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- Summary: The second full-length studio release for Rina Sawayama features production from Marcus Andersson, Clarence Clarity, Paul Epworth, and Stuart Price.
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- Record Label: Dirty Hit
- Genre(s): Pop, Pop/Rock, Left-Field Pop
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Positive: 19 out of 20
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Mixed: 1 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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Sep 16, 2022It’s imbued with a spirit and attitude that only the very best pop records have. Much like Dua Lipa’s incendiary second album Future Nostalgia it’s the sound of not just a step up but a whole leap to a new exalted level of pop excellence.
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Sep 14, 2022It’s an honest and visceral look into more painful moments that come with processing past pain.
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Sep 15, 2022Besting the already star-making Sawayama, the triumphant Hold The Girl is the sound of an artist taking their rightful place on the pop throne. Sawayama was born for this.
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Sep 13, 2022The album loses some of its momentum through the last few songs, foregoing the weighty power of Minor Feelings for something more airy and nebulous. In many ways, this album feels like a love letter to Sawayama's younger self. It feels like a promise that joy is coming.
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Sep 29, 2022With bops and tearjerkers aplenty, Rina’s sincerity in how she confronts her past demons cannot help but warm even the iciest heart.
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Sep 20, 2022It’s a respectable record with easily enough depth and conviction to hint at something thoroughly vital, but it folds so much of itself along lines too deeply creased into forms too clean-edged to bear the kind of authorial stamp its many raw qualities beg for.
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Sep 16, 2022Sawayama’s vocal performances are mechanically flawless, a testament to her talent, though they fail to evoke the sublime responses that Sawayama can evoke. Overall, the sequence suffers from a lack of risk and is self-consciously conservative in terms of its execution—a bewildering anticlimax.
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Positive: 69 out of 78
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Mixed: 5 out of 78
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Negative: 4 out of 78
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Sep 18, 2022Current and catchy - one of the best releases this year. Frankenstein and imaginary are a standout
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Sep 16, 2022Best pop release of 2022 so far. Incredible melodies, vocals and production. Stunning body of work.
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Oct 1, 2022
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Sep 16, 2022
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Sep 17, 2022i was shocked when SAWAYAMA came out but she surpassed herself with Hold The Girl. 0 skips, the production is amazing. a body of art
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Sep 16, 2022I love this album! My favourite songs are Minor Feelings, Catch Me in The Air, Hold the Girl and Imagining
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Sep 16, 2022
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