Athena
by Sudan Archives
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 3 out of 20
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  1. finnlandia
    Aug 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perfeito. O melhor álbum de 2019, sem dúvidas. Falta apenas o reconhecimento geral.… Expand
  2. All_ButTrU4
    Sep 12, 2022
    5
    the added instrumental layering and effects -- wriggling synthesizers, buzzing basslines, ricocheting percussion, apparition-like vocal processing, and suchlike -- are nuanced, not once getting in the way of a musician who can put forth an affecting message with just her voice and violin.

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#67 Best Album of 2019

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. No Ripcord
    Dec 6, 2019
    70
    She heads into more accessible waters —on tracks like Down on Me and Confessions, Davis softens her pop-meets-classical mishmash with a mellifluous inflection that gives clarity to her self-empowering message. And like a memoir of sorts, she goes through stories that range from her birth to the present day.
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  2. musicOMH.com
    Nov 26, 2019
    80
    Athena announces a major talent in Sudan Archives. It’s original, exhilarating and unafraid to defy genre.
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  3. The Wire
    Nov 20, 2019
    80
    This album explores that idea of opposites attracting and co-existing within one entity. It’s also a powerful, confident pop record tooled up to compete with the heaviest hitters (Paul White’s production is key, as it has been for Danny Brown and Charli XCX) while occupying its own uniquely ambivalent and querulous space. [Nov 2019, p.60]
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