• Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Oct 30, 2020
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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 178 Ratings

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  1. Negative: 14 out of 178
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  1. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Just amazing! It made me dance, made me cry, made me feel powerful, is full of incredible rhythms and lyrics, simply love it!!!
  2. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    I feel so emotional listening the new album. I really love the vocals and the powerful lyrics from the album. Just amazing!!
    My top:
    Young
    Kids Again
    Another One
    Diamonds
    For the lover that I lost

    Obviously I love Dancing with a Stranger, how do you sleep?, to die for and fire on fire
  3. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Sútil, amigável, confortante como se espera da maioria das músicas de Sam Smith. Podemos dizer que em tons agridoces, o cantor entrega o que o mundo precisa atualmente.
  4. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Un álbum súper bien pensado, muy bien escrito y muy balanceado, en este disco hay de todo como Dance, Pop y Baladas. Él lo hizo de nuevo y siempre se supera.
  5. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Is a masterpiece, you can cry and dance, you can feel conected with Sam even if you haven't throught the same feelings, this is a good job, specially dance
  6. Oct 30, 2020
    9
    This album will not set the world alight or change the world but it will satisfy his millions of fans.
  7. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Maravilhoso.. amei muito. Sabe muito bem oque faz. Talento inegável. Amooooo muuiitoooooooooo.
  8. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Arte como sus anteriores discos, este es un álbum fresco pero al mismo tiempo maduro. Mucho mejor que Positions definitivamente
  9. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Nada nuevo, lo mismo de siempre, al menos es ligeramente mejor que sus trabajos anteriores.
  10. Nov 3, 2020
    8
    Probably their best album. Emotional ballads that sound like their previous work yes, but also new genres and sounds on their music. Also surprisingly cohesive despite the fact that there are so many different sounds.
  11. Oct 31, 2020
    7
    The album is good overall. I just wish Sam would have take more risk with it. The era was a bit messy with all the singles and I feel like the whole project isn't very cohesive from beginning to end because there are too many styles/genres/sounds in this album, from ballads to dance songs. Maybe I would have prefer a more cohesive project with only the ballads and chill songs from LoveThe album is good overall. I just wish Sam would have take more risk with it. The era was a bit messy with all the singles and I feel like the whole project isn't very cohesive from beginning to end because there are too many styles/genres/sounds in this album, from ballads to dance songs. Maybe I would have prefer a more cohesive project with only the ballads and chill songs from Love Goes (Breaking Hearts, Forgive Myself, For The Love That I Lost, Love Goes, Young...), or another project with only the dance & pop tracks with which Sam were confident and were following an interesting way in their career (Dance (til you love someone else), Diamonds, My Oasis, How Do You Sleep, Dancing With A Stranger, Promises etc...)

    But still a good album anyway, and Sam's beautiful vocals saved it for me ;)
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  12. Oct 31, 2020
    7
    É um álbum bom, mas ele colocou umas músicas que foram singles anteriores que não se encaixaram muito bem no álbum e isso fez com que perdesse um pouco da coesão.
  13. Oct 30, 2020
    9
    Love Goes, brings many exciting ballads and gets even better with Sam Smith's vocals. Songs like Diamonds, Dancing with a stranger, and Love Goes help to raise the level of the album.
  14. Nov 4, 2020
    10
    Love Goes es una biblia, todo lo que hace Sam con sus álbumes es maravilloso, sonidos diferentes, canciones movidas, baladas, una voz espectacular. Sam Smith merece tener mejor calificación, se lució con tremenda biblia que no regaló. Stream now.
  15. Oct 31, 2020
    10
    I appreciate Sam Smith for being "willing to try new things and get out of their comfort zone by trying a complete different genre" Sam Smith is aiming somewhere even higher, a mode of timelessness that few true pop stars...even bother aspiring to. The record is "deeply weird, feverishly emotional, wildly and enthusiastic. They always brings their A-game.
    Thoroughly enjoyed the album.
  16. Oct 12, 2022
    5
    Love Goes fails to deliver what the singles sort-of promised to us. The inclusion of five standalone singles was a marketing move that ends with the album sounding disjointed and clumsy nearing its last seven tracks.
  17. Dec 5, 2020
    6
    DISCO1

    Young - 6/10 Diamonds - 7/10 Another One - 6,5/10 My Oasis (feat. Burna Boy) - 6,3/10 So Serious - 6/10 Dance ('Til You Love Someone Else) - 6,5/10 For The Lover That I Lost - 7,3/10 Breaking Hearts - 6,3/10 Forgive Myself - 7/10 Love Goes (feat. Labrinth) - 6/10 Kids Again - 6/10 DISCO 2 Dancing With A Stranger (with Normani) - 6,8/10 How Do You Sleep? - 7,5/10
    DISCO1

    Young - 6/10
    Diamonds - 7/10
    Another One - 6,5/10
    My Oasis (feat. Burna Boy) - 6,3/10
    So Serious - 6/10
    Dance ('Til You Love Someone Else) - 6,5/10
    For The Lover That I Lost - 7,3/10
    Breaking Hearts - 6,3/10
    Forgive Myself - 7/10
    Love Goes (feat. Labrinth) - 6/10
    Kids Again - 6/10

    DISCO 2

    Dancing With A Stranger (with Normani) - 6,8/10
    How Do You Sleep? - 7,5/10
    To Die For - 6,7/10
    I'm Ready (with Demi Lovato) - 6,3/10
    Fire On Fire - 7/10
    Promises - 6,3/10
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  18. Jan 13, 2022
    7
    Um álbum que traz excelência, era de se esperar tratando de Sam Smith, com ritmo dançante, romântico; ele soube dosar ambos os lados e continuar sendo de extrema qualidade, sem falar na sua voz única.

    Faixas favoritas: Diamonds, Dance (Til' You Love Someone Else), Forgive Myself, Love Goes, Kids Again, entre outras.
  19. Mar 4, 2021
    4
    Definitely not the best Sam Smith have made, if it wasn't for two songs of the standard version and a few of the bonus tracks, this album would be monotonous as hell... their vocals are beautiful but the songs sound SO SIMILAR, what a shame
  20. Oct 30, 2020
    8
    I am pretty much amazed by the sound of Sam's new album. The ballads are good and powerful (specially Love goes) and it does have some bops too.
  21. Nov 2, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. nice. his voice is just sugar.
    not his best work but some songs are really enjoyable.
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  22. Nov 2, 2020
    4
    I love Sam Smith but he didn't leave the comfort zone, it's more of the same.
  23. Oct 30, 2020
    9
    Sam Smith's voice is an endless poem. An album full of good vocals and compositions. Cohesive, inspiring and light. A breath of fresh air in a difficult time like this.
  24. Oct 31, 2020
    10
    Sam Smith.One name.17 tracks.A million emotions.Thank you very much.I will stream it 247.
  25. Mar 22, 2021
    7
    i loved this album from the pop tracks to the ballads, a very good enjoyable album
  26. Nov 6, 2020
    10
    is an incredible album with smart lyrics and a current sound without losing the artist's identity.
  27. Oct 31, 2020
    7
    Com os vocais angelicais de Sam, dificilmente sairia algo sonoramente desagradável. Em "Love Goes", Smith traz sua já conhecida melancolia, misturada a tristes sons dançantes. Mas parece que não foi um ano muito inspirador para as composições de Sam, mas tudo bem, pois estamos em 2020. Destaque para as sad-dance Diamonds e Dance (TYLSE), e as faixas Breaking Hearts e Kids Again.
  28. Nov 1, 2020
    10
    Sam Smith mandou muito bem nesse álbum. Claro que não é o álbum do ano pois o folklore existe, mas Love Goes é um álbum extremamente coeso.
  29. Oct 30, 2020
    8
    Él se está convirtiendo en una de las promesas musicales más importantes de la industria
  30. Nov 1, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's so touchable! One of the best of the year for sure. We all have to appreciate. It's art! Expand
  31. Oct 30, 2020
    9
    All the love and dedication come to this album in a especial way that only someone in love can imagine.
  32. Oct 30, 2020
    9
    A fresh sound for Sam and beautiful lyrics. Enjoyable. Makes you dance and cry. Just very good.
  33. Oct 30, 2020
    6
    The album is not a bad album, it is decent. However, it cannot be compared to their older works such as In The Lonely and The Thrill of It All at all. Their debut album contained many memorable hits and it was the album that put Sam Smith on the map. Their sophomore album is undoubtedly the best work they have ever done. It will properly be the one that they will be remembered for. ForThe album is not a bad album, it is decent. However, it cannot be compared to their older works such as In The Lonely and The Thrill of It All at all. Their debut album contained many memorable hits and it was the album that put Sam Smith on the map. Their sophomore album is undoubtedly the best work they have ever done. It will properly be the one that they will be remembered for. For Love Goes, on the other hand, I cannot see or hear any song on it that will soon become pop classic in the future. The singles off the album are forgettable and sound very dated. Their song "Dancing With a Stranger" is the that really standout, while his collaboration with Demi Lovato titled "I'm Ready" is definitely the worst song came out this year. Expand
  34. Oct 30, 2020
    9
    "Love goes" isn't Sam's best album but it's really good, just good. Thanks Sam.
  35. Nov 1, 2020
    0
    Is not the same sam but was so the same.... so bored with the album..........
  36. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    It's incredible how Sam is consistent in his work. Each track of this album, even the previous singles, shows how he can switch the styles of the songs and still yet make great anthems to cry or dance, or cry while dancing.
  37. Oct 30, 2020
    8
    An CD with a pop ballade and a piano music, very cohesive. But any musics could be best , mainly in the start songs because have almost the same beat.
  38. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Es un buen album, algunas debilidades en su tracklist pero en general es muy disfrutable, buenos sonidos y ritmos, para el concepto del álbum sus liricas no dejan que desear, satisfecho. Sin duda se cag00 en arimalnacida
  39. Oct 30, 2020
    7
    Me gustó el disco, pero siento que no avanza en sonido respecto a trabajos anteriores. Otra cosa que me molesta es la parte dos del disco, creo que está demás, agregar canciones antiguas, no le da más peso al álbum.
  40. Jun 2, 2021
    6
    i was expecting something more, its warm, i just don't understand the purpose
  41. Oct 30, 2020
    9
    Being honest i did not even know he was releasing and album TODAY but it was a blessing listening to this after the trash positions by ariana is. Thanks Sam you did it again.
  42. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    ´Her best album for sure they snapped,they give us a really well done body of work, so far for me the album is skipless!
  43. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Sounds like everything they had already brought us before. To be honest, Sam should stop and think about their next steps in their career, because if we take the last tracks and albums with which they came up in consideration, a significant lack of success and acclaim will come for them.
  44. Nov 1, 2020
    0
    It’s so wrong a singer like Sam Smith putting old songs to get a big stream on his album just to count on charts
  45. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    awful, he should be grateful to demi lovato that gave him the only good song on it, byee
  46. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Simplemente arte, su voz parece bajada del cielo. Todo el album contiene melodías unicas. ❣️
  47. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Ame totalmente el álbum, totas sus letras, melodias y la voz de Sam Smith es... dios es una obra de arte
  48. Oct 30, 2020
    9
    Superb! Sam Smith has always been great at mixing his incredible voice with powerful love ballads and catchy dance-pop tunes. Is this the most innovative thing he's ever put out? Definitely not. Who cares? Not me. It's great.
  49. Oct 30, 2020
    7
    Esse álbum é meu preferido dos Sam até o momento, apresenta boas baladas no piano e também faixas mais dançantes, é um bom álbum.
  50. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    boring af like everything they release. straight white male music made by a non-binary bisexual
  51. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Perfectly perfect. The track Love Goes is one of the best produced songs in this record, simply love how Sam can put his feelings in lyrics songs and decide if he want it to be in a happy mood or sad. LOVE IT.
  52. Feb 2, 2021
    7
    Honestly, if it wasn´t for the singles already released in the past few years, there wasn´t many good things to write about this album. Altough, it´s beautiful to see Smith telling us his stories, with all his vulnerability it´s still a shame that most of this tracks lack more interesting and diferent sounds.
    Top Track: How Do You Sleep
    Worst Track: Young
  53. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sam Smith always with his beautiful inspirational lyrics he has beautiful vocals, he deserves a lot of recognition Expand
  54. Nov 22, 2020
    10
    A truly piece of art, the lyrics, the production, the feelings, and the magnificent voice of Sam Smith. Iconic!!!
  55. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Incrível como tudo que o Sam Smith se propõe a fazer. Depois de dois álbuns sobre perdas, finalmente os dias de glória chegou para o nosso reizinho do pop. Aqui Sam Smith canta sobre libertação, se encontrar e finalmente sobre felicidade.
  56. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    It's just a whole no for me. It sounds like i already listened this before. idk what happended with them
  57. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Amazing! Sam really outdid themselves with this album. It's so authentic. "For The Lover That I Lost" is my favorite track so far.
  58. Nov 3, 2020
    10
    Love Goes make me feel all the emotions in the way, the collabs are incredible, the vibe, they are so amazing.
  59. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This album is SO GOOD, it's perfect and sounds like the heaven, I'm thankful for this masterpiece, let's support the queer artists!!!
  60. Nov 14, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 1. young: the vocals, the lyrics and the production are amazing. 2. diamonds: solid pop single. on of the best of his career. 3. another one: the lyrics are beautiful. the musical production feel far from off. 4. my oasis: the pre chorus is really good as well as the post. the colaboración takes the song to another level. 5. so serious: is really relatable, the synth is a little cringy tho. 6. dance (till you love someone else) the intro scared me. it’s a good song for the disco. the chorus is everything. (vogue vibes) 7. for the lover that i lost: it builds up too much for the week chorus, aprart from that is an incredibly sad song, the one you wanna sing in your car drunk. 8. breaking hearts: relatable and super sad lyrics. 9. forgive myself: beautiful. 10. love goes: the intro was way too long. the chorus gave me chills. Labrinth stole the song. the bridge was a surprise (for good). 11. kids again: it’s a sweet and heartbreaking song. (the song is saturated tho.) Expand
  61. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    What has happened to the beautiful songs he used to make?!?! This album feels shallow and weak
  62. Oct 31, 2020
    9
    Unexpectedly melodic and catchy, with emotion as the common denominator. Love it.
  63. Nov 3, 2020
    10
    Sam Smith is an amazing queen, i'm obsessed with sam. This album made me wanna dace, cry, dance and dance, made me really happy. Sam's voice is definely a mark for me, love it, love it, love it. SAM I LOVE YOU.
  64. Nov 10, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Love Goues de Sam Smith es maravilloso, cada letra, ritmo, es glorioso. El trabajo que hizo Sam es glorioso para saber que tenemos un grandioso album y rival para album del año en cualquier premio. Los ritmos que incluye el album son abrasadores y sobre todo que enamoran y te hacen llorar sin importar que momento de tu vida vivas, pero el sufrimiento de Sam se transmite en cada cancion.

    Sam Smith's Love Goues is wonderful, every lyric, beat, it's glorious. The work that Sam did is glorious to know that we have a great album and rival for album of the year at any award. The rhythms included in the album are scorching and above all they make you fall in love and make you cry no matter what moment of your life you live, but Sam's suffering is transmitted in each song.
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  65. Dec 5, 2020
    7
    ngl i was expecting more upbeat album bc of the singles & era but we get what we get:) i really like the new sam smith sm. i hope they keeps evolve as an artisttt bc wow they definitely have potential!!! Their vocals are good as always. production & lyrics could’ve been better anywayyys overall it’s an good album.
    Fave: Fire One Fire
    Least Fave: Another One
  66. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Gila ini 1 album lagunya bagus² semua bisa bisanya dapat rate rendah banget
  67. Dec 11, 2020
    10
    Las melodías como siempre son canciones que te envuelven inmediatamente con sus letras
  68. Mar 19, 2021
    10
    Sam Smith really great since this album was dropped i couldn’t stop hearing it i literally played “love goes” daily from 30 of October great album great voice everything in this album is great
  69. Oct 16, 2021
    7
    It is impossible to dislike a Sam Smith record, however he sounded uninspired this time. I am not a fan of this cover art, or the album name. It sounds confused overall. I know that the album had a different theme and name at first, but he changed it, and it shows. Sam is very talented and I am expecting better projects from him.
  70. Nov 11, 2021
    10
    This is the song we heard on our first date. we love the song and lyrics. we will never forget
  71. Feb 1, 2023
    9
    this album has something its predecessor lacked. Vocally at a high level all the time.
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Nov 5, 2020
    60
    The faintly cosmopolitan dance-pop grooves and finely measured ballads offer few unexpected turns. They're set apart more by a lack of gospel and soul, consequently rendering Love Goes plain by Smith's standard -- unfortunate for an artist whose instrument is anything but that.
  2. Nov 5, 2020
    61
    Love Goes, Smith’s third album, unfortunately fails to deliver on the promise of “How Do You Sleep?” The album is clumsily split in two, with no regard to sequencing; it begins with a collection of bubbling, at times electric songs spanning melodic funk, pulsing deep-house, and mid-tempo pop, before abruptly veering to five messy ballads that would be better delivered via Hallmark card.
  3. 60
    It’s nice to hear them taking a few small risks. Next, it’d be great to see Smith get really wild.