Guts
by Olivia Rodrigo
  • Record Label: Geffen
  • Release Date: Sep 8, 2023
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 562 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 423 out of 562
  2. Mixed: 44 out of 562
  3. Negative: 95 out of 562
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  1. roadandjunk
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    love ittt she did it again, congrats olivia!! what a great somophore album, making the bed is definitely her best song to date
  2. dansguts
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    just the best somophore album ever, Olivia just killed with her vulnerability and angry in her songs all looks so good mixed with some funny sounds e a lilltle bit of rock, definitely one of the best albums of 2023
  3. Karlangas
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    The clear influence of many artists is involved in this album. The project could have been a big deal IF they would've released it back in the 2000s.
  4. billbillerby1
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Industry plant records more music written by a team of 40+ year old white men in a corner office at Geffen, intended to be basic enough to appeal to the masses but also be sad/emotional/angsty enough for preteen girls.
  5. ethereoh
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yeah this ain’t it. No artistic growth whatsoever just same old lame old Olivia. Proves that she isn’t the gag queen gen z (twitter) making her to be.… Expand
  6. Becksdown
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Olivia Rodrigo is a industry plant and it shows. The album got teased by herself and her team as more mature and grown up when in reality it is the same theme singing about boys now it is about a different one. Really good job so original. Heavily dissapointed. And the paid reviews by these outletts that are giving a 100 Score is a joke. One of the worst albums and most boring albums IOlivia Rodrigo is a industry plant and it shows. The album got teased by herself and her team as more mature and grown up when in reality it is the same theme singing about boys now it is about a different one. Really good job so original. Heavily dissapointed. And the paid reviews by these outletts that are giving a 100 Score is a joke. One of the worst albums and most boring albums I have ever seen.… Expand
  7. Pedrynhoo
    Sep 9, 2023
    1
    The album looks like it's a sour copy. You can't see evolution in the vocals. guts isn't bad, but it's far from good.
  8. bieleyelash
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    To be honest, I am not disappointed because she delivered exactly what I thought she would give us: boring songs. Hopefully, she will evolve on her next project.
  9. jamieldel
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    This is worse than sour... It sounds the same as her older songs and there is no artistic evolution. I expected more tbh. The lyricism is something a 13 year old would write and the production has some good parts but her voice and the production don’t fit to the rock/grunge influence.
  10. Joelava
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Honestly I was waiting for something better, this album sounds like sour discards,the cover art its really so mediocre,I think we deserve something better and a good work,but she dont do it this time.
  11. Albert1305
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. .más de lo mismo y plagiando algunas canciones, me suena a katy perry y a lorde… Expand
  12. ernestoguerra21
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good 4 u remixes. Every song looks like collected from another artist. Although vampire was a really good song, the rest of the album is just the same songs all over again.… Expand
  13. normanfrockweII
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Olivia wanna get her ultraviolence/ when the pawn moment … Expand
  14. Killsting
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    The album doesn't even deserve that high praise, her appearance is like the American media trying to promote a Disney star.
  15. SW09
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    So much unoriginality, from using lyrics from Lana to basically trying and failing to make her own heather with Lacey. I couldn’t even finish the album as it was annoying me lol…
  16. Eero_P
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Guts had very high highs and very low lows. The pre-released songs are highlights on the album. Lacy is a beautiful song. All-american **** has good verses but a noisy chorus. Ballad of a homeschooled girl is noise with bad lyrics and a weird and self-centered subject matter.… Expand
  17. prostytutka
    Sep 8, 2023
    6
    literally Disney Channel & Taylor Swift + the grudge is drivers license pt2
  18. raonnemenezes
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    It sounds like sour leftovers with more noise. Not a good album. But there are two good songs: logical and liove is embarrassing
  19. lionheart_siva
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Urakkam thoongi album.
    Urangi chathu ennath allathe oru gunavum illa.
    Flopped    … Expand
  20. playmelikealove
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Yes, it is a heavier sound than sour, but apart from that I was disappointed, because her songwriting really has not improved imo. None of the songs got to me and i don't know how to say this, but lyrcis and music sometimes just don't match? you could've tried harder to find the perfect words, but you didn't.
    I'm sure any young girl who loves her will disagree, but imo olivia is not worth    Yes, it is a heavier sound than sour, but apart from that I was disappointed, because her songwriting really has not improved imo. None of the songs got to me and i don't know how to say this, but lyrcis and music sometimes just don't match? you could've tried harder to find the perfect words, but you didn't.
    I'm sure any young girl who loves her will disagree, but imo olivia is not worth the hype, at least not from a musical pov. artists like conan gray are doing a better job at creating something that is really a work of art, but maybe this is just a expression and doesn't aim to be good, timeless music. everyone has different tastes, this one was not for me, i really wished for better songwriting, "compliments like bullets on my skin" just isn't good enough for me.    … Expand
  21. Cami7sv
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un álbum donde no se ve una evolución de Olivia Rodrigo como cantante, su lírica y técnica no mejoró, me esperaba mucho más, pero me termino decepcionando.… Expand
  22. Sara_B
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sour 2.0 she just can't quit the teenager loud music and honestly it's so painful to the ears… Expand
  23. SR29
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    sound so basic and is the same than SOUR. She is a bad copy and past of taylor swift.
    cero songs goods in the album, and bored.
  24. livis13
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    this album is very bad and it’s similar to her last one, and again she is showing that she has no creativity
  25. moizzz
    Sep 8, 2023
    1
    Only couple of good ones. No originality and lyrics sounds a lil childish in some parts. Its an okay work.
  26. rickardo11111
    Sep 8, 2023
    2
    No hate towards Olivia but it's nothing new. Exact same sound with SOUR, same theme. I don't get the hype
  27. Xiaomingwu
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    She really does try to be like Taylor or Lana, no identity whatsoever... Next please
  28. Lanasbeech
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    tragically boring album. sounds like a bad taylor swift album and those are already pretty **** all that acclaim was definitely bought by her label lmao
  29. Reema1209
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Sour was a true album with great lyrics No one will remember guts and it not gonna do well It’s like a fun 1 listen I hate everything Avril sounds You can’t listen to the songs more than once it’s like mid-rom-com you watch it once Critics give it a high score cause she is young and trending on TikTok but calling it classic is a crazy statement
    I hope she leave the I’m edgy vice it dosent    Sour was a true album with great lyrics No one will remember guts and it not gonna do well It’s like a fun 1 listen I hate everything Avril sounds You can’t listen to the songs more than once it’s like mid-rom-com you watch it once Critics give it a high score cause she is young and trending on TikTok but calling it classic is a crazy statement
    I hope she leave the I’m edgy vice it dosent fit    … Expand
  30. 0987
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Oh no, the drama mama is back... Why does the critics always give high ratings and reviews for her typical mediocre teenage break-up songs? WHAT THE HELL MAKES HER SO SPECIAL?
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91

Universal acclaim - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Sep 18, 2023
    90
    “Teenage Dream” recycles a song title of Katy Perry’s and echoes a twisty-turny melody of Lana Del Rey’s. Yet Rodrigo’s emotional presence is so strong throughout “Guts” — so believable even at its most unrelatable — that you never lose the sense of a specific young person navigating a trial of her own making.
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  2. AllMusic
    Sep 15, 2023
    90
    GUTS is emphatic proof that Rodrigo isn't just good for a kid -- she's grown into an artist with plenty of things to say, and the confidence and eloquence to say them her way.
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  3. Beats Per Minute
    Sep 13, 2023
    76
    These songs show that Rodrigo isn’t done after GUTS.
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