Manic
by Halsey
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Jan 17, 2020
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 1008 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 844 out of 1008
  2. Mixed: 56 out of 1008
  3. Negative: 108 out of 1008
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  1. LeandroR
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ashley is so perfect than Halsey. A new era is coming and i'm so excited. … Expand
  2. TiagoVieira
    Jan 19, 2020
    10
    Rare by Selena Gomez and Manic by Halsey already the best music released in 2020
  3. AndressaNCF
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Álbum incrível e maravilhoso. Simplicidade uma obra prima e merece todo reconhecimento e prêmios possíveis.
  4. Absolem
    Jan 18, 2020
    10
    A beautiful body of work, halsey(Ashley) give us the most real album She has ever done
  5. umvenusiano
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    This album shows a very personal side of Halsey being, by far, his best work as a songwriter and singer. It´s cohesive, deep, personal and flirts in a beautiful way with the chaotic from its exciting and very well constructed lyrics. Definitely, the best album of 2020 so far.
  6. ceskaaa
    Jan 19, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Here’s Halsey best album yet. She is vulnerable, brings a fresh new mass pop and shows us the odd side of fame… Expand
  7. josrob
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Este es el álbum que esperaba de la grandiosa Halsey, un trabajo hecho con puro sentimiento y cuidado, letras que dejan con la boca abierta y destruyen para luego volver a armar. Siempre me ha sorprendido su trabajo y este álbum no es la excepción sin duda alguna.
  8. yurinr
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    obra prima, melhor album da halsey e o melhor de 2020 até o momento. pessoal e coeso, ela fez oq nunca fez nos seus dois primeiros albuns: trazer sua essencia
  9. gabovalle01
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Dinamic, there’s one song that remember me to Avril Lavigne style, but mixed with Lady Gaga “you & I”.
  10. lucasrmorais
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. álbum perfeito, melhor do ano. minha favorita é you should be sad. HALSEY VOCÊ É LENDÁRIA!!!!!!!… Expand
  11. Evin1997
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    THIS IS IT. I LOVE EVERY SINGLE SONG. IT GROWS ON YOU ESPECIALLY IF YOU LISTEN TO IT LOUD IN THE CAR. DEFINITELY WORTH IT AND I EVEN WANT MORE OF HER RIGHT NOW. Unbelievable ...
  12. mentlired
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is very honest, mature lyrically and extremely cohesive but versatile at the same time. Halsey has successfully proved that she’s a huge artist.… Expand
  13. pacifierhaylor
    Jan 20, 2020
    10
    such a beautiful album with so many relatable lyrics and feelings! love halsey
  14. viniciussawate
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Manic is a very lyrically cohesive album, with a diverse and heterogeneous aesthetic sound, and earns points for Halsey's maturity in relation to her own aesthetics and, albeit full of small slips and some choices that don't fit within the album's organicity like the interludes, most of the songs advance toward a beautiful, self-sufficient sensory dream that captivates us from the first note.
  15. acecyan
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Cohesive, amazing lyrics. Sonically the album outstanding, there isn't a single bad song. All of the songs are so good. I could tell that this was going to be her best album and one of the best albums of the year just by the songs she released.
  16. Biieel
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    It's beautifully heartbreaking and uplifting and hilarious and hopeful... Just a magnificent woman in the world
  17. RuidrArt
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    El album Es un roller coaster de emociones, las canciones tienen bests diferentes y las letras son tan profuendas y bien hechas, es toda un masterpiece, al nivel de Badlands
  18. mrocham
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    She deserves to be a grammy nominated with this album, i loved ALL TRACKS!!!! Congrats Halsey!
  19. YannisMaraj
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    It's gonna be the best album on this decade and I just hope that she can get her first Grammy with it.
  20. copking
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    This is undoubtedly her best album yet. It is stripped down and simple in its instrumentation yet beautifully complex and honest in its lyricism.
  21. Dragon_Ball
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Halsey gave us the most emotional and honest album. Seriously, this is her best album of her career!! So deep lyrics, it is clear that she grew up as an artist. The most favorite track is “Ashley”. It is very cool that she uses various quotes from films. As for "More," I literally burst into tears for this song.
    On this album it feels like all the songs were written by Ashley.
    During the    Halsey gave us the most emotional and honest album. Seriously, this is her best album of her career!! So deep lyrics, it is clear that she grew up as an artist. The most favorite track is “Ashley”. It is very cool that she uses various quotes from films. As for "More," I literally burst into tears for this song.
    On this album it feels like all the songs were written by Ashley.
    During the listening experience, it seems that you are sitting next to Ashley on the couch, and she tells you the story of her life, and you cry and laugh, literally experiencing the whole spectrum of emotions.
    I just want to say thank you to Halsey for everything that she does, she is a wonderful person and an ingenious songwriter!    … Expand
  22. asdeerty
    Dec 26, 2020
    10
    Uno de los trabajos más emocionantes de Halsey, en donde tiene canciones de amor hacia otra persona, como hacia ella, pero también de odio. En sí suena muy "ruidoso" en cuanto al mundo del álbum, no en sus sonidos. Es bastante experimental como lo es ella y también expresivo.
  23. emanucaslb
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Álbum bastante bom! Melhor trabalho produzido por Halsey depois de Badlands.
  24. fegaco
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    halsey sem dúvidas entregou seu melhor projeto, e mostrou mais seu lado vulnerável sem a sua figuras de linguagens dos dois primeiros álbuns (que eu amo), mas agora ela veio mais transparente, como ela mesmo gosta de chamar "o primeiro álbum da ashley", ela deixou um um pouco a persona halsey, para ser a pessoa por trás, com letras cruas é uma sonoridade fresa e coesa, mesmo tendo tantoshalsey sem dúvidas entregou seu melhor projeto, e mostrou mais seu lado vulnerável sem a sua figuras de linguagens dos dois primeiros álbuns (que eu amo), mas agora ela veio mais transparente, como ela mesmo gosta de chamar "o primeiro álbum da ashley", ela deixou um um pouco a persona halsey, para ser a pessoa por trás, com letras cruas é uma sonoridade fresa e coesa, mesmo tendo tantos gêneros diferentes num mesmo álbum. embora eu achasse que canções como nightmare precisavam estar no meio, considero o álbum impecável. nota 10 sim e já começam sendo meu álbum favorito de 2020.… Expand
  25. supercutx
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    best album ever!!!!!!! i love the way she made a perfect chaotic emotion throughout the album
  26. Guilhermefe
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esse álbum é simplismente perfeito!!! Todas as músicas são incríveis e lindas!!!!!… Expand
  27. Leandrox
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Album com sonoridade perfeita, letras lindas compostas pela própria Halsey, parabéns rainha de wakanda!
  28. Miguels
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    Un álbum variado que sí duda DEBES prestarle atención. Complejo, lo cuál lo hace muy artístico. Sus sonidos, melodías y letras son perfectamente cuidadas. No es un álbum para cualquiera es muy experimental y expresivo. Muy hermoso. ¿Vale la pena? Desde luego, pero tienes que ponerle atención para entenderlo.
  29. Zapataandres14
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    I just, a beautiful album, I can't believe that Halsey made that my expectations were more higher but I loved it
  30. moonsdf
    Jan 17, 2020
    10
    Um dos meus favoritos sem dúvidas, um álbum coeso, onde ela explora varios estilos musicais, perfeição é a palavra que define.
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Q Magazine
    Feb 11, 2020
    80
    Freighted by unflinching lyrics, Manic is a magnificent - and magnificently raw - pop confessional. [Apr 2020, p.110]
  2. No Ripcord
    Feb 4, 2020
    40
    The real problem is that the best ideas are outvoted by frustrating ones, leaving us with little touches like the short, yelping-like sound in the second verse of More or the distorted vocals that end killing boys. There are some good moments here, but even the best of them can’t help Halsey get out of her own way.
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  3. Paste Magazine
    Jan 29, 2020
    68
    Manic is a rich and often confounding listen, an expansive album filled to the brim with the imagined worlds Halsey’s built for herself in the real one. It’s also sincerely, indefatigably Halsey: She puts her loves and ambitions on wholly earnest display, even if it doesn’t always make for the most consistent listen.
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