No One Ever Really Dies
by N.E.R.D
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Dec 15, 2017
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 118 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 97 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 118
  3. Negative: 13 out of 118
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  1. majorr
    Dec 19, 2017
    6
    A very low album for N.E.R.D. standards. This is not their style. Also if you look at the singers accompanying the album, they have missed a great potential. Because there is no iconic song on the list.
  2. Stardestroy
    Dec 19, 2017
    6
    N.E.R.D. is one of my favorite groups. I've been listening to their albums since the 90s. But I did not like this album. It does not fit them. Even Kendrick can't save this album for me, but I wouldn't call it a bad album in anyway.
  3. Diego_19
    Jan 31, 2023
    6
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#67 Most Discussed Album of 2017
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#33 Most Shared Album of 2017

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. The Wire
    Feb 23, 2018
    70
    Not everything is great--in particular “Lifting You” with Ed Sheeran is about as limp as you’d expect--but even the clumsier moments feel relevant and contemporary. [Feb 2018, p.51]
  2. Drowned In Sound
    Jan 10, 2018
    40
    The trio’s meandering avant-rap is somehow more encumbered by its lack of ideas than its lack of editorial savvy.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Jan 4, 2018
    80
    Once a groove machine that favored the warmth of live instruments, N.E.R.D has roughed up its sound to match these themes; No_One Ever Really Dies is full of heaving beats and harsh digital textures that catch the day’s chaotic spirit in the same way that Williams’ and Hugo’s flashy production work as the Neptunes reflected the prosperity of the post-bling era.
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