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MojoApr 23, 2014Only a few moments--Happy, the Daft Punk-featuring Gust Of Wind and I Know Who You Are--sound truly out of the ordinary. [May 2014, p.86]
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Mar 6, 2014It’s high-quality pop, but also highly disposable.
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Mar 4, 2014So long as you don't expect Shakespeare and don't presume this to be a rap album, you won't be mad. It's pure pop done the way Pharrell does it.
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Mar 3, 2014They're featherweight takes on retro-'70's pop soul, together creating just the summer album we need in a winter that won't quit. But if the album's puppydog need to please goes down with ease, it's effect evaporates nearly as quickly.
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Mar 3, 2014This is pop music, and it's all in good fun.... I just wish the recipe would have included a touch more poetry.
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Mar 3, 2014Like the latter’s Random Access Memories, it’s an enjoyable dance-pop album lacking a central focus. But one whose diffident charm makes a pleasant change from the overwrought wailing that routinely afflicts R&B.
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Mar 3, 2014G I R L may have benefited from a few more introspective trips back to the drawing board.
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Mar 3, 2014Over 10 tracks, then, no sackcloth is in evidence, just a coy, elfin who-me face, and songs that tone down the smut'n'grind of Pharrell's more R&B-oriented productions and turn up the knobs on his Michael Jackson fetish.
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Feb 28, 2014Like Random Access Memories, it’s an enjoyable dance-pop album lacking a central focus. But one whose diffident charm makes a pleasant change from the overwrought wailing that routinely afflicts R&B.
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Mar 25, 2014G I R L is safe, universal, and unforgivably dull. It should be a huge hit.
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Mar 14, 2014Musically, this is a pleasant record, one that’ll soundtrack many a packed yet ultimately sensible party.
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Mar 12, 2014It’s catchy and shows faint glimmers of his true talent, but it comes off like a tossed off, half baked batch of outtakes from sessions where his more impressive music was produced.
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Mar 10, 2014G I R L sounds like the work of a much less interesting artist. But if Pharrell’s goal was to bring happiness to his listeners and vibrant tunes to the charts, then by all means he’s fulfilled his goal.
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Mar 3, 2014Pharrell isn’t raising the game on G I R L--it’s a thoughtful, imaginative unit-shifter with some sincere themes running through it. But “different”? Not quite.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 102 out of 166
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Mixed: 37 out of 166
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Negative: 27 out of 166
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