All Mirrors
by Angel Olsen
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 272 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 220 out of 272
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 272
  3. Negative: 46 out of 272
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  1. Vancyon
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    If you’re intentionally tanking this album’s score, grow up. Taylor, Ariana, or whoever your “fave” is would be horrified to learn you’re using their name to tear down other women.
  2. tatertotlord666
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Seriously? People are ripping on this album and comparing it to Lover by TS? Get the **** out. Stop talking about who has “the” album of the year and realize all of these artists are in completely different fields. So if you don’t like this go listen to Lover and drink your cotton candy-blended drinks. Now if you want to listen to one of the most innovative artists of our time, stay here!Seriously? People are ripping on this album and comparing it to Lover by TS? Get the **** out. Stop talking about who has “the” album of the year and realize all of these artists are in completely different fields. So if you don’t like this go listen to Lover and drink your cotton candy-blended drinks. Now if you want to listen to one of the most innovative artists of our time, stay here! This album is cool! Elusive and instrumentally experimental! Takes you somewhere else. Between this and Lana’s album, this has been an amazing season for albums, in my opinion.… Expand
  3. paulo_
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Pretty shameful to see the swifties rating this masterpiece with a zero only because their fave can't do something like this
  4. CharlieGray
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    A masterpiece, album of the year contender, the arrangements and her vocals are other worldly
  5. enzomatheus
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    here, angel olsen proves that she is an icon indie musician on this decade. for me, this is the continuation of my woman, a powerful and cohesive record with simple lyrics but they really are
    strong, raw and even ambiguous. the mix of the album accompanies this in points of being even scary, that perfectly embodies the album. maybe this is the album of the year.
  6. sammyanthony
    Oct 5, 2019
    9
    Not consistent enough to be a perfect album, but strong enough to be an excellent album. Angel Olsen isn't Adele rip-off, or someone who'll top the charts. She is unique, super talented and more so she just made this album better than most of the mainstream, even better than any of her catalog. All Mirrors is a pure indie pop gem with slight, inconsiderable amount of dullness.
  7. rayzers
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Beautifully made. I thought it would be difficult to surpass My Woman, but I think she just might have.
  8. gabtunes
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    A masterpiece that doesn't deserve this hateful and surreal reviews from generic popstars fandoms. This is a well-crafted pop album that stands as the best of Olsen's career and one of the best of the year along with Titanic Rising and NFR!
  9. homemade
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    this album is great, sad how “stans” of other artists are mad because this is getting a high score, grow up.
  10. KateM01
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Wow. This album is so amazing. The strings are a beautiful addition. I loved all the songs and I have nothing but great things to say about it! I’ve started to try and make my own music and Angel is one of the very few artists I look up too! Her lyrics are truly amazing and I hope to be a great artist and songwriter like her one day! Can’t wait to see her in December!
  11. ben2
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    her best album yet. maybe if y’all actually listened to the album you’d think twice about giving it a 0. stay pressed swifties
  12. Jacobbeaver
    Oct 4, 2019
    8
    It's quite an incredible pop album in my opinion. Certainly one that stands out for me this year as well as at least getting into the top 50 albums of the decade for sure. Absolutely enamored by it. Great job, Angel!
  13. ChocolateRoad
    Oct 5, 2019
    10
    If immature stans could stop hijacking this album's user score for petty reasons, that would be great. Anyway: this is Angel Olsen's best and richest record so far. Such a beautiful expansion of her characteristic style, the strings are splendid. Deserves all the praise it's been getting.
  14. teenageroftheyr
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Really an amazing album, stands right up there with My Woman. The people tanking the score aren't even trying to hide that their reviews are not constructive at all. Middle school marching band with shouts and moans? Does anyone really hear that? If Metacritic scores really mean that much to you, it must really hurt to see Taylor Swift fail to break out of that 78-80 range...
  15. Will633
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    This is a baptism of love and emotions. Just the string arrangement itself will blow your mind and make all your “idols” ashamed of making generic pop fillers. Grow up kids, it’s time to learn to accept love and appreciate the art, enough for the spelling game.
  16. LighTwilight
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Seems that some Ariana stans are pressed here for giving the lowest score to this absolute masterpiece. Get a life and some taste I guess
  17. Benvalc
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    One of the best albums this year. Beautiful, lush musical backdrops and absorbing lyricism that’s always changing itself up.
  18. marquezpc
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Her best album yet. This woman is doing incredible and unique things. This new album
    Is no exception.
  19. irs
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Fantastic album! Angel Olsen definitely shoot high for this one and it really went paid off! The strings arrangements and synths all over the album came really great with the great sadness that inspired the songs, while also not losing Olsen's original folk sound form her previous albums. AOTY to me for sure!
  20. kevinaoapague12
    Oct 5, 2019
    8
    Burn Your Fire no Witness ainda é o melhor álbum da Angel Olsen, mas este álbum é bom, e f*da-se o Fantano.
  21. lobisomem
    Oct 5, 2019
    10
    Near perfection. She's pushing herself musically and the results are haunting and beautiful.
  22. MateusValle
    Oct 5, 2019
    10
    Complete masterpiece. Cohesive, ripe and delicate. The best album of her career.
  23. MosaCindi
    Oct 6, 2019
    8
    After her critically acclaimed 4th Album 'My Women' I was curious what direction she would go for with the follow up LP.

    All Mirrors shows a side of Olsen all sets of music lovers can appreciate. A well balanced album with pop roots but still manages to capture the audience with the nostalgic arrangements and her vocal delivery. The production on this LP is amazing. The synth leads and    After her critically acclaimed 4th Album 'My Women' I was curious what direction she would go for with the follow up LP.

    All Mirrors shows a side of Olsen all sets of music lovers can appreciate. A well balanced album with pop roots but still manages to capture the audience with the nostalgic arrangements and her vocal delivery.

    The production on this LP is amazing.
    The synth leads and the layering of vocals in union with the arrangements really set a dark ambience on the record.

    Olsen always finds a way to reinvent herself and this record is one example of that.

    a bold and powerful record    … Expand
  24. cesar1990
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Her best record yet! The production is sublime and her voice sounds better than ever.
  25. TobiasJC
    Oct 5, 2019
    6
    AOTY Angel has shown growth and is probably going to be remembered decades on
  26. TI490M
    Oct 4, 2019
    9
    how can this have only 5,9 in the user score? this website is full of little kids who only listen to taylor swift. no wonder why she said "hey kids spelling is fun " lmao
  27. mauriciojunio13
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Amazing! The best album of the year!!! Extremely emotional, complex and poetic! Angel Olsen always perfect!
  28. joethealien
    Oct 5, 2019
    9
    One of the albums of the year for sure. Angel is a masterful songwriter who brings something fresh to the table with every album. She expands upon her wistful sound even further on her fourth full-length, bringing baroque pop vibes to the foreground. Tracks like "Spring" and "What It Is" prove that she can evoke influences such as The Beach Boys and Sparks and whip them up into somethingOne of the albums of the year for sure. Angel is a masterful songwriter who brings something fresh to the table with every album. She expands upon her wistful sound even further on her fourth full-length, bringing baroque pop vibes to the foreground. Tracks like "Spring" and "What It Is" prove that she can evoke influences such as The Beach Boys and Sparks and whip them up into something magical, with excellent lyricism to boot. This once more proves that Angel Olsen is one of the most important songwriters of this era.

    On a separate note, why are people giving this album such a low score? She doesn't deserve this low of a user score, I'm very confused...    … Expand
  29. Raphael2017
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Estou em êxtase, depois de Norman **** Rockwell esse álbum me fez delirar.
  30. marcosarf
    Oct 13, 2019
    10
    A truly masterpiece. Angel Olsen pulled out one of the best albums of my life. I tend to do walks in parks to listen new albums and when Tonight played tears start falling fro my eyes while the Autumn leaves were falling, pushed by the wind. It was truly a magic moment to me.
    We tend to relate more when the music mimics our momentary feelings and maybe that's way it moved me to much. The    A truly masterpiece. Angel Olsen pulled out one of the best albums of my life. I tend to do walks in parks to listen new albums and when Tonight played tears start falling fro my eyes while the Autumn leaves were falling, pushed by the wind. It was truly a magic moment to me.
    We tend to relate more when the music mimics our momentary feelings and maybe that's way it moved me to much. The strings are magnificent, coming forward and backward on each music to give space to words and sentiments, making it a moment between Rock and Classic (it was a moment that remembered me of Homogenic from Bjork, the way two different spaced mixed so well in a rare moment).
    I've read some of the negative comments and I was shocked in seeing so many people hating the album. For me, it's her best yet and I'm profoundly in love.    … Expand
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89

Universal acclaim - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. musicOMH.com
    Oct 29, 2019
    100
    Olsen, her arrangers and producer (The Paper Chase‘s John Congleton) have created an album that simply bulges with perfection and timeless songs.
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  2. Sputnikmusic
    Oct 15, 2019
    92
    Olsen has created an undeniable stunner that should go down as one of the strongest folk albums of the year.
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  3. Glide Magazine
    Oct 15, 2019
    90
    All Mirrors belongs in the canon of essential break-up albums, but more Exile in Guyville than Rumours or Blue. ... The resulting instrumentation is impressively cohesive and resoundingly huge.
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