Hopeless Romantic
by Michelle Branch
  • Record Label: Verve
  • Release Date: Apr 7, 2017
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. AllMusic
    Apr 6, 2017
    80
    Hopeless Romantic has an appealingly cool veneer in addition to a sturdy structure of songs. It comes on so smoothly, it's easy to overlook how the songs quickly sink into the subconscious.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Apr 7, 2017
    75
    Branch’s commitment sells the project as a whole. And for all that’s different, Branch’s longtime lyrical preoccupation, the intense dissection of love lost and found, remains intact.
  3. Consequence
    Apr 3, 2017
    75
    The result is her most vulnerable and honest work to date.
  5. Paste Magazine
    Apr 3, 2017
    72
    Michelle Branch is no poet, but Hopeless Romantic tells her story with enough variance to stay engaging.
  6. Uncut
    Apr 3, 2017
    70
    The results are stiff at times, the LP overlong, but Branch's country songwriting sounds all the more compelling and idiosyncratic in this setting. [May 2017, p.25]
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User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
  1. SteelMonkey
    Jun 22, 2018
    0
    This is what happens when you let your boyfriend produce your album. All he had to do was pass her a guitar and press record. Instead, heThis is what happens when you let your boyfriend produce your album. All he had to do was pass her a guitar and press record. Instead, he chose to go the route of bad choices and worse compromises, crappy synth, blancmange beats, and songs that have been bent, folded and mutilated to fit some ill-conceived notion of what a hit record sounds like. This is not a Michelle Branch record. It's a travesty.… Full Review »
  2. Shiftyeyeddog
    Apr 12, 2017
    1
    Hopelessly dull is more like it. All the edgy black leather and alternative PR is a joke, don't waste your time or money. Just go back andHopelessly dull is more like it. All the edgy black leather and alternative PR is a joke, don't waste your time or money. Just go back and listen to The Spirit Room, it has 100 times the balls and passion of this saccharine faux-altpop.… Full Review »
  3. MeLikesMusic
    May 10, 2021
    3
    As a big big fan of Michelle Branch, I really wish she had left with a better album than Hopeless Romantic. For such a voice and a talent sheAs a big big fan of Michelle Branch, I really wish she had left with a better album than Hopeless Romantic. For such a voice and a talent she is I just can't understand how homemade this album looks and feels. The cover looks cheap, and after 7 years of releasing Everything Comes And Goes, this project could have been much more spectacular. Production's pretty bad which is sad, because the songwriting is (for the most part) brilliant, and everyone wanted to see more of her dynamic and catchy brand sound on The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper. You're still able to find some really good songs like Best You Ever, Temporary Feeling and Hopeless Romantic.… Full Review »
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