Listen
by David Guetta
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Nov 24, 2014
User Score
5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 108 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 108
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 108
  3. Negative: 34 out of 108
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  1. NathanCabello
    Dec 16, 2014
    4
    Saudades David Guetta do álbum Nothing But The Beat, esse álbum está horrível, poucas se salvam
    Pontos altos: S.T.O.P. e Bad
    Pontos baixos: Rise e Goodbye Friend
  2. Vickimage
    Jan 19, 2015
    5
    There is an inherent problem with David Guetta's Listen - the lyrics are all sad and downbeat (coming off the break up of his marriage) and yet he insists on employing his usual uplifting EDM music to the tunes. So many of these songs would have benefited from being kept stripped back and simple. Instead Guetta tries to add his signature pounding dance beats to them. The result is a misfire.
  3. Burning_Lettuce
    Feb 22, 2015
    6
    Honestly, this album feels more like a top-40 showcase than an actual house album. You could play these songs one after another with Calvin Harris' Motion album, and it'll be hard pressed to tell the difference between the two.

    Thats not to say its a bad thing, but I can see how it would be a turn off to some. Some songs hit, a few more miss, making this album just slightly above average.
  4. Mesmerize
    Nov 5, 2016
    6
    5 / 10
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  5. BlogCritic123
    Jul 6, 2016
    5
    It's an okay dance album, Motion was definitely better.
    Not as bad as Forget The World by Afrojack
    Some songs are great others are just ehh.
    Could've done better.

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51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Rolling Stone
    Jan 5, 2015
    50
    The songwriting remains basic, as always, and vocalist Sam Martin blandly belts "Lovers on the Sun" and the club hit "Dangerous." But the album sounds consistently great.
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  2. Q Magazine
    Dec 8, 2014
    60
    Each song still has the inevitable moment of electronic ascent but, as with Coldplay's Recent break-up record, you can';t help but wonder how these songs might've sounded left raw and unslickened. [Jan 2015, p.133]
  3. AllMusic
    Dec 8, 2014
    60
    He seems like a featured artist on his own album, which would be standard issue for other producers turned artist, but not Guetta.
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