Ruins
by First Aid Kit
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Jan 19, 2018
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 42
  3. Negative: 2 out of 42
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    Feb 5, 2018
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    big trash..................................................................

Awards & Rankings

60
#60 Most Shared Album of 2018

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Magnet
    Apr 17, 2018
    80
    When they open up and truly let go, they achieve states of near euphoria and joyous magnificence. [No. 150, p.56]
  2. No Ripcord
    Feb 14, 2018
    60
    Ruins is an affecting, comforting listen, but not one that will imprint itself too vividly in the memory.
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  3. Record Collector
    Feb 1, 2018
    80
    Wherever you listen, Ruins pairs tough truths and tender melodies with tremendous expressive punch, from the piercing self-investigations of the title-track to Hem Of Her Dress, where heartache and rage merge with raucous honesty. Meanwhile, Nothing Has To Be True hews beauty from transformative circumstance.
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