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Aug 30, 2011While it's refreshing to hear an R&B singer emphasizing the psychic toll of libertinism, his angst sex grows tiresome. Once in a while, can't this dude just get laid, and have fun doing it?
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Sep 1, 2011But by continuing to relentlessly mine the same fundamentally limited descriptions of groupies and Schedule VI narcotics, The Weeknd risks coming off as bored as its debauched narrator.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 170 out of 187
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Mixed: 11 out of 187
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Negative: 6 out of 187
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Nov 9, 2011
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Oct 22, 2011
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Aug 25, 2022Though there's less breathing space on Thursday, and fewer melodic hooks, it still feels of a piece with House of Balloons.