Learning - Perfume Genius
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82 out of 100

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9.5 out of 10

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
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  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    Feb 17, 2012
    90
    Within all the emotional turmoil, there's a lot for the listener to love.
  2. All Music Guide
    Feb 17, 2012
    80
    His songs are delicate but strong, faint yet persistent, and have a deep, almost inexplicable emotional pull.
  3. Delusions of Adequacy
    Feb 17, 2012
    80
    Hadreas is one of the strongest songwriters we've seen develop this year, and Learning puts that on display beautifully.
  4. Under The Radar
    Feb 17, 2012
    50
    While it's clear that Learning has a lot to say, it sorely lacks variety of structure, arrangement, and melody, leaving the record with a bit of a stale aftertaste and merely the promise of something greater in Perfume Genius' future.

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  1. jyo_tirmaya
    9
    This album is written & sung so well -- so poignant. It's nice to know that someone this young - this is his first album and already he is on a level with, let's say, Bon Iver - and who is so talented is writing about gay current gay sensitive subjects such as gay-teen suicide and gays holding hands in public.… Expand

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