Hold the Girl
by Rina Sawayama
User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 229 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 201 out of 229
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 229
  3. Negative: 17 out of 229
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  1. Asustouch
    Oct 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not quite sure what I was listening to. But anyways here you go!........................................................................… Expand
  2. Nestru
    Sep 16, 2022
    0
    Loved her last ep , it sounded so fresh and new to the ear but i thought that her next project will be something fresh as well but unfortunately she played so safely
  3. RODDD10
    Sep 16, 2022
    0
    el mejor album del año, rina es una gran escritora con canciones como send my love to john y phantom, ademas de utilizar electropop en imagining y frankestein
  4. ClearDays
    Sep 16, 2022
    3
    Rina plays it safe on her latest LP with underwhelming results. Much of the character of her debut is completely gone, replaced with weaker lyricism centered around self healing and aiming for a middling pop rock sound with none of the gusto.

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#74 Best Album of 2022
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#20 Most Discussed Album of 2022

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Beats Per Minute
    Sep 29, 2022
    79
    With bops and tearjerkers aplenty, Rina’s sincerity in how she confronts her past demons cannot help but warm even the iciest heart.
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  2. Sputnikmusic
    Sep 20, 2022
    70
    It’s a respectable record with easily enough depth and conviction to hint at something thoroughly vital, but it folds so much of itself along lines too deeply creased into forms too clean-edged to bear the kind of authorial stamp its many raw qualities beg for.
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  3. Slant Magazine
    Sep 20, 2022
    70
    Her experiments aren’t as bold or memorable as those of her debut, and the hooks throughout Hold the Girl aren’t as immediately catchy. Nonetheless, Sawayama’s undeniably fierce willingness to gaze further inward and confront thornier topics makes the album compelling in its own right.
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