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Universal acclaim- based on 748 Ratings
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Positive: 614 out of 748
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Mixed: 91 out of 748
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Negative: 43 out of 748
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Nov 25, 2016If you are only looking for Trilogy-like songs, you will be disappointed. However, the album is a masterpiece in modern pop music and there are plenty of songs that rank among the best songs the Weeknd. Stand out has to be Secrets, which is a beautiful pop song with a dark undertone.
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Nov 27, 2016
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Dec 20, 2016
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Mar 11, 2017one of the best albums i heard! the songs in the album is perfect! i like it! the weeknd prove him self again with this album after buty behind the madnes (that was a great album)! all who's want to buy the album is more than just can!
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Jul 25, 2017Desde que ouvi starboy pela primeira vez já senti o impacto dessa nova era, não tem uma música nesse album que não vicie, felizmente melhor album masculino de 2016,
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Mar 20, 2020Despite the obvious filler songs Starboy is a joy to listen to with plenty of diversity.
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Nov 25, 2016Definitely his least dark album. Comparatively, not dark at all. I like Trilogy and all too but I embrace this change too. Those who absolutely can't will probably hate this album.
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Nov 29, 2016A fun Daft Punk produced LP that shows Abel's affinity and knack for 80's electropop, disco, and 90's Eurodance. Fans of his early sex/drugs themed vampy ambient work (House of Balloons to Kiss Land), however may feel polarized and left out.
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Nov 25, 2016A mix between The Trilogy and BBTM, with A little Kissland. A match made in heaven... Prince and David Bowie would have loved this album. I recommend this album for all!
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Nov 25, 2016Great album by The Weeknd... He has some experimental sounds in this album like "False Alarm" for example and he has some groovy ass sounds like "Secrets" and "Rockin". I definitely recommend this album.
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Nov 25, 2016
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Nov 26, 2016Um hinario desses, primeiro que o cd tem 18 musicas e mesmo assim consegue prender a atenção de quem o escuta de uma forma surpreendente, todas as musicas muito bem escritas e muito bem produzidas.
Esse cd entra facilmente em um dos melhores do ano e como sempre o THE WEEKND SALVANDO O POP MASCULINO -
Nov 25, 2016
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Nov 25, 2016This album is a big masterpiecei¡ in the modern pop music. Full of songs that could be easily hits, surprised for the album. I have been loving The Weeknd for years, but now finally I can define myself as a fan of Abel after listening to Starboy several times since it came out a few hours ago.
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Nov 25, 2016After a thorough listen, I didn't understand how I should react to this album. Was it good? Was it bad? Was it just disappointing? After multiple hours spent trying to decide how I felt about it, I realized one thing. It's lit af fam.
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Nov 25, 2016
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Nov 27, 2016I am not a huge fan of the lead single Starboy but I enjoy every other track on this album.
Fav tracks: True Colors, Stargirl, Sidewalks, Love to Lay, Attention, All I Know, Die for You -
Nov 25, 2016
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Nov 25, 2016Killing his old style has let out an entirely different beast. The Weeknd's "Starboy" is wild and explosive, jumping from bangers (Starboy, Six Feet Under) to R&B slow jams (True Colors) to pop gold (Love To Lay, I Feel It Coming). Great album full of amazing singles.
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Nov 25, 2016Nice to know The Weeknd is improving his music, I've always found him nice, but this time he made something that I really fell in love with. The lead single happens to be the first song and from this point you already get a massive hit and vibing rhythm, I can't even describe how I loved it.
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Dec 4, 2016Probably the most experimental album by The Weeknd, himself. If I'm disappointed? Hell no.
It's very clear that since "Beauty Behind The Madness" he'll not only focus in only one type of sound, and he's not afraid to do it. Even tho he's known by his dark sounding songs and all, it is very interesting to see and listen to him doing something more light. Not bad, Abel. Not bad! -
Nov 27, 2016
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Nov 27, 2016An amazing piece of work. A beautiful yet dark album. While some songs has a more pop feel, he still comes back to the eerie R&B sound he is known for. Auto-tune was unnecessary for someone with his voice, but works well. Amazing melodies, and vocal performance, and beautiful writing.
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Nov 26, 2016Un grandioso regreso del exitoso The Weeknd. Los sonidos R&B/Soul fusionados con otros géneros hacen de este la mejor entrega de The Weeknd hasta la fecha.
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Nov 26, 2016it's just like, if RAM and Yeezus have a son and they call him the weeknd, and the boy grown up to become a MTFK starboy!!! yes is the best album of 2016!!!
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Nov 27, 2016Rich in sound, but a lack of artistry. This album by The Weeknd is refreshing and something new and therefore a good album, which will probably be a great commercial succes, but not really an artistic succes.
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Nov 26, 2016huge effort made by Canadian act the weeknd. sounds familiar to his previous works but with a glimpse of fresh beats. this is by far my favorite album of 2016.
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Nov 26, 2016
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Nov 25, 2016The Weeknd is back and doing what he does best, make chill music based on edgy things like drugs and sex while sounding like Michael Jackson reincarnated.
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Nov 25, 2016
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Nov 26, 2016The album overall is pretty good. There are a couple songs like False Alarm and Secrets that just don't fit in. At the same time, there are certain songs like All I Know and Party Monster that I could listen to all day. I don't know if Stargirl Interlude was unfinished or not, but it was still satisfactory. I recommend, The Weeknd is shaping between a Frank Ocean and Michael Jackson.
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Nov 27, 2016The singles were fantastic. The album on the other hand is very disappointing. Not bad, but disappointing nontheless. About one third of the songs is just nothing really special, these songs are just what you can expect from a pop album with a little bit of The Weeknd's original style mixed into them.
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Dec 1, 2016overall this album was pretty meh. Half the songs are pretty good but the other half is straight garbage. Could've been something that we remembered for a while but we're gonna forget about this by february.
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Nov 27, 2016Despite some slick production, the album is startlingly hollow, uninteresting and disappointing. Especially when compared to the artist's earlier work, there is a distinct lack of originality, mood and intrigue. Everything that made him an interesting act is gone, replaced with hum-drum designed to cater to "market research".
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Nov 25, 2016Starboy consistently delivers as a medium of dark, immediate pop anthems and does so without even breaking a sweat. However, as with some of his recent work, the songs' effect don't seem to last more than a hazy night.
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Nov 25, 2016Whole album sounds pretty generic (most of the songs sound same). There is only like one or two bangers, and the rest of the album bored me to death. And I expected the same quality as from the last album.
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Nov 25, 2016
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Nov 26, 2016came out of nowhere and does not have a good flow throughout the album.album's production is good but becomes too loud at times.the use of autotune is very obvious and shows the lack of talent in the artist
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Nov 28, 2016
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Jan 7, 2017
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Nov 25, 2016Yes, the whole album sounds the same, and yes, the singles are not the group's best. But it is still a blast to play it at the party or just chill with it.
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Nov 26, 2016
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Mar 21, 2017it's................................................................................................................................................ok
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Jun 29, 2017definetly gd electro rnb album influential for the genre not music but bbm remains his best project with the mixtapes although he influences his voice out for the album
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Nov 28, 2016One the catchiest songs ever written. Great combination of sound/beat and The Weeknd's slick delivery. He has a great range and has now moved on from his trademark hair.
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Nov 30, 2016
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Dec 2, 2016
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Nov 27, 2016One of the best music productions I have ever heard. Through this album, The Weeknd has skillfully displayed his mastery in a range of music genres while seamlessly blending them with his own unique artistic style, and still surprisingly able to deliver a coherent experience
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Dec 6, 2016
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Nov 29, 2016
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Oct 30, 2017Perfect, just Perfect. From "Starboy" to "I Feel It Coming", this album is the resolution of perfection. I have no more words to describe who I love this.
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Mar 4, 2017
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Nov 28, 2016
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Dec 16, 2016
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Mar 14, 2017Even as an indictment of pop music and stardom, The Weeknd's Starboy album is head and shoulders above its competition. Catchy and upbeat with a nihilistic hedonism embedded throughout each track, it seems to spend a good portion of its runtime critiquing its own existence.
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Dec 1, 2016
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Dec 1, 2016The album as a whole is very well produced and is very cohesive; however, this feels very safe. It feels like The Weeknd has done this before and tells the same stories about drugs, money and women. It's time for him to write songs about different subject matter.
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Dec 15, 2016I liked the album. His aesthetic hasn't changed much but he's still cool and his music is soooo addicting. I also loved Lana del Rey as a background voice. My favorites are Nothing Without You, Party Monster, Rockin', etc. Good overall. PS Why does he have an obsession with saying the words **** **** 'ass' **** lmao
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Oct 26, 2017
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Jun 30, 2017Starboy 10/10
Party Monster 10/10
False Alarm 8/10
Reminder 9/10
Rockin' 8/10
Secrets 9/10
True Colors 8/10
Sidewalks 9/10
Six Feet Under 8/10
Love To Lay 9/10
A Lonely Night 7/10
Attention 6/10
Ordinary Life 8/10
Nothing Without You 5/10
All I Know 6/10
Die For You 10/10
I Feel It Coming 10/10
General Note: 8.23 -
Jan 21, 2019
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Nov 28, 2016
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Dec 1, 2016Despite some slick production, the album is startlingly hollow, uninteresting and disappointing. Especially when compared to the artist's earlier work, there is a distinct lack of originality, mood and intrigue. Everything that made him an interesting act is gone, replaced with hum-drum designed to cater to "market research"
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Dec 3, 2016
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Dec 9, 2016
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Dec 13, 2016This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 20, 2019this is one of the greatest albums of decade and i can't believe it rate is under 80.
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Feb 28, 2017The Weeknd is back with another record now capitalizing on the electronic style used in the past records. the album has nice moments but 70% of the time, I find myself bored from the filler tracks this album is riddled with. Overall, when there's something interesting it demands attention but then you're also left listening to horrible excuses to increase album length.
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Feb 16, 2017
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Jul 28, 2019Starboy definitely had some very good tracks on it. It still featured some great vocals and a beautiful vibe at points, but it hits the mark far less consistently than his best, is watered down, and padded out to oblivion. It feels like a sell out after the artistic heights he has reached before.
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Apr 17, 2017The Weeknd - Starboy (2016)
6.5 / 10
Decent album, but some tracks are very repetitive. This album has some great songs, but listening to it as an album feels like you are listening to the same thing, and not a lot of ideas are expressed. It feels like The Weeknd has nothing left to say. -
Apr 24, 2017
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May 23, 2017Starboy is a great listen, there are definitely some filler tracks but overall I just enjoy listening to this album.
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Jun 21, 2017
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Jul 17, 2017it's okay............................................................................................................................................................
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Oct 10, 2017Creo que pudo ser mejor sin embargo Starboy es una fantastica expresion entre lo que se debe y no se debe ser. Los sonidos y las letras me hacen creer que puedo ser mejor, me hacen querer ser mejor pero a la larga se vuelve tedioso.
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Nov 9, 2017
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Dec 29, 2017One of the best albums from 2017. Talks aobut the struggles and great voice.
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May 6, 2018
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Dec 21, 2018The album allowed Abel to bring the most important side and the different aspects and become something out of the ordinary in R & B. Great tracks produced this album, this album does not disappoint!
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Oct 3, 2018Sinceramente, estava à espera de um retorno à era de "Trilogy" ou de "Kiss Land", mas, infelizmente, isso não aconteceu. Não obstante, "Starboy", que é claramente uma produção disco e electropop, funcionou razoavelmente bem e conseguiu agradar ao "mainstream".
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Jun 3, 2020The Weeknd outdid himself with this album. Starboy is cohesive yet not plain. Every songs deserves to be a single. The singles which are still amazing don't represent the greatness of this album.
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Aug 25, 2022His first step away from the familiar sleazy rnb of the Trilogy. It's a retro inspired 80's rnb pop ride that doesnt take itself too seriously. Well produced with appearances from Kendrick lamar, daft punk and lana dep rey it's still eclectic enough to be exciting.
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Mar 2, 2019all songs hits
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Apr 14, 2019The songs in this akbum were quite good and made me relaxed and I was really impressed
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Feb 15, 2020Un álbum completo de comienzo a final, como todos los álbumes con sus altos de bajo pero este tiene un balance, un álbum con al menos 10 sencillos, una completa obra merecedor del Grammy
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Mar 27, 2020Starboy es un muy buen álbum con muy buenas canciones, que a pesar de no ser lo tradicional de the weeknd, sigue siendo un gran álbum.
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Jun 7, 2020I like the album's production & Abel's style. My favorites : "Starboy", "I Feel It Coming", "Secrets" and the Stargirl Interlude.
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Jun 28, 2020Esse álbum está muito bom, com muita coesão e muito harmônico ao que foi prosposto.
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May 25, 2021Although Abel's 2016 album "Starboy" doesn't have that many new musical qualities, there are still some fine tracks that are enjoyable to listen to.
FAV TRACK: Party Monster
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Aug 28, 2020Every single song is so epic, instead of a studio album sound like a greatest hits compilation. He could've sliced it into two separate albums. The best project he Eve made.
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Apr 3, 2021ALBÜM'DEKİ HER ŞARKI ZATEN ZAMANINDA HİT OLMUŞ VE ALBÜM ŞİMDİ DE SPOTIFY'DA EN ÇOK (18 TANE) +100M OLABİLEN ŞARKI BARINDIRAN ALBÜM REKORUNU ELİNDE TUTUYORKEN FAZLA SÖZE GEREK YOK.
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Sep 4, 2021So many different type of songs in one album so ı can understand why some people hate on it.For me it is a great album
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Oct 30, 2021the growth in his music is amazing, and in this album he shows it again, the transitions that he makes when advancing each song is incredible, very well thought out of all those who put effort into this amazing album
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Jan 7, 2022Great album. Perhaps a little bit too much going on given the high number of tracks. Although it seems as though 2-3 tacks could’ve been trimmed off, I’m never fully convinced as to which those would be. Overall I really enjoyed the new fresh sound and plenty of features that were included in this album.
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Mar 31, 2022goodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgoodgood
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Jul 8, 2023A very good album, with great collaborations. The weeknd, every step he takes, he takes it safe and evolving musically.
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Oct 1, 2022if you like his older songs a lot then you probably wont like this album but i love both so
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Nov 8, 2022One half of the songs - is one of the best in The Weeknd's career. The other half - is the most difficult to sit through.
Awards & Rankings
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Dec 19, 2016The Weeknd is a self-described pop star, and proves his worth on Starboy, an album with plenty to love.
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Q MagazineDec 13, 2016Tesfaye can't decide if he's having the best time f his life or the worst. [Feb 2017, p.119]
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Dec 5, 2016It may showcase a cleaner sound, both in lyrical content and production, but its value for money at eighteen tracks comes at the cost of coherence.