Girl Who Got Away
by Dido
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Mar 26, 2013
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Mojo
    Apr 10, 2013
    60
    Surprises include End Of Night, nicely brutish electro-pop where Dido's automaton vocal really works; funked-up raga/calypso Love To Blame; and Sitting On The Roof Of The World.... Otherwise, Musak coming soon to a changing room near you. [May 2013, p.88]
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  2. The New York Times
    Mar 25, 2013
    60
    The electronics are there, however, and they lift the album’s better songs out of the sad-sack zone.
  3. PopMatters
    Mar 21, 2013
    40
    There are some new moves here, but they tend to feel half-baked, under-exploited or, in the case of Kendrick Lamar’s appearance on “Let Us Move On”, just a bit hackneyed.
  5. Q Magazine
    Mar 12, 2013
    40
    Day Before We Went To War, co-written by Brian Eno, inflects mundane details with enigmatic dread in a similar fashion to the frostbitten adult pop if ABBA's final years. If only you could hear this colder, bolder Dido in every song. [Apr 2013, p.101]
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  6. The Observer (UK)
    Mar 4, 2013
    60
    There are some more adventurous diversions, including a guest spot from Kendrick Lamar.
  7. Uncut
    Mar 1, 2013
    50
    It would be nice to see Dido with more adventurous producers. [Apr 2013, p.69]
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  8. The Guardian
    Mar 1, 2013
    60
    While her new dance direction leads to a fairly tame trip-hop/chill-out zone, it's a great improvement on her usual blandness.
  9. The Independent (UK)
    Mar 1, 2013
    40
    It ticks along unremarkably on smudges of synthesiser and shuffling drum programmes, augmented by acoustic guitar or synthetic brass stabs.

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 34
  3. Negative: 1 out of 34
  1. AnalyDewa
    Jul 8, 2013
    10
    Maybe people are giving low notes to this album because they can't accept that Dido has the right to venture into different music styles andMaybe people are giving low notes to this album because they can't accept that Dido has the right to venture into different music styles and make her perfect and unique songs. She's doin' it since "Stoned" and "Sand In My Shoes", just pedants are trying to criticize her for make what she wants to do. Girl Who Got Away is one of the most beautiful albuns in this year and nothing can change it.… Full Review »
  2. Etaipalombo
    Mar 30, 2013
    6
    I don't know a lot of artists who sounds the same either at the studio and the stage, but I'm sure that Dido is one of them. The new album isI don't know a lot of artists who sounds the same either at the studio and the stage, but I'm sure that Dido is one of them. The new album is ears-pleasing as usual, but suffers from heterogeneity of songs. Some of them sounds great, others you'd rather to fast forward. Dido keeps singing with the same passion as in her earlier releases, she's dedicating herself to every word she sings, but sometimes it seems that the lyrics downgrading her vocal skills. Still, this album is well produced and nice to have in your own discography for late starless nights (5 Songs Per Artist Blog)… Full Review »
  3. Danipink89
    May 25, 2013
    8
    Awesome album, she's one of my favorite singers although, i think she has to get out of her comfort zone, she has a lovely voice the onlyAwesome album, she's one of my favorite singers although, i think she has to get out of her comfort zone, she has a lovely voice the only thing missing is more musical innovation and experimentation.… Full Review »
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