Before Love Came To Kill Us
by Jessie Reyez
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Mar 27, 2020
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 64 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 64
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 64
  3. Negative: 0 out of 64
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  1. Lifeisbellablog
    Apr 27, 2020
    4
    While I appreciate the variety between songs, I think the album is a little too scattered and disjointed. Generally I was a fan of the slower songs which make up around half of the album. The other songs are a little too shallow and flashy for my taste. Most of all, I was not a fan of Jessie's voice. Her vocal style is definitely a stylistic choice that's not going to work for everyone.While I appreciate the variety between songs, I think the album is a little too scattered and disjointed. Generally I was a fan of the slower songs which make up around half of the album. The other songs are a little too shallow and flashy for my taste. Most of all, I was not a fan of Jessie's voice. Her vocal style is definitely a stylistic choice that's not going to work for everyone. For me it was way too extra, but of course this is just a personal preference.… Expand
  2. therealbear
    Apr 1, 2020
    6
    The executive production does not offer something new, even thou the audio production is good enough. The lyrics are at best, medium quality, since it seems like there is no reason for repeating the same type of that exaggerated love song thematic. I mean, it works when you are Eminem, or when Eminem is on your song, it works when you make a few songs like that on a record, but when you goThe executive production does not offer something new, even thou the audio production is good enough. The lyrics are at best, medium quality, since it seems like there is no reason for repeating the same type of that exaggerated love song thematic. I mean, it works when you are Eminem, or when Eminem is on your song, it works when you make a few songs like that on a record, but when you go ahead with full album.....just for the love of using cus words ,for them easily impressed kids on social media.....… Expand

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The Line of Best Fit
    Apr 21, 2020
    90
    Uninspired choice of featuring artist aside, the artistic breadth and depth of this project speaks to Reyez’s position as an emerging, formidable artist in her own right - someone who knows exactly what a good song, let alone a good R&B song, should sound like.
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  2. AllMusic
    Apr 2, 2020
    80
    Although it's all over the place, Before Love Came to Kill Us radiates conviction from front to back, and is without doubt a true representation of its creator.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Apr 2, 2020
    68
    What’s most satisfying about Before Love Came to Kill Us isn’t that Reyez whizzes across multiple genres—these days, who doesn’t?—but the skill she displays at each. No matter the arrangement, she powers across it at full force. ... Like many recent pop records, the album is overlong, and the extraneous material tends to be the kind of filler that Reyez is well above.
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