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- Summary: The second full-length release for the Michigan indiepop singer-songwriter features a guest appearance from Lana Del Rey and was produced by Tommy English.
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- Record Label: Interscope
- Genre(s): Pop, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Left-Field Pop
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Positive: 2 out of 5
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Mixed: 3 out of 5
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Jan 22, 2018Børns has improved technically as a singer since his last record, and he’s smart not to cede the spotlight to Del Rey, instead using the album to twist his peculiar brand of romantic retrofuturism into inventive new shapes.
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Jan 22, 2018Exploring new directions with experimental confidence, an ever-playful BØRNS takes the necessary steps in artistic maturation on Blue Madonna, a worthy and satisfying follow-up for the mischievous Lothario.
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Jan 22, 2018A record that is full of hypnotic melodies and easy charm, but you couldn’t claim Blue Madonna heralds the birth of a particularly distinctive talent.
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Jan 22, 2018There are moments of transporting brilliance, particularly during Iceberg, Tension and Blue Madonna, but Borns’s best work is surely still to come.
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Jan 22, 2018Blue Madonna’s main value over replacement synth-pop is his falsetto, capable of reaching a glam-rock frenzy but constrained in songs that never quite allow him to go there.
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Positive: 12 out of 12
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Mixed: 0 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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Nov 16, 2018
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Apr 20, 2018sonically golden. lyrical masterpiece, absolutely transporting. Definitely borns best work yet
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Jan 11, 2020
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Feb 16, 2018Amazing work, each song is carefully crafted, beautiful and danceable, all of them different.
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Sep 2, 2020That lines, lyrics, aesthetic, sounds and instrumental, everything in that album is a masterpiece
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May 10, 2018
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Sep 4, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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