18 Months
by Calvin Harris
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Oct 30, 2012
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 93 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 93
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 93
  3. Negative: 8 out of 93
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  1. Duu
    Feb 4, 2013
    4
    This music is rather competently made, but 90% of the music is uninspired. This music was 100% made for the lowest common denominator listener, especially drunk college students. Considering the amount of talented singers on this album, they add almost nothing to the tracks which are inherently stiff and uninteresting music, with the levels to everything turned all the way up. The songs onThis music is rather competently made, but 90% of the music is uninspired. This music was 100% made for the lowest common denominator listener, especially drunk college students. Considering the amount of talented singers on this album, they add almost nothing to the tracks which are inherently stiff and uninteresting music, with the levels to everything turned all the way up. The songs on this album have no appeal other than being really loud and regular, so that if you are trying to dance when drunk, you are likely to be able to dance on beat. This music is basically background music turned up really loud.… Expand
  2. le_one
    Jun 7, 2013
    5
    This guy said that making pop songs was easier than making a sandwich. Well, now I see why he said that. The album? Uninspired forgettable generic tracks. The only track here that is not going be forgotten is "We Found Love". "Let's Go", while weak, may be the seconds best thing on the album, which is something, at least, concerning.
  3. James1998
    Apr 20, 2013
    6
    Quite good album, the singles are brilliant, but the rest of the songs are forgettable filler which are pure dance music which bores me, so i just listen to the singles
  4. asjklasjklas
    Feb 22, 2014
    5
    Electronic dance music (EDM) receiving the commercial attention it hasn't seen since the 90s created a compromise of some sort: although Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Avicii, and Zedd are guaranteed to make some gratuitously, contagiously catchy club anthems, they're uninspiring beyond that. 18 Months has to be one of the safest entries on the market right now. Besides some venturous -- butElectronic dance music (EDM) receiving the commercial attention it hasn't seen since the 90s created a compromise of some sort: although Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Avicii, and Zedd are guaranteed to make some gratuitously, contagiously catchy club anthems, they're uninspiring beyond that. 18 Months has to be one of the safest entries on the market right now. Besides some venturous -- but virtually useless -- solo works, the formula remains the same: have some female -- or occasionally a male or Harris himself -- sing some nonsensically simple lyrics over gleaming choruses before entering the "drop", which is usually just 3 to 5 chords repeated over and over again. Harris' earlier material might have fallen into that category as well, but at least it sounded somewhat refreshing at the time. If it weren't for featured collaborations coming from modern mainstream vocal machines such as Ellie Goulding, Florence Welch, Ne-Yo, or Rihanna, this album wouldn't have made the impact it's made.… Expand
  5. Ryanlap
    Nov 3, 2013
    4
    You know I was a little disappointed because some of the songs were just lacking personality. I loved Calvin's beats and I think Calvin is one of the best in his business. But lets be honest here this album was a disappointment. The stand outs sweet nothing and I need your love. But the rest are not special. Sorry Calvin

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57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. PopMatters
    Feb 6, 2013
    50
    While 18 Months, Harris’s third solo full-length, is pretty much the hit-making monster that launched him in to the world spotlight, the truth of the matter is that it feels like a rather compromised vision of who he is an artist, sacrificing his quirkiness for a brooding new persona that starts to get stale over the course of a complete full-length.
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  2. NOW Magazine
    Dec 13, 2012
    40
    this sounds like the soundtrack to the hell of cheese-ball Las Vegas bottle service clubs.
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  3. Q Magazine
    Nov 21, 2012
    40
    In a half-hearted effort to dilute the homogeneity, Harris grouts 18 Months with flimsy instrumentals, as if to create the illusion of a proper album. He's not fooling anyone--maybe not even himself. [Dec 2012, p.108]
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