Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. Mojo
    Apr 23, 2014
    80
    Waterhouse's 2012 debut, Time's All Gone, combined strong songwriting with an impressive, hard-voiced approach, and this follow-up does the same again. [May 2014, p.94]
  2. Q Magazine
    Apr 23, 2014
    80
    Holly balances a nostalgic timelessness and modern, urgent emotions. [May 2014, p.120]
  3. Mar 4, 2014
    74
    Lyrics form twisted stories as each song becomes more mysterious and sultry than the next, making Holly a fitting soundtrack for creeping the streets at night.
  4. Mar 4, 2014
    75
    The singer has crafted an album that unfolds like a film: it’s brisk, self-contained and a little mysterious, and catchy enough to revisit again and again.
  5. 70
    His work--from the single “Some Place,” in 2010, to his new album, Holly, his second--has been slightly insufferable and very good.
  6. Mar 3, 2014
    80
    Ten tight songs and out, and the album feels like a mystery itself, but artists who nail that stoic sense of wonder, like Isaak and Orbison, don't come around often. Waterhouse is certainly of their ilk.
  7. Mar 3, 2014
    80
    A short, sweet ride, and one worth taking again and again.

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