Man Alive!
by King Krule
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. Glide Magazine
    Feb 25, 2020
    60
    Marshall is an artist who will work in any genre and his art digs into his psyche yet the end result can be just as messy as most psyches are. Man Alive! is far from a celebration, it sounds transitional casting a wide net unsurely searching and grasping for what is coming next.
  2. musicOMH.com
    Feb 24, 2020
    60
    For someone as forward-thinking and experimental, playful and funny as King Krule, Man Alive! is just too dull of a work to celebrate.
  3. Uncut
    Feb 20, 2020
    60
    Lush as it sometimes is, too often disappears into an indecipherable cloud of smoke. [Apr 2020, p.30]
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  5. DIY Magazine
    Feb 20, 2020
    60
    Ultimately, ‘Man Alive!’ feels like the work of an artist in transition: a handful of stunning tracks surrounded by some backfiring experiments. It’s frustrating but there are still gems to be found amid the soul-searching.
  6. Mojo
    Feb 19, 2020
    60
    If Man Alive! treads a post-Ooz water, it's deep enough not to matter. [Apr 2020, p.95]
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  7. The Guardian
    Feb 21, 2020
    40
    Marshall remains an unequivocally talented, trailblazing artist but this album’s bagginess and unremitting gloom mean it often struggles to hold the attention and unfortunately lacks much discernible appeal at all.

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8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 43 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 43
  3. Negative: 1 out of 43
  1. Brendon1823
    Feb 21, 2020
    10
    Gorgeous album, I see this becoming one of my all time favourites, it’s so raw and honest. There’s a lot of different sounds and it just allGorgeous album, I see this becoming one of my all time favourites, it’s so raw and honest. There’s a lot of different sounds and it just all works so well as a complete album, it flies by and feels like an emotional trip into the mind and life of king krule, who is arguably the UK’s best artist right now.… Full Review »
  2. ZzzGggg
    Jun 17, 2023
    9
    Чуть не ли один из лучших альбомов от King Krule. Ooz был замечательный, но чем больше я прослушиваю Man Alive! , тем больше он мне нравится.Чуть не ли один из лучших альбомов от King Krule. Ooz был замечательный, но чем больше я прослушиваю Man Alive! , тем больше он мне нравится. Музыка для моей летне-осенней меланхолии… Full Review »
  3. All_ButTrU4
    Jul 5, 2022
    7
    His first album of the new decade and as a father is about as good as it can get. It's a gorgeous lush downtempo gem that sees the return pfHis first album of the new decade and as a father is about as good as it can get. It's a gorgeous lush downtempo gem that sees the return pf his deep cavernous baritone. Reminiscent of the uk underground scene with its burial adjacent production and king Krule's heavy accent man alive successfully captures his growth and goes further to prove he's still at the top of his game… Full Review »
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