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- Summary: The second full-length release for the French pop artist features a guest appearance from Dâm-Funk.
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- Record Label: Universal Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 26
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Mixed: 0 out of 26
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Negative: 0 out of 26
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Sep 21, 2018She just writes fantastic songs: the melody of 5 Dollars is perfectly poised between sweetness and melancholy; What’s-Her-Face frames a lyric about self-loathing with an ominous cloud of electronics; Damn (What Must a Woman Do?) conjures a crowded dancefloor at 4am so effectively you can virtually feel the perspiration dripping from the ceiling. It is an album about pop music as much as any of the other topics it addresses.
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Sep 20, 2018On the evidence of Chris--a deft and bogglingly-intelligent record, which somehow sounds blissfully effortless too--she’s earned her own place in the pop icon history books.
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Sep 20, 2018Chris more than anything revels in fluid identities--whether gender, personality, mood, or otherwise--and the way they free people from expectations and limits. By extension, this frees up Christine And The Queens from musical conventions, and propels the group to the precipice of greatness.
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Sep 18, 2018As its title suggests, Chris is a supremely confident introduction to the next phase of Christine and the Queens.
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Sep 27, 2018It’s true to say that Chris seems to run out of steam a bit at the end, with only the beautifully reflective Make Some Sense really standing out during the album’s last few tracks. Nevertheless, this doesn’t stop Héloïse Letissier’s second record being one of the year’s most intelligent, enjoyable albums, and cements her position as one of our most intriguing, interesting pop stars.
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Sep 24, 2018Here, as with Grimes, percussion is used as a weapon; none of the lyrics are clichéd top 40 pap. Unlike Grimes, however, Letissier has a bold, synthetic funk payload to commend her, and her lyrics are more obviously personal.
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Sep 18, 2018Some tracks, like "Doesn't Matter," are splendid on their own, without getting into a showy pop realm: what that song lacks in hooks, it makes up for with micro walls of sound and a choral climax, courtesy of some sublime layering. But others are better at a distance. ... Despite that, Letessier's evidently heightened confidence goes a long, long way on Chris, and its emotions and attitude pop with astonishing strength, even if the sound could afford to do so a little more.
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Positive: 13 out of 14
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Mixed: 1 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Sep 24, 2018Chris is a flawless collection of songs. I'm already quite sure it will be my favourite album of the year.
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Sep 21, 2018
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Sep 21, 2018This album is perfect in every way. Best tracks: Goya Soda, Feel so good, Doesn't matter & Le G
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