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65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 31
  2. Negative: 1 out of 31
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  1. Jan 30, 2015
    80
    Not only are these songs about crushes, they feel just like one: emotionally intense, completely beautiful, and above all, fleeting.
  2. Sep 24, 2014
    80
    This album is never afraid to speak its mind and voice its elastic relationship with love, pulled close only to be pinged apart.
  3. Sep 22, 2014
    80
    Songs come and go, often built on little more than O’s voice and the brushed strum of an acoustic guitar, seemingly competing to see which can retreat furthest into the shadows.
  4. Alternative Press
    Sep 3, 2014
    80
    It's lo-fi simplicity makes for a welcome addition to any CoCoRosie fan's collection. [Oct 2014, p.101]
  5. Sep 3, 2014
    80
    These are pretty, sweet, gorgeously simple songs, some not fully formed, which have come, been and gone.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Sep 9, 2014
    75
    The lo-fi bedroom lullabies on Crush Songs do have a pretty simplicity, but it's ultimately a sleepy listen with a lot of half-formed song sketches. [12 Sep 2014, p.62]
  7. Sep 11, 2014
    70
    Crush Songs is a slightly strange choice for O's first full-fledged solo effort. Still, this unassuming musical diary showcases many of the best things about the music she makes on her own.
  8. Sep 9, 2014
    70
    Despite its warbly lo-fi aesthetic and unfinished feel, Crush Songs does have an honest, classic vibe to it.
  9. Sep 9, 2014
    70
    The LP has the same winsome vibe as "The Moon Song," her Oscar-nominated theme from Her.
  10. At times throwaway, at others raw, intimate and charming, there’s plenty here you’ll want to get your mate to ask out for you.
User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 27
  2. Negative: 2 out of 27
  1. Oct 13, 2014
    6
    Karen O's Crush Songs is a quick little album perfect for, well, crushes- those small moments of inspired love mirrored through small songs ofKaren O's Crush Songs is a quick little album perfect for, well, crushes- those small moments of inspired love mirrored through small songs of forgotten love.
    BEST TRACKS: Ooo, Body
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