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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

  • Summary: Born in England but leaning, musically, toward Americana, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter follows her 2017 EP, "Something American," with this full-length debut.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. 80
    ‘Jade Bird’ has the edge of an assured debut album and is a startling introduction to a British talent who looks set to take the States by storm.
  2. Apr 18, 2019
    80
    It is a tremendous debut and the quality is beyond question.
  3. Apr 24, 2019
    80
    There's no doubt Bird is the complete package: Deft songwriting, outstanding vocals that glide effortlessly between honey and hessian, plus oodles of attitude to boot.
  4. Apr 19, 2019
    74
    It’s a very digestible and fun debut LP.
  5. Apr 23, 2019
    71
    Jade Bird is an album of loose change, a pocketful of shiny, well-written nuggets that might give off a lot of flash individually but when put together don’t equal the sum of their parts. Thankfully, Bird’s singular musical style--a chalky blend of roots-rock, country and pop--and her mighty, mighty roar cancel out any thematic fumbles entirely.
  6. Apr 19, 2019
    70
    In all, this is a solid debut full of well-written songs and plenty of attitude that delivers on the promise of her early singles.
  7. Mojo
    Apr 18, 2019
    60
    Jade Bird's compelling voice is the deliberately uncontested focus of her no nonsense debut. [May 2019, p. 93]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album is a great debut. Her voice is amazing and so are the lyrics. The way it mixes pop, folk and country in every song is really well done.
  2. Jul 20, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While sometimes a bit by the numbers, it remains a powerful and stunning work by someone with a long long future ahead. Expand