Stay Together
by Kaiser Chiefs
  • Record Label: Caroline
  • Release Date: Oct 7, 2016
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 23
  3. Negative: 6 out of 23
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  1. IlyaKarmanov
    Jul 5, 2017
    10
    First of all, you should understand that this is not a rock music at all! And I usually don't like that "bubble-gum-pop" genre. BUT I just can't stop listening to this album! Sometimes I listened to this full album several times at a time on repeat. Catchy melodies and texts, great vocals, all just light and unobtrusive. Absolutely love it!
    But you should know what to expect from it: this    First of all, you should understand that this is not a rock music at all! And I usually don't like that "bubble-gum-pop" genre. BUT I just can't stop listening to this album! Sometimes I listened to this full album several times at a time on repeat. Catchy melodies and texts, great vocals, all just light and unobtrusive. Absolutely love it!
    But you should know what to expect from it: this is pop music. Some man even said about it in the old-school-house-kind song "Press Rewind": "this is pop music. we write and record pop music". If you ready to this, so "We stay together", "Parachute" and "Good Clean Fun" is my absolute favorite here.    … Expand
  2. Plymike
    Nov 12, 2016
    2
    Expecting another album of heart-pounding, gritty, catchy gems from the Leodensian lads, I instead found myself waiting for each song to end in the hope that the next would be anything more than unfiltered, pandering pop. The Kaiser Chiefs are one of my favorite bands and I was so disappointed that this was the direction they chose to take their latest record. I will not be adding this toExpecting another album of heart-pounding, gritty, catchy gems from the Leodensian lads, I instead found myself waiting for each song to end in the hope that the next would be anything more than unfiltered, pandering pop. The Kaiser Chiefs are one of my favorite bands and I was so disappointed that this was the direction they chose to take their latest record. I will not be adding this to my otherwise complete Kaiser Chiefs collection.… Expand
  3. victorcarter
    Nov 29, 2016
    2
    Another strong contender for aoty (atrocity of the year), along with Charlie Puth's Nine Track Mind, Meghan Trainor's Thank You and Desiigner's New English. Who will win?
  4. Edge72
    Jul 10, 2021
    10
    Best Kaiser Chiefs songwritting in mu humble opinion. First song of the album is amazing and catchy.

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Under The Radar
    Nov 23, 2016
    50
    Wilson sounds overly smooth and croon-y on "We Stay Together," while on "Hole In My Soul" the group's cartoonish attempt at modern sounds is strung together with a sickly thread of saccharine.
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  2. Clash Music
    Oct 18, 2016
    30
    As a self-styled pop record then, Stay Together is something of a failure, distinctly lacking in hooks, entertainment value and any sort of real ingenuity.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    Oct 10, 2016
    40
    It’s not that it’s terrible--and credit should go to them for being so adventurous--but this might just be a makeover too far.
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