• Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Oct 28, 2016
User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 375 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 24 out of 375
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  1. Nov 5, 2016
    5
    This album was okay at best. Tove Lo is known for being daring, but it lack in this album. No offense but it felt like robots were the producers of this album. "Don't Talk About It" made me turn the volume up, different from the monotone feel the album gave.
  2. Oct 31, 2016
    5
    This is such a downgrade from QOTC. I think the error with this album is the total focus on today's edm sound. In this album, melodic greatness (which made QOTC great) was sacrificed for big club beats. Some of the instrumentals were really amazing (Don't Talk About It, Keep It Simple especially), but the songwriting just wasn't up to snuff. Very average album all-in-all, which is sadThis is such a downgrade from QOTC. I think the error with this album is the total focus on today's edm sound. In this album, melodic greatness (which made QOTC great) was sacrificed for big club beats. Some of the instrumentals were really amazing (Don't Talk About It, Keep It Simple especially), but the songwriting just wasn't up to snuff. Very average album all-in-all, which is sad considering the maserpiece that QOTC was. 5/10

    BEST: Don't Talk About It, by a mile.
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  3. Mar 1, 2021
    6
    Knowing what Tove Lo is capable of this album appeared to be quite disappointing to me. It feels like these songs have been created to highlight her voice more than to promote the interesting messages the singer usually showcases. Beats and rhythms sound unoriginal, effortless and count amongst the most mainstream pop ones of Tove Lo's carreer. Even if the core message is still present itKnowing what Tove Lo is capable of this album appeared to be quite disappointing to me. It feels like these songs have been created to highlight her voice more than to promote the interesting messages the singer usually showcases. Beats and rhythms sound unoriginal, effortless and count amongst the most mainstream pop ones of Tove Lo's carreer. Even if the core message is still present it seems truly erased by the disco-pop slope of 'Lady Wood' so that we are faced with an attractive but very sweetened repetitive musical soup.

    There are two featured artists: Joe Janiak and Wiz Khalifa. If the first one sounds great and legitimate, Wiz Khalifa totally seems out of context. His verse is as short as useless. I suppose it was just to have a male voices on her album. Another sign that this project is more commercial than authentic.
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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Jan 3, 2017
    70
    While there aren't as many standout singles this time around, the Swedish singer impressively maintains a consistent tone throughout, and its two-part structure adds to its listenability as an album experience.
  2. Dec 2, 2016
    70
    For all the explosive choruses and repeated synth trills, Lady Wood, a still-wonderful pop album, falls just shy of being truly great, from saying something truly memorable.
  3. Q Magazine
    Nov 15, 2016
    80
    This is intelligent pop freighted with emotional complexity. [Jan 2017, p.108]