's seven-track mini-album, Gabriels' desire to take their time with the making of their long-awaited debut album has certainly paid off. [Jun 2023, p.84]
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
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  1. Lajaleaa
    Aug 15, 2023
    8
    This might need to be remastered in some anniversary edition, but even with a heavy curtain of a production, you can hear the giant monster isThis might need to be remastered in some anniversary edition, but even with a heavy curtain of a production, you can hear the giant monster is behind the fog. Jacob Lusk has an impotent voice, all sweet, soft, clean, powerful, strong and incredible wide. We are seeing, both, a voice and an orchestra born with a strong foot in the ground. With inspirational lyrics, a composition that is not afraid to rise all the way to heaven, and the voice of a saint. Let's just hope they are true music prophets of the future, and they can bring joy and sensibility into a world that has gone mad with vanity. Praise Gabriels.… Full Review »
  2. puna
    Jul 14, 2023
    10
    Their single Love and Hate in a Different Time is one of the best singles of this century.
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