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Spell My Name
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

  • Summary: The 10th full-length studio release for the R&B singer features guest appearances from Missy Elliott and H.E.R.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Variety
    Sep 4, 2020
    82
    This is a not an R&B record made on a bedroom laptop: It’s expensive sounding, with a stellar cast of collaborators and dramatic orchestrations. And by the time the country-soul closing track rolls up — fittingly, a Babyface number, with a put-your-hands-in-the-air chorus’ — fans will be ready to start the whole thing over.
  2. The Guardian
    Sep 4, 2020
    80
    Spell My Name shows Braxton hasn’t lost her broad vocal range or her ability to slot into multiple mood playlists. It has everything you want from a full-bodied R&B record: songs to cry to, vibe to, and make babies to.
  3. Pitchfork
    Sep 15, 2020
    70
    Braxton has evoked the spirit of ’90s R&B without ever sounding like she’s simply throwing out nostalgia bait.
  4. AllMusic
    Sep 4, 2020
    60
    The material tends toward routine, but Braxton's elegant distress cuts through everything with conviction.
  5. Clash Music
    Sep 4, 2020
    60
    ‘Spell My Name’ [boasts] moments of rich maturity, the kind of lyrical openness that has always made her work so intriguing. Yet there’s also an unwillingness to embrace contemporary movements in R&B, in the manner of, say, Brandy’s recent LP.
  6. musicOMH.com
    Sep 8, 2020
    60
    The album is brief, almost EP length, and doesn’t end nearly as well as it begins, but Spell My Name still features some great tunes and is proof that Toni Braxton’s smooth alto can grace a trap instrumental just as well as a Darkchild production or a slow jam.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Pristy67
    Mar 27, 2021
    10
    eu realmente amei esse album.
    toni é uma artista tão incrivel e completa !
  2. h4andy
    Sep 4, 2020
    10
    Album perfeito de uma artista lendária, o Grammy em quatro décadas vem sem duvidas.
  4. diego_braxton
    Sep 4, 2020
    10
    Spell My Name, é um álbum maravilhoso, sentimental e com sua linda nuances. Toni não decepciona
  5. joaozin14
    Dec 29, 2020
    7
    Not bad, but its not her best album!!!!
    Sex and cigarretes is better
    But its no bad
  6. LilScience
    Jan 15, 2022
    7
    Toni Braxton com sua voz única, traz um álbum R&B maduro, soletre o nome de Toni e você sabe que suas músicas transmitem força, amor eToni Braxton com sua voz única, traz um álbum R&B maduro, soletre o nome de Toni e você sabe que suas músicas transmitem força, amor e vivências que se assemelham a vida de muitas pessoas, como sempre ela nos emociona com músicas tocantes e nos leva aos arrepios com esse excelente álbum.

    Faixas favoritas: Dance, Fallin', O.V.E.Rr., Happy Without Me e Nothin'.    … Expand
  7. WITCHMYERS
    Sep 9, 2020
    6
    I didn't find one of your best and I still consider it inferior to Sex & Cigarettes.
  8. Alex_Nevermind
    Oct 5, 2020
    0
    Toni Braxton's "Spell My Name" was horrible and boring. Period. Jesus, nearly 30 years of the "A Ni**a Ain't Sh**" narrative is enough to turnToni Braxton's "Spell My Name" was horrible and boring. Period. Jesus, nearly 30 years of the "A Ni**a Ain't Sh**" narrative is enough to turn anyone's stomach... especially mine. Enough is enough. Pass on this GARBAGE! :-(… Expand

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