Crybaby
by Tegan and Sara
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. mysaturday
    Oct 24, 2022
    4
    This is the first T&S album I just don’t like. I have listened 5 times now, hoping something will click, but I find myself just frustrated. I understand the direction they went in, but the production is a disaster. Really poor quality control that squanders the great vocals and lots of interesting separate elements. Some moments are really nice, but overall this is a very unpleasantThis is the first T&S album I just don’t like. I have listened 5 times now, hoping something will click, but I find myself just frustrated. I understand the direction they went in, but the production is a disaster. Really poor quality control that squanders the great vocals and lots of interesting separate elements. Some moments are really nice, but overall this is a very unpleasant listening experience and seriously lacks quality. I’m bummed about it.… Expand

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Pitchfork
    Nov 4, 2022
    61
    Crybaby displays neither the maturity of a band in a retrospective era, nor the sense of fun of a band trying not to grow up; instead, there’s something loose-ended about it—like it’s a companion piece to all the mythmaking and nostalgizing, rather than the other way around.
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  2. Beats Per Minute
    Nov 2, 2022
    60
    It remains a frustrating record, though, since it does show Tegan and Sara attempting to pull away, ever so slightly, from the sickeningly shiny days of “Closer”, but they get in their own way in their efforts to be edgy or forward-thinking.
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    Oct 25, 2022
    80
    If there’s one criticism you could level at ‘Crybaby’, it’s that its slow-burning nature lacks the immediacy or clear-focused thrills of ‘Heartthrob’ and 2016’s ‘Love You To Death’, or the clever concept behind ‘Still Jealous’. But once ‘Crybaby’ truly clicks into place, it makes for another solid collection from a band ever-resistant to categorisation.
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