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Generally favorable reviews- based on 79 Ratings
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Positive: 47 out of 79
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Mixed: 8 out of 79
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Negative: 24 out of 79
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May 11, 2023Sheeran recently remarked that he'd give up making 'music' if he lost his plagiarism court case. He won, so that's a big win for him and a loss for every discerning music lover that has to suffer listening to his muzak.
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May 14, 2023
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Jun 8, 2023It's boring and long. one time listen, the instrumental is also boring and Ed's voice is sometime annoying
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May 22, 2023não gosto de jeito nenhum os trabalhos dele, ja tentei gostar mas não cai bem em meus ouvidos
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May 8, 2023
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May 19, 2023I try to connect with this dude's music but why does he always give us such bad projects?
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May 10, 2023It's really bad…. Without any more words, We didn't expect much and we didn't get enough either
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May 5, 2023An album so dull it fails to leave any impression at all even after repeated listenings.
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May 7, 2023In general, I like Ed and would listen to him fairly regularly, but each song on this album slowly bled into the next, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on... Nothing of interest stood out to me on my first listen, so hopefully it grows on me.
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May 5, 2023It's boring and long. one time listen, the instrumental is also boring and Ed's voice is sometime annoying
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May 6, 2023Corny, generic and boring. Songs just blend together, nothing interesting here. Classic Sheeran, music for shopping malls and masses.
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May 5, 2023Sadly this was one of his more boring albums. I found myself drifting off to sleep when I was listening to this album. Lyrically it fell short from past work like "X". Not my favorite.
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May 5, 2023This is probably Ed’s most vulnerable and honest album he has ever released and it pays off big time. This is a really great change of pace in a way because he goes back to his roots of singer songwriting. Also, working with Aaron Dessner of the National was a phenomenal move and overall this album is just so amazing!!!
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May 5, 2023I personally found this album quite boring. It seems like he is trying so hard to get his "folklore" or "evermore" and he's doing it in a bad way. The lyrics were boring but oh well..
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May 5, 2023
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May 6, 2023This album is a no skip journey through one’s life. Ed Sheeran has a way of connecting to his listeners that is truly incredible , I usually have a favorite after the first listen but this album is filled with one beautiful song after another. As he sings in Dusty, “drop a needle” on Subtract, you won’t regret it.
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May 6, 2023Loved it!
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May 5, 2023I love, love, love this album but it’s making me too emotional. I would love it more if it had raps too but Curtains is as close as it got to classic Ed Sheeran. I still very much love this album. Better than =.
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May 5, 2023excellent
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May 5, 2023
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May 6, 2023
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May 5, 2023It's amazing how he does to fill your soul, make you cry with sadness and joy at the same time. They are songs that make you feel what he felt at that moment and although he tells his story, many of us see ourselves reflected in it too.
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May 6, 2023Amazing. An incredibly raw album from one of the greatest songwriters in pop music today.
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May 6, 2023Loved it!
My favorites are: "Curtains" , "The End of Youth", "Salt water" and "The Hills of Aberfeldy"
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May 5, 2023Ed has finally found himself through pain and depression, making all these things into beutiful and well written lyrics and an amazing production. So far his best album with strong lyrics and a complete production with the help of the producer Aaron Dessner. Seems that every project Aaron is featured becomes a masterpiece, well done Ed
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May 5, 2023emotional! His best album to date in terms if lyrics, vocals and productions.
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May 8, 2023i was very surprised at how much i enjoyed this album. ed brought me to tears, and i thought that was something that he could only do for 40 year old single women. anyone dealing with terminal illness or health issues is certainly bawling at a few of his songs.
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May 5, 2023
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May 7, 2023
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May 7, 2023An emotionally charged album, beautiful lyrically & vocally, Ed's best album to date !
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May 10, 2023This album is wonderful, I think it's the most mature album of Ed's entire career, without a doubt he's one of the best songwriters, I'm very proud of him
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May 12, 2023Just a lovely album. Simple, stripped back arrangements, beautiful heartfelt lyrics, filled with genuine emotion, all delivered by a master of his trade.
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May 12, 2023I really liked this Album from the beginning til the end despite the fact that it doesn’t have a significant number of upbeat songs. Most of the lyrics seem genuine and heartfelt.
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May 15, 2023
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May 20, 2023One of the best acoustic album . Every song in this album has valuable meaning.
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Jun 3, 2023I ran as fast as I could from Ed Sheeran, but he has finally caught up to me, and it was just as I expected. I won't get into details, this is just the very same old cliché energy then ever and a reason to believe why less can also very well be less. (Not as bad as I would've expected, tho.)
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Sep 8, 2023
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May 29, 2023I haven't listened to this record yet, but i will judge the book by its cover: it's Ed Sheeran, so it can't be higher than a 3.
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May 28, 2023I don't consider this album bad, but it's not what I expected either. We want evolution in sounds and letters. I think Ed got stuck in his comfort zone.
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Awards & Rankings
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May 10, 2023No matter how much aesthetic cosplay Sheeran is willing to engage in, though, he’s still pumping out the same cheese-filled anthems that have plagued his previous albums.
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May 10, 2023Sheeran is naturally a laid-back performer, the pair fit almost a little bit too neatly: where certain hooks and melodic refrains would've been pushed into the spotlight on previous Sheeran albums, they're lying in the background here. That tender touch when combined with a preponderance of ballads turns - (subtract) into a curiously recessive album: its emotions are raw, yet its execution is reserved.
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May 10, 2023-, pronounced “subtract,” which responds to them much like its predecessor, 2021’s =, did to its themes of turning 30 and becoming a parent: with the usual beige palette, generic hooks, and vapid lyrics. The songs on - are almost uniformly dour, often slow, occasionally drumless.