Love is Dead
by Chvrches
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 112 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 83 out of 112
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 112
  3. Negative: 8 out of 112
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  1. EliHarold
    May 25, 2018
    1
    Really bland predictable lyrics and not one song that really sticks with you. Stick with Beach House, Wye Oak, Courtney Barnett etc if you want something decent. Really disappointed but can't say I'm surprised.
  2. sratomasfer
    May 26, 2018
    3
    As a long time Chvrches fan (seriously, I love this band) I am incredibly disappointed. Cheap hooks and weak lyrics. It's like a watered down Ellie Goulding record. I was so excited for this with all the hype they put on it but it's really just a cringy attempt at being super artsy. As a Cincinnati native and The National fan, I was very excited when Matt Beringer was put on the record.As a long time Chvrches fan (seriously, I love this band) I am incredibly disappointed. Cheap hooks and weak lyrics. It's like a watered down Ellie Goulding record. I was so excited for this with all the hype they put on it but it's really just a cringy attempt at being super artsy. As a Cincinnati native and The National fan, I was very excited when Matt Beringer was put on the record. But gosh he was literally the only good thing that happened on that track. It was also a musical and production disappointment, the chugging claps on Get Out and the cliché radio-style vocal editing on Miracle are two that come to mind. Seriously, this is such a step down for them that winds up being an incredibly safe and predictable record. I'm severely disappointed. Heaven/Hell seems to be the only track that sticks with me as being decent overall.… Expand
  3. MarsVegas
    May 26, 2018
    0
    Predictable and safe. Every little sound fits together too neatly. Sounds like it was made in a lab with the sole intent of selling products and sounding good in big arenas.
  4. diegogemini
    May 27, 2018
    2
    Me gusta Chvrches, pero comparado a sus trabajos anteriores, este álbum es más de lo mismo, fue una total desilusión. Siento que es un álbum muy mainstream por lo que quizás le vaya bien comercialmente pero en calidad no es bueno, el mismo sonido, no existe alguna experimentación o algo nuevo, es una mezcla de sus dos trabajos anteriores, por lo que aburre. Graffiti y Get Out son lasMe gusta Chvrches, pero comparado a sus trabajos anteriores, este álbum es más de lo mismo, fue una total desilusión. Siento que es un álbum muy mainstream por lo que quizás le vaya bien comercialmente pero en calidad no es bueno, el mismo sonido, no existe alguna experimentación o algo nuevo, es una mezcla de sus dos trabajos anteriores, por lo que aburre. Graffiti y Get Out son las únicas canciones que para mí salvan.… Expand
  5. semisemite
    Jun 10, 2018
    3
    This is what happens when a successful band decides it wants to make more money by dumbing down their sound for the masses. Chvrches was one of my favorite groups, but then they sold out and made this disaster. It's not compete crap, but it's pretty bad, especially when comparing it to their amazing previous albums.

    Chvrches is dead.

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73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Jul 25, 2018
    60
    Love is Dead is formally earnest and it succumbs as a product of its (unearnest) production, an art of sincerity lost underneath. Love is Dead, damnably, is sincerity in place of irony, which is to say sincerity outside irony. It has no world to tease of tense.
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  2. Clash Music
    Jun 11, 2018
    80
    Heavily weighty with fiery doom and gloom, Lauren Mayberry masters the art of colourfully abstract lyrics.
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  3. Variety
    May 31, 2018
    88
    Chvrches have made their most fully-realized effort to date (musically, anyway).
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