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Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Apr 17, 2023
    90
    Perhaps a less confident artist would be tempted to finish on a grand crescendo, but Angel Olsen has made a masterful record that both requires and earns a little patience.
  2. Apr 17, 2023
    80
    You can get lost in the whole EP, which possesses all the quality and thought of a full-formed album, but flickers by like the yellow windows of a train in the dark, travelling on to somewhere new.
  3. Apr 17, 2023
    80
    Forever Means is not just a B-side compilation; these songs sound distinct from each other but somehow come together cohesively.
  4. Apr 17, 2023
    80
    It does not amount to a classic statement, but I don’t think she anticipates it as such. It provides a coda for Big Time, completing a set of thoughts begun with that album’s recording. It reaffirms her rising status as a worthy successor to esteemed figures like Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, and Iris DeMent.
  5. Apr 17, 2023
    70
    With these outtakes, Olsen zooms out and reveals some of the rockier steps along her journey toward self-discovery.

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