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Aug 25, 2014As a result, My Everything is a less cohesive project than Yours Truly, although its best moments eclipse the highs of Grande's 2013 debut.
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Aug 29, 2014Yours Truly kept you singing until the moon shined and My Everything will make you want to dance until the sun comes up.
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Aug 29, 2014Turns out, so-called mini-Mariah can hold her own in 2014; and while the best songs here may not be timeless, they certainly feel right for right now.
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Aug 29, 2014What leaves an impression is Grande herself, deeply cheerful yet with guns blazing, an innocent newcomer no more.
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Aug 25, 2014Despite its shortcomings, My Everything succeeds in its primary objective. This is a pop record, clear and simple.
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Aug 26, 2014It's a confident, intelligent, brazen pop statement, mixing bubblegum diva vocals with EDM break beats.
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Aug 25, 2014Perhaps Grande doesn't embody the songs the way an old-fashioned diva would, but she functions as a likeable pop ringleader, stepping aside when the track calls for it and then unleashing a full-throated wail when it's her time to shine.
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Aug 25, 2014For her second album, My Everything, Grande has picked a set of songs so lyrically bland, sonically inoffensive, and artistically empty that they produce a zero-impact experience--musical vanilla fro-yo poured directly into your ears. It's by no means painful; there are even moments of fun.
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Sep 23, 2014The metallic fingerprint of Auto-Tune is all over My Everything, even the vocal trills that start off the album.
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Sep 8, 2014My Everything isn’t quite everything, but it’s enough.
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Aug 22, 2014The innocence in Grande’s voice helps her bring off the cliches in the more earnest material, like the soapy ballad “Why Try” or “Just A Little Bit of Your Heart,” co-written by One Direction’s Harry Styles. She proves less sure on more flip songs.
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Aug 22, 2014Despite a cast list that includes Childish Gambino and The Weeknd (and, if you're that way inclined, Harry Styles), there's often a facelessness that defeats even Grande's lush vocal performances.
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Aug 26, 2014My Everything is so well-constructed and designed to succeed, it rarely loosens up enough to let any depth of character (or real surprises) surface.
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Sep 2, 2014Tying everything back to the idea of the album as a showcase for Grande’s newfound maturity, My Everything ends up ringing hollow.
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Aug 26, 2014It’s all well and good to deal with tough topics through music, but My Everything puts on a breezy pop face that severely hinders the potential poignancy of Grande’s words, morphing them into a more disquieting figure.
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Aug 25, 2014Nothing else, however, on Grande's sophomore effort, My Everything, fulfills the promise of those two singles ["Problem" and "Bang Bang"].
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Sep 10, 2014My Everything is so concerned with making a palatable pop singer, it has watered down its subject to the point of tastelessness. It is pop music Bud Light.
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Aug 25, 2014My Everything truly sound[s] like a grab-bag of ideas, lacking any sort of conceptual unity or overall theme.
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Aug 25, 2014Song after song goes by far too slickly, showcasing Grande's good girl technical ability and her songwriters' hit-making formulae at the expense of lasting memories.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 1,198 out of 1494
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Mixed: 99 out of 1494
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Negative: 197 out of 1494
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