TLC
by TLC
Metascore
63

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
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  1. The Guardian
    Jun 30, 2017
    80
    TLC are the second most successful girl group of all time (after the Spice Girls) and this record proves that their winning formula still works.
  2. Pitchfork
    Jul 6, 2017
    74
    TLC's letting-go is bittersweet and good, a sometimes somber, sometimes playful requiem for their time together (and with us).
  3. Prefix Magazine
    Jul 6, 2017
    70
    Sure, it’s nowhere in the same league as the seminal CrazySexyCool and the innovative concept album FanMail, and the absence of Left Eye--apart from a touching brief posthumous appearance on “Interlude”--is still keenly felt. But there are still a handful of tracks here which can sit comfortably alongside their incredible mid-late 90s canon.
  5. Drowned In Sound
    Jun 30, 2017
    70
    It’s enjoyable, but it leaves me wondering if TLC could have pared-back the nostalgia kick to allow their new songs to stand out in their own right. The new songs here may not launch them back out into the commercial music stratosphere, but they definitely deserve to stay in orbit.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Jun 29, 2017
    67
    If the new songs are likable enough, none eclipse those of their peak. Luckily, TLC has always had as much to do with an emotional connection as with the music. Here, they stoke it in ways likely to give longtime fans a nice glow.
  7. Paste Magazine
    Jul 7, 2017
    61
    TLC doesn’t take any creative risks and, in doing so, ends up lukewarm and average.

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6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 5 out of 20
  1. LispectorLTX
    Nov 23, 2017
    10
    In this LP, TLC prove that they can continue with their essence from the 90's, even without one of the stars of the group, Lisa "Left Eye"In this LP, TLC prove that they can continue with their essence from the 90's, even without one of the stars of the group, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. At the same time, tracks like "Way Back" and "American Gold" seems very actual and good for the charts. It's not their best album, of course, but it's very TLC!… Full Review »
  2. Nobilis1984
    Jul 2, 2017
    7
    Finally, a new album of one of the best Girlbands of the 90th.
    The hits of 90th (here as a remastered version) still are virtually on the    Finally, a new album of one of the best Girlbands of the 90th.
    The hits of 90th (here as a remastered version) still are virtually on the first day. The new songs sway between enough and property. This pulls the album under it, however a good comeback remains at the end.    … Full Review »
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