Star-Crossed
by Kacey Musgraves
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 161 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 126 out of 161
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 161
  3. Negative: 23 out of 161
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  1. bsimp3340
    Sep 16, 2021
    6
    Some of the lyrics on this one are...stupid. It is too bad because that last album was great. This one has nice moments here and there but overall not great. 6/10
  2. feck99
    Sep 23, 2021
    5
    SUCH a disappointment. This is not a bad album, it's just boring, and bland pop. I'm a huge fan of her work, but I don't "love" a single song on this record, and after repeated listens, frankly, it will sit on my shelf to (probably) never be listened to again.
  3. jackhaj
    Jul 17, 2022
    6
    6/10 - star-crossed started off strong, but I will say that near the end, I was waiting for it to end. Most of the songs that I liked were in the first half of the album, so the end had me yawning as it dragged along. The album didn’t feature a lot of country either (which is not a bad thing, but if I were on an award committee, I wouldn’t nominate it for best country album as it didn’t6/10 - star-crossed started off strong, but I will say that near the end, I was waiting for it to end. Most of the songs that I liked were in the first half of the album, so the end had me yawning as it dragged along. The album didn’t feature a lot of country either (which is not a bad thing, but if I were on an award committee, I wouldn’t nominate it for best country album as it didn’t consistently have a lot of country elements). camera roll is a HEART-CRUSHER, I can swing my head to justified and breadwinner, and plenty of other songs caught my eye, but they’re all at the beginning. This is important when considering how an album can have so much artistry laden in the way it is structured.… Expand

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Sep 21, 2021
    60
    “Star-Crossed” is actually a less emotional experience than the blissed-out “Golden Hour,” which practically vibrated with feeling. ... Musgraves’ writing on “Star-Crossed” is squishier and more prone to cliché than on “Golden Hour” or her earlier albums.
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  2. Uncut
    Sep 17, 2021
    80
    Musgraves' superpower is her ability to convey complex emotions via concise phrasing, which means quieter songs such as "Good Wife" and "If This Was A Movie" hit especially hard. [Nov 2021, p.30]
  3. Variety
    Sep 16, 2021
    88
    It’s an album where she can be not so much “happy and sad at the same time” as heartsick, defiant, nostalgic, self-doubting, sassy, rueful and flatlining in the same divorce-court feedback loop. ... And one of the best things about “Star-Crossed” is its boldly weird but highly satisfying finale.
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