Emerging Adulthood
by Dan Croll
  • Record Label: Caroline
  • Release Date: Jul 21, 2017
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57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. Clash Music
    Aug 1, 2017
    70
    Though Emerging Adulthood does push Croll far out of his personal comfort zone to a certain extent, it does feel like he could go further with the complexity. Nevertheless his musicianship is undeniable, as each and every instrument on the record is played by himself.
  2. Q Magazine
    Aug 1, 2017
    60
    This seems just to mean lots of beeps and bloops and using a theremin, rather than any structural inventiveness or lyrical avant-gardisms. Still, he's conjured a neat package of 10 perfectly listenable songs. [Sep 2017, p.106]
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  3. The Skinny
    Aug 1, 2017
    60
    Occasionally he lands on a flourish that expresses something specific, like the jarring MIDI-ish guitar tone on 24 which, in its anxious jaggedness, is an apt counterpart to the lyrics 'Please don’t let it be a heart attack'. More often though, he’s happy to settle for novelty alone. And while that’s no crime, it’s unlikely to set your world on fire either.
  5. The Independent (UK)
    Aug 1, 2017
    40
    Dan Croll’s follow-up to Sweet Disarray suffers from a kind of creeping anonymity: immediately after hearing it, it’s virtually impossible to recollect the salient features of any track.

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. OrionMan
    Apr 22, 2023
    8
    A fantastically overproduced album that contains some of Dan's best work to date. Overlooking the weaker singles like One Of Us and Swim, itA fantastically overproduced album that contains some of Dan's best work to date. Overlooking the weaker singles like One Of Us and Swim, it holds gems such as January, Do You Have To, Sometimes When I'm Lonely and 24 that raise the album above and beyond what the singles projected it to be. A fantastic album that fits perfectly in Dan's discography, and a fantastic sophomore album that expands on Sweet Disarray's supremely.… Full Review »
  2. Leo62
    Aug 23, 2022
    0
    One of the worst albums I've ever heard, I agree with all the criticisms made of it
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