R.E.D.
by Ne-Yo
  • Record Label: Mercury
  • Release Date: Nov 6, 2012
User Score
5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 28
  3. Negative: 8 out of 28
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  1. Bringman
    Jan 7, 2016
    5
    Ne-Yo loses his R&B style, but fortunately not his talent. This is a pop album, with some dance and R&B tracks, if the project was do something that can make happy pop-fans and R&B-fans, Ne-Yo failed, this album hasn't what he needs, scilicet chatchy songs.
  2. Musicfan09
    May 12, 2013
    4
    Ne-Yo needs to learn how to make better music. This generic dance crap isn't going to cut it for 2 much longer. Try a ballad or something, they're becoming big. Mixed reactions.

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. HipHopDX
    Nov 19, 2012
    70
    Overall R.E.D. is concise and beautifully simple, making it one of this year's smoothest R&B albums.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    Nov 16, 2012
    50
    As peers like Frank Ocean and Miguel boldly reimagine commercial R&B, this often feels less like vision than parsing market research.
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  3. AllMusic
    Nov 7, 2012
    50
    The highlights are all casual, subtle, finely detailed midtempo numbers and slow jams. What's truly disappointing is the absence of energetic songs descended from soul and funk.
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