Dirt Femme
by Tove Lo
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    Oct 14, 2022
    100
    The result is a 12-track riot of feisty, unapologetically forthright, dance-led pop that embraces femininity of all kinds.
  2. DIY Magazine
    Oct 12, 2022
    90
    ‘Dirt Femme’ sees her juxtapose elements ingeniously. If she’s singing in a straightforward manner, on a more direct number, then the music is twisting and turning in offbeat ways.
  3. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 11, 2022
    90
    Dirt Femme is sexy, smart, and most importantly; fun. It’s a step up for Tove Lo without losing any of her signature charm, and it might just be her best album yet.
  5. musicOMH.com
    Oct 20, 2022
    80
    If Dirt Femme is the sound of Tove Lo finding her feet, the future seems very bright indeed.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    Oct 17, 2022
    80
    The result is an album that’s spiky, surprising and not quite cohesive, but never ever boring. Tove Lo was always much too interesting to be a slave to the algorithm.
  7. Rolling Stone
    Oct 14, 2022
    80
    Dirt Femme isn’t Tove Lo’s magnum opus but in revealing a more vulnerable side and digging deeper into her ethos, she excels at not losing what has made her such a standout in a saturated genre over the years.
  8. AllMusic
    Oct 14, 2022
    80
    Lo is maturing but holding onto the most important parts of herself. Dirt Femme gives the confessional, sexual, and danceable sides of her music equal time and offers a fuller portrait of her music than we've heard before.
  9. American Songwriter
    Oct 12, 2022
    80
    The album, sees the pop maven realize her own strength and let it take her somewhere new while keeping with her characteristic candor and energy.
  10. Beats Per Minute
    Oct 27, 2022
    76
    Dirt Femme is a pop record and the compositions can be a little too close to something you’ve heard before. ... When she finds the right direction though, Tove Lo earns her place in the canon of the great Swedish pop song craftsmen.
  11. PopMatters
    Oct 11, 2022
    70
    Dirt Femme is one of Tove Lo’s strongest collection of songs yet, and the acoustic fingerpicking collaboration “Cute & Cruel” with First Aid Kit shows the different directions Lo can take her sound. Unfortunately, tracks like the by-the-numbers ballad “I’m to Blame” and the less-insightful-than-it-thinks dance cut “Attention Whore” get lumped in on the album’s back half, as they somewhat pull down the otherwise stellar material presented.

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 107 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 95 out of 107
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 107
  3. Negative: 11 out of 107
  1. Enriquecasas
    Oct 14, 2022
    10
    a true masterpiece from start to finish, Tove Lo deserves all the praise in the world
  2. Tyrion123
    Oct 14, 2022
    10
    My personal AOTY. What a majestic piece of pop work. She never misses.

    I can't choose a favorite one because I have many, but No One Dies    My personal AOTY. What a majestic piece of pop work. She never misses.

    I can't choose a favorite one because I have many, but No One Dies From Love, Suburbia, Call On Me, Pineapple Slice and Grapefruit are absolute perfection.    … Full Review »
  3. alex_lavigne13
    Oct 21, 2022
    10
    Este álbum es realmente una maravilla de principio a fin, me fascina, no lo superaré nunca. DIRT FEMME vino a salvar el pop en 2022, we stan
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