Darkness and Light
by John Legend
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Dec 2, 2016
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 43 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 43
  3. Negative: 10 out of 43
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  1. kyledokic
    Dec 3, 2016
    0
    This album doesn't live up to his previous classic projects. If someone asked me to define mediocre, I'd send them this album. This album is nothing like a 'Once Again'. Marching into the darkness and I know better are the better songs of the album. But as a whole, the album didn't have much replay value. He's gone from John Legend to John Bellend.

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Exclaim
    Dec 19, 2016
    70
    Darkness and Light comes off balanced and bursting with humility knowing and being what it is--mainstream soul framed by pop parameters.
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  2. The Observer (UK)
    Dec 12, 2016
    80
    A late 2016 highlight.
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  3. Consequence
    Dec 8, 2016
    58
    Darkness and Light loses its depth, however, when Legend skews toward pop (see: “Love Me Now”), even if these songs do maintain a catchy candor. Fortunately for the album, they’re rare and few.
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