• Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Apr 20, 2018
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 20
  2. Negative: 0 out of 20
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  1. Apr 16, 2018
    100
    Beautiful Thing, though, is more of a straightforward float through space, with a starry, galactic feel to the album.
  2. Apr 16, 2018
    90
    Beautiful Thing works so well because it reminds us of that fact without losing its own emotional resonance.
  3. Apr 20, 2018
    80
    The more you listen to Beautiful Thing, the more you realise what a marvel of sequencing it is: here are songs that truly talk to each other, musically and lyrically.
  4. Q Magazine
    Apr 10, 2018
    80
    In a career already dotted with peaks, this is definitely another. [Jun 2018, p.113]
  5. Uncut
    Apr 4, 2018
    80
    A satisfying whole that demonstrates Taylor's mastery of his peculiar strain of zonked late-night soul. [May 2018, p.35]
  6. Apr 4, 2018
    80
    Beautiful Thing’s blend of ambition and emotion shows that Taylor could genuinely make whatever he wants--sometimes that’s the trouble and sometimes that’s the difference. Our loss, our gain.
  7. May 18, 2018
    70
    Kinetic and heartfelt, Beautiful Thing lives up to its name and delivers some of Taylor's finest solo music yet.
  8. 70
    Beautiful Thing shows the other end of Alexis Taylors talents as both a songwriter and a musician, and it’s time that more discovered them.
  9. Apr 19, 2018
    70
    Beautiful Thing is Taylor's most rounded and intriguing solo work to date. The various aspects of Taylor's musical personality are covered but with a new found confidence and desire to take chances.
  10. Apr 17, 2018
    70
    Taylor’s brilliantly bonkers pop odyssey certainly lives up to its title and ultimately, is an impressive, if uneven addition to his already stellar discography.
  11. Apr 20, 2018
    68
    The layers of sound Taylor presents are sumptuous, full of tossed-off licks of piano and guitar that gather into motifs more deluxe than his recent solo work but far scruffier than Hot Chip. Tucked into them, Taylor’s lyrics make strange but welcome bedfellows.

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