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74

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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 286 Ratings

  • Summary: The fourth full-length studio release for the British artist features guest appearances from blackbear, Diplo, Juice WRLD, Lauv, serpentwithfeet, and Swae Lee.
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Worry About Me
You can worry 'bout this You can worry 'bout that You can worry 'bout she You can worry 'bout this You can worry 'bout that You can worry 'bout... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Jul 17, 2020
    82
    “Brightest Blue” is the Ellie Goulding album that, from start to double-album finish, shows she’s as soulful, tight and mighty a brand as any.
  2. Jul 16, 2020
    80
    Brightest Blue is an album of sleekly produced, emotional gushing electropop elevated by Goulding’s vocals.
  3. Jul 23, 2020
    80
    Brightest Blue's main disc is Goulding's deepest emotional journey yet, a triumph of empowerment and self-discovery.
  4. 75
    In short, it feels like Ellie Goulding at her most honest, and her most heartfelt.
  5. Jul 16, 2020
    70
    While EG.0 holds Goulding's mainstream radio hits, it's Brightest Blue that has evolved Ellie Goulding as a songwriter. She's created two distinct spaces on this record, which allows her to continue her musical evolution while simultaneously maintaining her pop throne as pop royalty.
  6. Jul 22, 2020
    64
    While Blue is thoughtful and beautiful, it’s a drag to sit through. The interludes have more personality than the full-length songs.
  7. Jul 21, 2020
    30
    For the most part, she doesn’t have the chops or soul of contemporaries like Florence Welch, who sings of similar subject matter with a real torch, and who shares a collaborator in Joseph Kearns, who produced almost every song on Brightest Blue. At Kearns’s behest, the album takes a relatively new tack for Goulding, trading the garish for the palatable, but it’s no less grating as a result.

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  1. Negative: 3 out of 111
  1. Jul 17, 2020
    10
    An absolute immaculate masterpiece through and through. I personally loved 2015's Delirium and Brightest Blue did not disappoint. It was 5An absolute immaculate masterpiece through and through. I personally loved 2015's Delirium and Brightest Blue did not disappoint. It was 5 years in the making but you can hear the vocal progression and also improved lyricism. Best tracks are Power, Love I'm Given and Brightest Blue. Expand
  2. Jul 17, 2020
    10
    Ellie after a long time is back to her roots with this beautiful mix of her first 3 albums.
  3. Jul 19, 2020
    10
    This is a classical pop masterpiece! Loved every sound of the album its number one in my book and should receive its Grammy immediately!
  4. Jul 17, 2020
    10
    An absolute banger One of the best albums of the year A true masterpiece that everyone should listen to it
  5. Jul 17, 2020
    10
    Ha sido su mejor álbum ! Brightest Blue es increíble y ha sido muy ingeniosa la forma en que te hace llevar de esos ecos de voz tan increíblesHa sido su mejor álbum ! Brightest Blue es increíble y ha sido muy ingeniosa la forma en que te hace llevar de esos ecos de voz tan increíbles en el primer disco, y en el segundo otra parte diferente pero muy acertada. Con este álbum ella merece muchas nominación y premios en los Grammys! Expand
  6. Nov 25, 2022
    9
    It's Ellie's best work so far, powerfully and sadly she writes in a pretentious and satirical way of her career.
  7. Aug 24, 2022
    0
    She really did try but unfortunately due to her limited range even her extremes are extremely mediocre

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