Truth Is a Beautiful Thing
by London Grammar
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
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  1. PopMatters
    Jun 15, 2017
    60
    London Grammar’s music remains gorgeous, but the band too often limits themselves with their own conservatism.
  2. The Independent (UK)
    Jun 7, 2017
    60
    It’s pleasant enough, though listeners may experience a twinge or two of deja vu.
  3. Q Magazine
    Jun 6, 2017
    60
    The music itself, a combination of gentle piano and tremulous, echoing synth, is mesmerisingly samey, like scenery rushing past your car window on a long road trip. [Aug 2017, p.102]
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  5. The Observer (UK)
    Jun 12, 2017
    40
    It’s best when the pace picks up on the likes of Oh Woman Oh Man , with its rousingly multitracked chorus, or the crisp groove of Non Believer, but mostly it sounds like the same long, portentous chillout sesh.
  6. The Guardian
    Jun 8, 2017
    40
    Their debut had moments of heft, but Truth Is a Beautiful Thing – which might as well be called Chillout Sessions: Ultimate Melancholy--drowns in its own despair.
  7. The Skinny
    Jun 6, 2017
    40
    She pirouettes into the upper echelons of her register during Rooting for You, conveying the affection and apprehension contained in the line 'you’re the only thing I’ve ever truly known'. The low scoops on Hell to the Liars are another, as if Reid’s digging in her heels to stand firmly against 'the righteous ones'. But these are rare instances of genuine feeling amongst what otherwise feels like palatable but empty theatrics.

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8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 80 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 70 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 80
  3. Negative: 5 out of 80
  1. PERFEITO
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
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  2. RedShadow61
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
    I was waiting for this 2nd album for so long. I was really hyped by the single "Big Picture" and I'm not disappointed. This album is reallyI was waiting for this 2nd album for so long. I was really hyped by the single "Big Picture" and I'm not disappointed. This album is really great, Hannah's voice is still gorgeous and the music are awesome too.… Full Review »
  3. Jhonatt
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
    I get emotion when I listen. I feel the music... Wonderful. The softness of this album reminds me of a sweet melancholy, something sore andI get emotion when I listen. I feel the music... Wonderful. The softness of this album reminds me of a sweet melancholy, something sore and happy. It is not something you can digest listening only once. I really loved it.… Full Review »
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