Hello Happiness
by Chaka Khan
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Feb 15, 2019
User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 3 out of 15
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  1. Alex_Nevermind
    Feb 15, 2019
    6
    The project is mildly disappointing because of Khan's "special guest" appearance throughout it. Nice balance of 70's disco and funk. This is her first released effort since 2007 double Grammy-winning "Funk This" written and produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Resident Advisor
    Mar 5, 2019
    68
    It's clear that Hello Happiness is not the full album experience. Still, a few easy summer hits from Khan are a treat.
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  2. Uncut
    Feb 22, 2019
    70
    An unexpectedly impressive comeback. [Apr 2019, p.32]
  3. Pitchfork
    Feb 20, 2019
    59
    Hello Happiness is a messy, overproduced, anonymous set of hotel-lobby beats that makes woeful use of one of the greatest voices of all time. ... There’s a moment when Hello Happiness works. On the sensual and affirming closing track, “Ladylike,” Chaka Khan finally breaks free of vocal effects.
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