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Generally favorable reviews- based on 113 Ratings
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Positive: 69 out of 113
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Mixed: 21 out of 113
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Negative: 23 out of 113
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Mar 16, 2023
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Mar 15, 2023While Lizzo continues her success and positive messages on this album, it overall comes up short of being a satisfying follow up to her previous album. The album takes less risks and many tracks end up sounding generic, although they are enjoyable. As a second major label project, it’s not terrible, but it lacks some of the creativity and unapologetic nature of Lizzo in the past few years.
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Jan 12, 2023It's a 12-track compilation only made to somehow go viral on Tik Tok. Awful lyrics but good instrumentation, congrats to its producers.
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Nov 27, 2022Besides the important and positive messages, most of these songs sound outdated. With "Special" we all expected an evolution from Lizzo, a step forward in her career that was not just based on commercial success, but for me it didn´t achieved that goal. Lizzo's still a "singles" artist.
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Aug 26, 2022The songs are fun but it feels like it's the same one over and over again. I think this lowers the quality of a record that, regarding the expectations, could have been a smash project.
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Aug 21, 2022Sinto que ela tentou fazer um álbum Jazz/Rap/Dance, más não conseguiu inovar, seu último álbum Cuz I Love You deixou grandes expectativas para seu próximo álbum, não acho que foram atendidas.
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Jul 15, 2022This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 15, 2022Todas las canciones hablan de lo mismo, cambia de tema por favor. El álbum tiene tres canciones buenas. Hay que decir que los samples que tiene están bien usados, pero nada nuevo comparado con Cuz I Love You. Además, la mayoría de las canciones son iguales, y la escuchar el álbum es ABURRIDO. Se me hace más amena la escucha de Cuz I Love You o Big GRRRL Small World.
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Jul 25, 2022Far from a rehash of Cuz I Love You, Special finds Lizzo revealing new layers to the genuine songwriting and generous spirit that has defined her music since the beginning.
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Jul 25, 2022Musically, Special’s a bit of a retread. Lead single About Damn Time, with its Saturday-night, last-song-before-we-leave-the-house vibe, bounces on a similar podium to 2019’s Juice, and the title track boasts imperious orchestration, just as it did on Cuz I Love You. But it works.
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Jul 21, 2022In its effort to reach the masses, Special has the unfortunate fault of both trying too hard to hit the zeitgeist—like the nonsensical Tesla metaphor on opener “The Sign”—and striving for pure blahtitude. ... In fact, when it comes to happiness, some of the most satisfying songs on Special—the ones that come closest to finding inner peace—are also the most subdued.