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

Universal acclaim- based on 178 Ratings

User score distribution:
  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
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.