The Neighbourhood
by The Neighbourhood
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Mar 9, 2018
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. AllMusic
    Mar 21, 2018
    80
    When a band decides to go with an eponymously titled release several albums into an established career, it often works as a statement about reclaiming their identity, or making a new creative start. If that's the case here, the Neighbourhood have done both with their own cool aplomb.
  2. PopMatters
    Mar 21, 2018
    60
    Musically, The Neighbourhood continues in the same realm as their past work. It's moody, down-tempo rock with a little R&B; tinge: think sad Weeknd with occasional synths leads and a little Auto-Tuned Kanye thrown in.
  3. Boston Globe
    Mar 21, 2018
    50
    The only time the Neighbourhood really comes to life here is on the disc’s final track, refreshingly summery toe-tapper “Stuck With You.” That track aside, this release will do little to convince critics that the Neighbourhood is anything more than Maroon 5’s monochromatic photo negative, and about as intriguing as that descriptor suggests.
  5. Pitchfork
    Mar 21, 2018
    47
    The Neighbourhood is as ponderous as any forgotten post-grunge also-ran record selling for one cent on Amazon.

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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 62 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 62
  3. Negative: 8 out of 62
  1. afteraoty
    Jun 4, 2021
    6
    As melodias e instrumentais do álbum são muitos bons, porém as letras são muito repetitivas, e também a mistura de gêneros musicais como hipAs melodias e instrumentais do álbum são muitos bons, porém as letras são muito repetitivas, e também a mistura de gêneros musicais como hip hop, R&B e neo soul também não "colaram" muito bem… Full Review »
  2. petrichor1975
    Jan 13, 2019
    5
    The Neighbourhood's newest self-titled release is nowhere near as exciting as 2015's "Wiped Out!". The band still charges into new musicalThe Neighbourhood's newest self-titled release is nowhere near as exciting as 2015's "Wiped Out!". The band still charges into new musical territories like R&B & industrial sounding pop, with relative ease and decent aplomb, yet it still falls flat at times.

    "Flowers" starts the album out on a hopeful tone. Lead singer, Jesse Rutherford's falsetto vocals are the main feature of the song and sometimes, they are just right, and other times, they aren't the most necessary thing to add in on the track. "Scary Love", however, is one of the catchiest songs the band has ever written, and it presents itself as the best song on the album.

    "Nervous" is catchy, yet dull, but the next track, "Void" brings back echoes of "Wiped Out!", with its liquid-sounding guitar, and R&B-like drum beats. "Softcore" is musically interesting and good, yet it lacks power and ambition. "Blue" mostly follows down the same road.

    The acoustic ballad, "Sadderdaze" sounds like a mix of "Baby Come Home 2 / Valentines" from "Wiped Out!" and the band's first successful hit, "Sweater Weather", from 2013's "I Love You", and is pretty decent in quality. "Revenge" is an average electronically-influenced song. "You Get Me So High" is sure to make you bop your head, but "Reflections" is one of the tunes on the album that runs out of steam.

    "Too Serious" has an interesting industrially-focused beat, but the song to rival "Scary Love" as the best song is the last on the album. "Stuck With You" contains smooth synths, a grooving drum beat, and a catchy hook. However, it is definitely an interesting choice to sequence this song last

    The Newbury Park-based alternative group made an album that may not peak the curiosity at fans of "Wiped Out!", as it is less atmospheric and noisy. It is, however, a shame that "24/7" from the "Hard" EP, or some of the other EP tunes, aren't on this album. "24/7"'s sensational hook and musical passages would improve the album, even if it's just one song from one EP.    … Full Review »
  3. toveloismymom
    Aug 24, 2018
    10
    прекрасно изумительно великолепно богоподобно неописуемо
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