Friends That Break Your Heart
by James Blake
  • Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Oct 8, 2021
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8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 15 out of 15
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  1. Under The Radar
    Nov 2, 2021
    70
    In its best moments, all of which come, ironically enough, on the solo tracks of the record rather than the collaborations, this questioning and double guessing of himself really comes through.
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  2. Beats Per Minute
    Oct 11, 2021
    75
    Friends That Break Your Heart is Blake at his most pared-back and unflinching lyrically and could also be considered his most accessible album yet. For some, this dismal balladry might feel a bit too far removed from the experimentally-textured electronics of his first two albums, yet Blake has found a brilliant way to still be unconventional and accessible at the same time.
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Oct 11, 2021
    80
    Many affecting tracks detail the sharknado of outrage and bewilderment in Blake’s trademark delicate soprano, offset occasionally by well-chosen collaborators (SZA, or rappers JID and SwaVay) or startlingly pitch-shifted vocals.
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