Hymns
by Bloc Party
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 29
  3. Negative: 2 out of 29
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  1. Drowned In Sound
    Jan 28, 2016
    30
    In the end, Hymns is quite a listless journey.
  2. Punknews.org (Staff)
    Feb 8, 2016
    20
    It's such a musically bare record. "Into The Earth" is the only song that feels like a rock song and it's also very soft and drab. So many songs riff off the same synth beats that HYMNS end up being a contemplative session that puts you to sleep as opposed to prodding at your mind.

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5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 69 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 69
  3. Negative: 19 out of 69
  1. Exhodius
    Jan 29, 2016
    0
    It's okay to change style and do some other kind of track, but sometime you also have to think about your fans and not only doing what youIt's okay to change style and do some other kind of track, but sometime you also have to think about your fans and not only doing what you like... Why ? Because it is a passion AND a job !
    I would have liked to have just 1 or 2 tracks reminding the good old BP, but even 1 or 2 is too much.

    I will just forget this album and wait.    … Full Review »
  2. Duke_Challenger
    Jan 29, 2016
    2
    "The Love Within" would have been a good starting point for an album that got crazier and crazier with interesting guitar effects as it went"The Love Within" would have been a good starting point for an album that got crazier and crazier with interesting guitar effects as it went on. Instead, it is as experimental (which is saying that much since the song sounds like a standard EDM song) as the album gets, and the album only gets duller and slower.

    The only standouts on the album (since basically all the songs are slow ballads) are probably "Fortress" and "Exes." They stood out for their lyrics and Kele's singing.

    The last song "Living Lux" sounds a lot like "Ion Square" and has some more experimental, subtle guitar effects. But they come and go, never repeating.    … Full Review »
  3. elmarko
    Jan 29, 2016
    0
    This album is dreadful and an insult to the Bloc Party name.

    Bloc Party released four incredible and influential albums. Hymns is not    This album is dreadful and an insult to the Bloc Party name.

    Bloc Party released four incredible and influential albums.

    Hymns is not only uninspiring, but unbearable.    … Full Review »
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