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Stranger Things Have Happened
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

  • Summary: The British singer-songwriter returns with her second full-length release after recovering from depression, alcohol and drug addiction.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Record Collector
    Aug 5, 2016
    80
    That this is a good album should surprise no one; that she managed to make it at all is another matter.
  2. The Observer (UK)
    Aug 5, 2016
    60
    A set of retro-inspired songs that don’t, frankly, refashion the wheel, but boast a certain tremulous, lived-and-loved appeal.
  3. Uncut
    Aug 5, 2016
    60
    There's still a tendency to over-emote with superfluous melisma. But when she's at her starkest and most haunting, accompanied by little more than Beste's piano on "Faded" and "Leave You In Yesterday," she hits the spot unerringly. [Sep 2016, p.76]
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  4. The Guardian
    Aug 5, 2016
    60
    A collection of classy, retro pop that showcases her chameleonic voice. It’s not a style that holds a huge amount of excitement any more, as indicated by the album’s more banal junctures, such as the rather stale Elizabeth Taylor and various cod-Adele moments. But Maguire proves it can still be startlingly fruitful.

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  1. helloimmaxfrank
    Jul 21, 2017
    10
    This album is SO good. Clare put whole her soul in it. So proud of her. She did not give up. Go through a lot of sh*t, through suck label, butThis album is SO good. Clare put whole her soul in it. So proud of her. She did not give up. Go through a lot of sh*t, through suck label, but she's DOING ART RIGHT NOW. And she is gorgeous.

    (listening to some songs I wanted to cry, honestly (but i'm really hope, that she optimistic))    … Expand

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