I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
by The 1975
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
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  1. Clash Music
    Mar 8, 2016
    60
    We get a less focused effort, with peaks and troughs in its quality. Yet the best tracks off the album are better than any of the band’s previous work. It’s just a shame that the weaker songs fall below the standard The 1975 set for themselves.
  2. The Observer (UK)
    Feb 29, 2016
    60
    Even though there are intriguing depths behind the 1975’s worship of surfaces, I Like It When You Sleep feels a little like what pop albums used to feel like--the hits, padded out by filler.
  3. DIY Magazine
    Feb 25, 2016
    60
    Trim the fat and you’d wind up with a special record, but with those bizarre moments gone, The 1975 would also lose some of their bombastic charm.
  5. musicOMH.com
    Feb 24, 2016
    60
    Tracks such as the title song and She Lays Down are redundant, bringing down what is otherwise a brave and eclectic comeback from The 1975, one that is sure to divide opinion once again.
  6. Rolling Stone
    Feb 24, 2016
    60
    Despite opening big, bright and airtight, I Like It When You Sleep... gets boring-melty during dream-gaze reveries like "Please Be Naked" and "Lostmyhead." Even so, when they hit the right kind of moody sheen ("Somebody Else," "Loving Someone"), the 1975 are an enjoyable balance of desire and distraction.
  7. Mojo
    Feb 23, 2016
    60
    Ambitious but muddled, throughout they veer from awful to the gently compelling. [Apr 2016, p.86]
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  8. Consequence
    Feb 25, 2016
    58
    There’s plenty of filler here, but at least it all works toward trying to inject some humanity back into the world of buzz-worthy pop music.
  9. NOW Magazine
    Feb 25, 2016
    40
    Even as they cop the slinky white funk of INXS and David Bowie on Love Me and aim for an easily romanced demographic with the electro-tinged ballad A Change Of Heart and the anguished The Ballad Of Me And My Brain, they sound suspiciously like dudes too eager to come off as sensitive and edgy.

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8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 228 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 193 out of 228
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 228
  3. Negative: 18 out of 228
  1. mnorris5
    Feb 26, 2016
    10
    AMAZING. Some how they still managed to maintain some of their old sound, while continuing to be innovative in vocal and instrumentalAMAZING. Some how they still managed to maintain some of their old sound, while continuing to be innovative in vocal and instrumental techniques. If you like the band's debut album, this is a must buy. My favorite song is definitely "Somebody Else". The entire album is pure gold.… Full Review »
  2. sratomasfer
    Jan 23, 2017
    3
    So incredibly long and 90% of the tracks don't really have a place in the album. The few good moments this band creates don't stand up to theSo incredibly long and 90% of the tracks don't really have a place in the album. The few good moments this band creates don't stand up to the laziness that is most of the album.… Full Review »
  3. MichaelDN
    Feb 26, 2016
    10
    This album is sick. Sort of like what Radiohead would do if they were synthpop artists. One of the most innovative and interesting albums ofThis album is sick. Sort of like what Radiohead would do if they were synthpop artists. One of the most innovative and interesting albums of the last five years.… Full Review »
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