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  1. Apr 7, 2021
    0
    How did she go from the excellence of TMYLM to... something so underwhelming? I really wanted to like this but I'm disappointed. Besides MHLN, which is a masterpiece, everything is lacklustre. TMYLM > HWGA > Unbroken > DWTD > Demi > Don't Forget
  2. Apr 9, 2021
    0
    It was Nothing Like she would ever give us. IT WAS HORRID.I usually love Demi’s music but This Pushes me away from her.
  3. Apr 9, 2021
    1
    someone has to warn her that no one can take more overcoming songs. this album is boring and no one cares
  4. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    La verdad lo siente muy básico, las sonidos aburren demasiado, ya es hora de reinventarse
  5. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    Muito ruim , péssimo, parece descartes do poisitions e changes. A cantora não se reinventa e sempre trás o mesmo
  6. Apr 8, 2021
    0
    really generic lyrics over really tired and generic production, this kind of gives me a cringe feeling the lyrics are so poor.
  7. Nov 20, 2021
    0
    dancing with the devil... the art of starting over was the album I listened to the most this year. I still listen to a lot of it every day, it's such a good and complete album, demi lovato's best work so far. I'm proud to be a fan of someone as talented as demi is musically.
  8. Nov 13, 2021
    3
    This album is a little bit underwhelming and boring. The songs are incohesive also.
  9. Apr 8, 2021
    0
    Bad album. Boring as expected. Made no noise as deserved. She should focus on her music instead of shading other artists.
  10. Apr 9, 2021
    0
    It's boring never been a fan of her vocals she just scream at every song she make
  11. Apr 4, 2021
    1
    Demi's work follows a vicious cycle. How can you sell an intimate and personal job with 13 producers doing her job?And none of the songs were written entirely by her. It is poor, desperate and disheartening to hear a scream
  12. Apr 9, 2021
    0
    comprido e cansativo uma completa bagunça e com um descarte péssimo da outra concubina do scooter.
  13. Apr 6, 2021
    0
    boringggggggggggggggggggg as fcck but i like her though she is cute just borin'
  14. Apr 5, 2021
    0
    Not my thing I mean, it’s great but not enough
    Not what expected for Demi
    Btw I love u Demi ❤️
  15. Aug 21, 2022
    0
    +25 tracks??? and all of them talking about a damn OVERDOSE that no one remembers?

    girl get real,
  16. May 20, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It´s not the Album of the Year, but is a good album, the lyric is beautiful and she could express her feelings in it. I can feel that fixed her heart wrinting and the songs are the freedom. Expand
  17. Apr 4, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. sick and tired of everything about this woman. i tried listening to the album but it's just the same sh!t over and over again... Expand
  18. Apr 4, 2021
    0
    meh...it’s just not it...too long and too boring, try again girlllllllllllll
  19. Apr 9, 2021
    0
    Haré lo que hizo un lovatic con Taylor y Selena. Cito textual:
    Aburrido, aburrido, aburridoooo álbum feo para dormir señora, por que compraría este álbum tan aburrido y fome
  20. Apr 9, 2021
    0
    Great album. Hope she continues with quality music, and actually starts over and put her past behind her.
  21. Aug 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pas trop fan, l’album est un peu répétitif. On s’ennuie rapidement. Mais bon Expand
  22. Apr 7, 2021
    0
    Horrível, não tem coerência sonora, muito menos lírica. Tão decepcionado. Ela não tem uma direção artística boa
  23. Aug 21, 2022
    3
    Aburrídisimo. No contiene ninguna canción que sea inolvidable. Más bien se convierte en algo interminable de escuchar, tanto que solo deseas que sea la última canción.
  24. Apr 7, 2021
    0
    I was expecting more from Demi after years of waiting for her new album this album is the same as the last ones , singing about the same issues and she still over-singing .. she has a powerful voice but her screams in the whole album make it hard to enjoy it ..
  25. Apr 4, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't feel an innovative job, it seems like something that's been heard before apart it's like the beat of previous songs that have hit worldwide, from or this for more but didn't look like this time. Expand
  26. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    Beautiful album! She is amazing!! She can do everything she wants. I love her sooo much
  27. May 4, 2021
    0
    Muy malo, no merece tener un 9.3 de la audiencia siendo un album tan soso y pop basico y sin magia como este.
  28. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fue un álbum aburrido y poco creativo, solo habla de su sobredosis para causar lástima y poder vender pobre acabada. Ni dando lastima sale del. Flop Expand
  29. Apr 2, 2021
    1
    this after tmylm is very disappointing, i expected much more srry demi but you know
  30. Apr 10, 2021
    1
    such a trash album positions is so much better. so boring redundant and basic.
  31. Apr 5, 2021
    0
    BOOM!
    Nunca na sua carreira de empresário Scooter Braun teve tanto prejuízo como teve nesse álbum, um leesho! Se fosse pra ouvir berro eu ia numa montanha russa.
  32. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    Esse é o melhor álbum da carreira. Eu estou divinamente encantada. Está simplesmente esplêndido!
  33. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    ¡Simplemente hermoso! sin palabras. Uno de los mejores albumes de Demi, es invreible como su voz suena en cada una de las letras.
  34. Apr 4, 2021
    0
    The album is so horrible that I had to wash my ears with soap... she can be a good singer but she's a terrible artist
  35. Apr 5, 2021
    0
    Love you Demi! Your best album! So proud of you and ariana! Love you both queens ❤️❤️❤️
  36. Apr 5, 2021
    0
    I loved this album. Her voice, the production, the lyrics, the sound. All about this album leads you to heaven,
  37. Apr 6, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. amazing album. i loved how vulnerable and honest she was. i loved it so much. Expand
  38. Apr 7, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Su peor álbum, ni generando lástima pudo salir de flop da asco si álbum. Debería retirarse Expand
  39. Jul 22, 2021
    3
    This album begins with the grating track "Anyone", which sets the tone for the rest of the album: if you don't like it, you're not going to like the rest of it either.
  40. Aug 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was bad, the production / sounds was the same, lyrics are good but not her bests and it's like I heard these songs from another artists Expand
  41. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    Lovato has truly overstayed her welcome, at least in terms of putting out albums that move you. The vim and vigor which so characterized her early work is largely absent. It almost feels as if she's going through the motions - it's corporatized. I wish she's returned to that stripped down, essentially progression that she used to write in her early days.
  42. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    Unfortunately, there's nothing new here. Even though the whole behind this album, Demi still releases the same songs.
  43. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    This is stupidly awful. I feel ashamed that she has enough courage now to throw this compilation of garbage in the form of "" music "".
  44. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    Eu esperei tanto por isso, não poderia estar mais feliz e grata. Obrigada Deus, pela vida da Demi. Obrigada, Demi, por ser quem é. Eu te amo, garota. E seu álbum, suas letras, me tocaram a alma.
  45. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    Pop generic album with trap elements just to top the charts, but song with Ariana is really good.
  46. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    not a fan sounds like she’s trying to hard sorry not sorry, she needs to go back to her other eras before
  47. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    i don't recommend the album is boring and has many skips such a waste of time i didn't expect it she likes to milk her struggles
  48. Apr 2, 2021
    1
    Mixing intimate ballads with upbeat club tracks, Dancing with the Devil… The Art of Starting Over is the perfect contemporary pop artefact.
  49. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    The very first album she doesn't force vocals or specific chart's music styles. She and her team literally highlighted very well the vocals and instruments to present the music in a way the listeners feel her emotions and this specific period of her life. Genuine, Human and catchy. First time since 2008 I see Demi being really creative and true to herself. Congrats! Grammy please take her ♥
  50. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    I get it she’s been through some tough times we all have but her milking this overdoes is sick. The only song on this album worth a listen is the one with Ariana and even that one is so repetitive. Noah Cyrus sounds good on her feature but still trash.
  51. Apr 2, 2021
    2
    Here comes Demi again trying her best. But she fails again. I get it she’s been through some tough times we all have but her milking this overdoes is sick. The only song on this album worth a listen is the one with Ariana and even that one is so repetitive. Noah Cyrus sounds good on her feature but still trash.
  52. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    I don’t recommend this album... this album is a mess and one of the songs is not original but a cover, such a waste of time...
  53. Apr 2, 2021
    2
    I liked the collabs on this album. However, her solo songs are weak sonically and the album sounds lost and not cohesive. I hope she learns from this album and grows artistically as she is a talented vocalist.
  54. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    Bien colg4d4 de sus sobredosis, urge que escriba y cante cosas buenas y deje de estarse colgando de todos. Solo buscando atención, como 100pre
  55. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este álbum no es nada a comparación de su álbum homónimo, le hizo falta mucho más potencial Demi se debería enfocar más en otras cosas que en su sobredosis... Expand
  56. Apr 2, 2021
    2
    lyrically well done but lacks variety as the majority of the tracks sound very similar and recall the same story over and over again.
  57. Apr 2, 2021
    1
    Basic lyrics and generic songs with a little bit of decent production to cover up the mess. It feels like I’m listening to a slightly more mature Disney Channel movie soundtrack. Nothing groundbreaking or daring, like it always is with miss Lovato.
  58. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    Same thing as always... she still hasnt found herself yet. MHLN is good, tho.
  59. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    Disappointing ... still talking about what he suffered, it is nothing new or innovative, the melody is repetitive and without grace, the lyrics are somewhat good, but there is no song that is like "wow", it should definitely reinvent itself.
  60. Apr 2, 2021
    1
    Lyrically brilliant. Sonically boring. Not an album I would listen to more than once. Wish her the best though.
  61. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    Cuando todo se basa en una MENTIRA, nada tiene significado

    Muy mal flopvato, desesperada
  62. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not really a fan of it. Not one of her greatest releases. Her last greatest release was skyscraper and heart attack. I don’t think I have liked anything she has released the past years. No thanks I’m good, next. Expand
  63. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't like this album, cause looks like she is copy, but is both so bad i just Don't like her Expand
  64. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    mais da mesma coisa da demi, um álbum mal produzido que apenas foca os vocais, como todas as músicas da demi, as desse álbum não são diferentes. as músicas começam calmas, mas quando chegam no meio começam os whistles e a música vira uma gritaria até o final, isso cansa MUITO os ouvidos, principalmente quando você tem que ouvir DEZENOVE músicas desse álbum, e nem o feat com a arianamais da mesma coisa da demi, um álbum mal produzido que apenas foca os vocais, como todas as músicas da demi, as desse álbum não são diferentes. as músicas começam calmas, mas quando chegam no meio começam os whistles e a música vira uma gritaria até o final, isso cansa MUITO os ouvidos, principalmente quando você tem que ouvir DEZENOVE músicas desse álbum, e nem o feat com a ariana conseguiu salvar esta mulher da mesmice. enfim, não recomendo esse álbum, ele é horrivel.

    o lado bom? demi lovato agora tem um arsenal nuclear.
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  65. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    This is my third attempt at posting. Her 15 minutes I’ve been up for a long time, what she needs to do his retire now. I’m not impressed at all
  66. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    Is shock album, Start you think is bad and final you find is worst. DEMI did better, she struggled a lot but this is horrible
  67. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    O álbum, que tem um nome maior que a profundidade do mesmo, de início nos faz questionar algo que sempre é uma dúvida na carreira de Lovato: quando é que essa mulher vai sacodir a poeira e parar de fazer música sobre superação? É como se ela tivesse prazer em ter alguma narrativa triste para fazer música. Aqui as coisas são tão óbvias e previsíveis que em certos momentos conseguimosO álbum, que tem um nome maior que a profundidade do mesmo, de início nos faz questionar algo que sempre é uma dúvida na carreira de Lovato: quando é que essa mulher vai sacodir a poeira e parar de fazer música sobre superação? É como se ela tivesse prazer em ter alguma narrativa triste para fazer música. Aqui as coisas são tão óbvias e previsíveis que em certos momentos conseguimos adivinhar exatamente do que vai se tratar a música mesmo antes de ouvi-la. Falta identidade neste trabalho, falta proeza, sagacidade e vontade de sair do mesmo. Ao contrário de suas ex-colegas da disney (que também não vem entregando obras de arte), Lovato se mantém em uma narrativa chata e constante, dando a entender que ela é mais perseguida que Jesus foi na terra. Com isso podemos concluir que Demi se inspirou no conceito do recente álbum de Selena Gomez (isso não é um elogio), pois são raros os momentos em que apareça algo bom nesse emaranhado de bombas. Expand
  68. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I dont recommend this album ... nothing innovative, typical of an album that the songs become tiring Expand
  69. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    This is an absolute masterpiece and I am absolutely in love with it! She completely snapped!
  70. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    Me parece muy mal álbum, no me gustó para nada Muy básico muy, no me gustaron para nada las letras
  71. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    The only good song is the Ariana collaboration. The album is meh, goes to show how comeback albums can be lacklustre.
  72. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    So bad, 3 yo hiatus for nothing, demi should grow up as an artist instead of making the same songs all over again
  73. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    I dont like the album, is ugly but i like the song con Ariana..............
  74. Apr 2, 2021
    0
    I don’t recommend this album... this album is a mess and one of the songs is not original but a cover, such a waste of time...

    after reading the lyrics of each song we have to say that Demi Lovato is really overrated as a singer, considering she doesn’t write her own songs. It’s like a tattoo artists that doesn’t draw their own tattoos, reason as to why Taylor is better than her. Please
    I don’t recommend this album... this album is a mess and one of the songs is not original but a cover, such a waste of time...

    after reading the lyrics of each song we have to say that Demi Lovato is really overrated as a singer, considering she doesn’t write her own songs.
    It’s like a tattoo artists that doesn’t draw their own tattoos, reason as to why Taylor is better than her. Please use your time better and listen to the 2021 Grammy’s Album Of The Year folklore by Taylor Swift.

    Also it’s pretty sad that Demi needs to release a new documentary to talk about her same old problems everytime she releases a new album, desperate much?
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  75. Aug 21, 2022
    0
    Worst album of all time ...
    ..... .........................................
  76. Aug 21, 2022
    0
    Seriously bad album. she should just quit making music and save the worlds ears.
  77. Aug 22, 2022
    0
    She needs to stop with the topics that she sings about. It is very triggering to some people and it's getting really boring. The music wasn't great and it resonates with no one.
  78. Aug 22, 2022
    0
    Sus fans pasaron dándole mala crítica a los demás álbumes solo para que su álbum subiera
  79. Aug 14, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A única música que gostei foi Easy, as outras não gostei não... Não gosto desse estilo de música, acho que ela já fez álbuns bem melhores Expand
  80. Apr 9, 2021
    1
    That was awful I am sorry for her ,her voice isn’t good at all
  81. Sep 4, 2021
    0
    The album seems very uninspired and follows common overused themes. Demi should find her own sound.
  82. Oct 24, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es más de lo mismo nada sorprendente parece que reciclo sonidos del 2016 para hacerlos parecer como nuevos ahora simplemente debería haber quedado por debajo de 60. Expand
  83. Oct 25, 2022
    0
    esse álbum é o maior da carreira, essa mulher nunca decepciona. isso que é ser artista!!!
  84. Aug 23, 2022
    0
    As a demi stan for the last 25 years i can confirm that her music is mediocre at best. This album is cow ****
  85. Aug 22, 2022
    0
    What utter Trash, her yogurt sympathy thing obviously didn't work, she's over
  86. yat
    Aug 23, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lazy writing, poor writing músic. I thought she was bringing something powerful but instead for lazy asf Expand
  87. Aug 21, 2022
    0
    demi self sabotaged themselves, this album had a potential, but the only song i lowkey liked was melon cake and thats it
  88. Aug 22, 2022
    0
    The worst album ever
    The lirycs are so bad and genérico
    The melodies are so basic
  89. Aug 21, 2022
    0
    What a horrible album. I don't know where I should start. IDK why but Demi always uses the same song structure for every song she makes.
  90. Aug 21, 2022
    0
    Worst fcking album Ive ever Heard. what is this garbage. She sounds like a whale getting stabbed multiple times. Don’t bother wasting anytime listening to this.
  91. Aug 21, 2022
    0
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  92. Aug 21, 2022
    0
    What is this album? You would think that after releasing previous rubbish albums before this one she would’ve learnt her lesson. Where’s the creativity, where’s the talent? They’re no where to be seen just like no good songs on this album are nowhere to be seen. Disappointed to say the least
  93. Aug 23, 2022
    0
    مره تفشل الحوت مقدر تضحك لا صوت ولا شكل عهههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههه
  94. Aug 23, 2022
    0
    Flop bad music always and always she’s so annoying her voice is bad please delete the album
  95. Aug 23, 2022
    1
    Para mí, música con la capacidad de influenciar mis sentimientos es buena música. Música que me hace sentir.
  96. Aug 23, 2022
    1
    bunch of noise, blame her for the decadency of music, please quit and make a favor to the industry
  97. Aug 23, 2022
    1
    The opening three tracks are almost an EP in their own right, before a quick reset. Semi title track ‘The Art Of Starting Over’ begins anew, a straight forward bop that gets to the root of Demi’s recovery – her natural talent, her ear for pop magic, affording room for personal renewal.
  98. Aug 23, 2022
    0
    Demi fans, putting negative reviews on other artists, so your fav artist gets a better rating, is dishonest.
  99. Aug 23, 2022
    1
    Wow! Lovato transcends his pain and bad habits from the past in happy and well-produced songs. Transforming pain into pure art. The art of starting over, starting over as an artist and finally finding the best of herself. Very proud of this album. Totally outside the comfort zone,
  100. Aug 23, 2022
    1
    pobresilla la serie sta muy desgarradora la vdd no pueo creer todo lo que le ha pasado y a susfanaticps ya por favor dejenla vivir empaz por favor dejenla escapar de su sotano ya que sea libre
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Apr 15, 2021
    60
    Lovato's frankness is disarming, forcing a listener to reckon with the depths of the singer's distinction, yet the album works best when it veers toward lighter territory, letting the slick R&B rhythms and sugared hooks carry Lovato's emoting.
  2. Apr 8, 2021
    80
    Dancing With the Devil… The Art of Starting Over is Demi Lovato like we have never heard before. She is sassy and carefree while serious about her identity and personhood in a way she has been itching to be for years.
  3. Apr 8, 2021
    80
    The opening three tracks are almost an EP in their own right, before a quick reset. Semi title track ‘The Art Of Starting Over’ begins anew, a straight forward bop that gets to the root of Demi’s recovery – her natural talent, her ear for pop magic, affording room for personal renewal.