Hopeless Romantic
by Michelle Branch
  • Record Label: Verve
  • Release Date: Apr 7, 2017
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
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  1. LordMark
    Apr 14, 2017
    5
    I suspect that the unreleased West Coast Time would have been the better album. None of these songs are as catchy as 2011's "Loud Music". The songwriting is very weak, and Patrick Carney's production is obvious. This sounds like a bad Black Keys album with Michelle on vocals.

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Q Magazine
    Apr 12, 2017
    60
    Lyrics veer from the pessimism of relationship failure to the optimism of new love, underpinned by the worldliness of a woman moving forwards after so many steps backwards. [Jun 2017, p.105]
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Apr 7, 2017
    75
    Branch’s commitment sells the project as a whole. And for all that’s different, Branch’s longtime lyrical preoccupation, the intense dissection of love lost and found, remains intact.
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  3. AllMusic
    Apr 6, 2017
    80
    Hopeless Romantic has an appealingly cool veneer in addition to a sturdy structure of songs. It comes on so smoothly, it's easy to overlook how the songs quickly sink into the subconscious.
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