Gigi's Recovery
by The Murder Capital
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
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  1. androcchio
    Aug 7, 2023
    8
    It's hard to listen the first times but it's a very good album, a mix between Blur and David Bowie.
  2. bob111
    Jul 11, 2023
    9
    Honestly one of the best indie rock albums I've ever listened to, no move in the album is tasteless and all the transitions are clean. Thematically songs fit each other while the vocal performance is almost perfect. Every song is satisfying and rewarding to listen to the end. the vocal performance though sometimes sounding like Alex Turner is completely fitting for this sound.
  3. JamesO2002
    May 5, 2023
    10
    One of the top indie-rock albums of the past 5 years. Not much else to say in regard to that. It's just a really good album
  4. TGirl292
    Feb 8, 2023
    10
    Two weeks since its release I can already conclude that Gigi’s Recovery is one of my favorite indie albums of the past years. The album is a great progression from the band’s 2019 release “When I Have Fears” and takes listeners on an - oftentimes cathartic- emotional rollercoaster. What sets it apart from the previous album is the optimism, the acceptance of one’s fate and the longing forTwo weeks since its release I can already conclude that Gigi’s Recovery is one of my favorite indie albums of the past years. The album is a great progression from the band’s 2019 release “When I Have Fears” and takes listeners on an - oftentimes cathartic- emotional rollercoaster. What sets it apart from the previous album is the optimism, the acceptance of one’s fate and the longing for love. This comes through in many of the tracks. My absolutely favorite tune is the title track itself, which not only has a beautiful progression but closes the album with a sense of hope for a brighter future - and, obviously, more great work from these talented lads. 10/10… Expand
  5. mAscArA81
    Jan 20, 2023
    10
    A masterpiece!!. I had huge expectations for this because I love their first album but this album exceed my expectations: beautiful, sad, sometimes, and with a huge melancholic vibe. I love it!!

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Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Under The Radar
    Jan 25, 2023
    85
    Gigi’s Recovery at times feels eerie and unsettling yet consistently and completely alluring.
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  2. Beats Per Minute
    Jan 23, 2023
    81
    Gigi’s Recovery manages to portray a soul longing for healing, resisting its thanatonic urges, grappling with the reality of being born into a cold, loveless void, and somehow trying to accept being loveable. And it has the brevity to show us that, at the end of its 12 song cycle, the battle can be won, even if the war will never end.
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  3. Sputnikmusic
    Jan 23, 2023
    80
    There are plenty of immediately-engrossing moments, like the dramatic vocal narration of “The Stars Will Leave Their Stage” or the rousing solo in “A Thousand Lives”, but mostly what I return for is the sense of development within songs and from one track to another. This is an album which manages to cover a lot of territory in under fifty minutes, even if the brief intro and outro tracks don’t feel fully fleshed out (my largest criticism).
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