The Five Ghosts
by Stars
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22

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  1. trmdyl
    Feb 6, 2022
    8
    Beautiful, Soulful and heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time. This is definitely Stars at their prime. "Set Yourself on Fire" May have been an amazing album but they've proved they're not one-trick ponies with The Five Ghosts.

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Boston Globe
    60
    Stars may be moving beyond songs like the soothing and dramatic opener "Dead Hearts," but it's not quite clear where they're going.
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  2. Pitchfork
    57
    They know bombast and melodrama, which makes a decent amount of their latest effort, The Five Ghosts, all the more off-putting.
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  3. Slant Magazine
    50
    The formula works better elsewhere (see the perky, airy single "Fixed"), but like the adolescent musings that serve as its inspiration, The Five Ghosts is, at best, awkwardly sweet and, at worst, fumbling and tone-deaf.
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