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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the Irish pop singer-songwriter Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson as CMAT.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Mar 4, 2022
    100
    It’s a rare skill to be both silly and devastatingly tender, and it’s all here to revel in.
  2. Mar 11, 2022
    90
    There is both a braggadocios confidence and an honest humility across all of If My Wife New I’d be Dead, a masterfully created dichotomy that is at the center of everything that CMAT creates.
  3. Mojo
    Mar 4, 2022
    80
    Five minutes in her personal company would likely be exhausting, but for this album's duration her brain salad music is fantastical. [Apr 2022, p.82]
  4. Mar 4, 2022
    80
    It all works together, amping up the winking, cheeky side of country while also showing CMAT to be an artist enthralled by the genre but not beholden to it.
  5. Mar 4, 2022
    80
    CMAT is a pop tour de force who knows exactly who she wants to be and has all the talent to deliver it.
  6. Mar 28, 2022
    80
    “If My Wife New I’d Be Dead” is a fully formed debut, replete with big choruses, imaginative song ideas, and enough charm to carry the album’s almost one-hour running time.
  7. Mar 8, 2022
    70
    If My Wife New I’d Be Dead is a promising debut from an artist who certainly knows how to craft a tune.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Mar 9, 2022
    10
    This is funny and great. I’d put this upon the likes of Nirvana and other greats. Amazing album, I’d say it’s the 11th best album of 2022
  2. Mar 21, 2022
    9
    Really good album, so catchy and uplifting. The lyrics are smart and well executed.
  3. Mar 13, 2022
    8
    Wonderful.. I really enjoyed listening to it.. most of the songs were -NEW-. and I mean by that.. "in a sweet way".
  4. Jun 21, 2022
    8
    Lana Del Rey but good.
    EDIT 95->89: Didn't like it as much on my 3rd and 4th listens but it's still one of the best alt-country albums I've
    Lana Del Rey but good.
    EDIT 95->89: Didn't like it as much on my 3rd and 4th listens but it's still one of the best alt-country albums I've ever heard.

    EDIT 89->86: Don’t mind me
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  5. May 3, 2022
    8
    For a country tinged pop singer, CMAT sounds unlike anything else knocking around the airwaves at the moment. Across 50 minutes and 12 songs,For a country tinged pop singer, CMAT sounds unlike anything else knocking around the airwaves at the moment. Across 50 minutes and 12 songs, the listener bounces through a feast of melodies and some of the funniest lyrics you'll hear all year. In some ways this record reminds me of some of Father John Misty's best work. The fusion of cleverness and melody, darkness masquerading underneath the pop hood. "Every Bottle (Is My Boyfriend)" is an encapsulation of the album in a track. Well worth checking this out if you like quirky yet high quality pop music. Top marks for uniqueness. Expand

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