• Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Jun 18, 2021
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 36
  2. Negative: 3 out of 36
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  1. Jun 18, 2021
    5
    H.E.R has a beautiful voice and the production of the album is very decent, but 21 songs for this album is too much, after a few tracks it gets boring. It has some consistent tracks tho.
  2. Nov 20, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great album, but its length was too long. It expresses hesitance by recurring motifs of regret and vivid darkness and dreams that harkens much of the album. Expand
  3. Jun 20, 2021
    6
    algumas são mto boas, mas tem uns skip também kkkk eu esperava um pouco mais de R&B
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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Jul 27, 2021
    72
    H.E.R. doesn’t push the genre or her artistry forward with this debut, but she more than proves herself a worthy torchbearer for the art of R&B balladry.
  2. Jul 9, 2021
    60
    While Ty Dolla $ign's street gospel support on the title song is a fine match, H.E.R. more often is too accommodating, most so on the Lil Baby meeting "Find a Way," where she drops de rigueur references to her bag, haters, and one of rap's most popular luxury cars. On a more discreet level, however, "Bloody Waters" -- a heady Kaytranada production tricked out with a delectable Thundercat bassline -- is a brilliant sequel of sorts to her Academy Award-winning "Fight for You."
  3. Jun 23, 2021
    68
    Ballads were a staple of H.E.R.’s initial five EPs, and she again uses them frequently on Back of My Mind, for better or worse. Nearly all of them are simple and pretty. ... The choices she makes—from the glossy R&B production to favoring vocal riffing over a good hook—feel altogether safe, like she’s protecting a legacy she was born into.