Don't Look Down
by Skylar Grey
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Slant Magazine
    Jul 25, 2013
    60
    At heart, Don't Look Down is a vaguely hip-hop-inflected homage to '90s pop, not so much uninteresting as underwhelming and repetitive in its orchestration.
  2. Rolling Stone
    Jul 29, 2013
    50
    Even a goofy Eminem cameo (the "Allen Iverson of safe sex") can't save "C'mon Let Me Ride" from sounding like an over-the-top hookup plea, and "Final Warning," a domestic-violence drama, feels vaguely like tabloid fodder.
  3. AllMusic
    Jul 25, 2013
    50
    Try as she may to distract with her strut and style as Skylar Grey, what resonates is the same kind of melodic turn of phrase that was apparent back when she was calling herself Holly Brook.
  5. NOW Magazine
    Jul 25, 2013
    40
    Given Grey’s connection to music’s biggest headline-makers, it’s ironic that her own output isn’t all that memorable.

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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 100 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 84 out of 100
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 100
  3. Negative: 14 out of 100
  1. buzzsut
    Feb 22, 2014
    10
    don't look down is the one of the best albuns of 2013. songs like "back from the deadf" "final warning" and "wear me out" show who is thisdon't look down is the one of the best albuns of 2013. songs like "back from the deadf" "final warning" and "wear me out" show who is this girl, "religion" "pulse" "tower" "white suburbian feels like is perfect but the song "cmon let me ride" is horrible and makes the album unperfect… Full Review »
  2. Hypocritics
    Jul 15, 2015
    10
    I can't believe this album has such mediocre reviews. The songwriting is some of the best I've ever heard. Poetic, personal, emotional, andI can't believe this album has such mediocre reviews. The songwriting is some of the best I've ever heard. Poetic, personal, emotional, and occasionally funny or shocking as well, such as in C'mon Let Me Ride or Final Warning. The instrumentation is lush, the features (minus Big Sean) are all solid to fantastic.

    Wear Me Out is probably the best song in the genre of 2013. Great album.    … Full Review »
  3. TheEmpire
    Jan 25, 2015
    10
    Grey exposes her soul in one 12-tracked work that took 2 years to come out. Reinventing her music track after track, she talks about someoneGrey exposes her soul in one 12-tracked work that took 2 years to come out. Reinventing her music track after track, she talks about someone coming back from dead, someone who is tired of being a victim of abuse inside her own home (by some kind of partner), and between all the things, even a song about unplanned pregnancy, (genuinely, maybe?) called **** Man!". You better listen to it.… Full Review »
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