Manic
by Halsey
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Jan 17, 2020
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 1008 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 844 out of 1008
  2. Mixed: 56 out of 1008
  3. Negative: 108 out of 1008
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  1. Meaburro
    Jan 18, 2020
    0
    Disappointed with the album... Manic is possibly halsey worst album to date. manic was the worst **** album i’ve ever heard. out of every artist out of every album u have fully listened to. manic is the worse album i’ve ever heard. All the singles are basic and trash
  2. BeHonest
    Jan 18, 2020
    0
    can do better especially that she's someone who lives by taylor swiffer so yeah maybe next time
  3. coeurcolore
    Jan 17, 2020
    0
    So boring, maybe have a good lyrics but the music it's all the same, i love her but the true is that is just soo boring
  4. maxandaDinosaur
    Jan 17, 2020
    0
    It’s too repetitive and the subject is always the same, so sad after the incredible Badlands being her best record.
  5. oxmarxrey
    Jan 18, 2020
    0
    I like her honesty on the album and the raw emotional lyrics but there is something missing for me the production of it feels incomplete or totally wrong for some of the songs. I am disappointed especially since she decided to not include nightmare which was an actual nice change to her discography.
  6. jaspertingz
    Jan 19, 2020
    0
    Its so boring
  7. gappyminds
    Jan 20, 2020
    0
    I hate it. So boring, maybe have a good lyrics but the music it's all the same.
  8. Totie12
    Jan 22, 2020
    0
    Very few people are interested to see that the US has been in the process since
  9. JoyH
    Jan 23, 2020
    2
    trash OVERRATED AS **** i didnt like at ALL i was bored ALL the time dont uderstand this high score
  10. MusicSpy
    Jan 23, 2020
    0
    Eu adoro os trabalhos antigos da Halsey, mas nesse projeto parece que ela força algo muito conceitual... Começamos com o “lead” Without Me (a melhor do album) que deveria ser o indicador de como a sonoridade do album deveria ser, e no fim virou uma completa bagunça com varias interludes, musicas country chatas e no fim das contas apenas Without Me acabou prestando... Nao é um album que euEu adoro os trabalhos antigos da Halsey, mas nesse projeto parece que ela força algo muito conceitual... Começamos com o “lead” Without Me (a melhor do album) que deveria ser o indicador de como a sonoridade do album deveria ser, e no fim virou uma completa bagunça com varias interludes, musicas country chatas e no fim das contas apenas Without Me acabou prestando... Nao é um album que eu colocaria pra ouvir de novo, 14/15 musicas sao extremamente chatas e cansativas.… Expand
  11. Unlesstime
    Jan 17, 2020
    2
    Pasando la clementine con esa flopera putref4ct4, sin colgarse del pop la pelona no logra vender, ay que ask de álbum, por eso y más badlands será su mejor álbum, que ya se SUGA'S INTERLUDE de una vez
  12. wh4td01kn0w
    Jul 7, 2021
    1
    this album aged like milk just like all halsey albums, is just so predictible and boring, she could do better if she tried at least for once
  13. Keanjovi
    Jan 19, 2020
    0
    Nothing neww super borreeeed, is a copy of a lot of albums, please the only good thing was nightmare and the **** don’t put it
  14. Muratka
    Jan 23, 2020
    0
    so bad so ujas Its so boring and terrible hahahnoooo okay, bye, good luck, colxolzi
  15. iamjorgemares
    Jan 18, 2020
    1
    Imagina el álbum mas cliché del mundo y ahora multiplicalo por dos ... el resultado de eso no es ni la mitad de lo que Manic ofrece. he oído álbumes pedorros como Thank U, Next y Rare, pero esos a comparación de este ... sin comentarios. #StreamSoberByDemi
  16. wonderlost
    Jan 17, 2020
    2
    I was a big fan of Halsey’s previous albums, that said, I won’t be listening to this again. I understand this album was not meant to be cohesive and was meant to be music in a manic form... Before the album came out, I was truly hoping for some kind of Kanye-like rise from the ashes and some bops while getting emotionally intimate, but this really fell short for me.

    The lyrics were    I was a big fan of Halsey’s previous albums, that said, I won’t be listening to this again. I understand this album was not meant to be cohesive and was meant to be music in a manic form... Before the album came out, I was truly hoping for some kind of Kanye-like rise from the ashes and some bops while getting emotionally intimate, but this really fell short for me.

    The lyrics were sometimes infantile, sometimes forced. Sometimes fine and forgettable, but not at all something I felt that giddiness in my chest for. It just felt like whining with a side of pettiness, and a minor sprinkling of self awareness as a shield for bad behavior. Very disappointed.    … Expand
  17. Jesusxking
    Jan 20, 2020
    1
    The impact on this album has no lasting affects moving forward can you really say it's a classic?
  18. Rtoon
    Jan 22, 2020
    0
    How is this allowed to be released this just unfinished production of the album
  19. Samiyaljabr12
    Jan 22, 2020
    0
    Oh my gosh I don't know what to say about this album it's just like the worst thing
  20. alanawss
    Jan 22, 2020
    0
    nope.. she still the worst hahahaha
    ☻☻☻☻☻☻
  21. DavidePracek
    Jan 23, 2020
    0
    So basic.
    Molto basico. Le tracce sono estremamente omogenee in un pop trito e ritrito che non conferiscono alcuno aspetto nuovo alla musica, non può essere preso in considerazione come un progetto che possa ispirare o influenzare le generazioni future. Si fa ascoltare ma non lascia niente.
  22. anorxox
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    Manic a big mess of the same. Each track sounds the same and when it doesn't it just sounds even worse. The weird feature placements, the boring transitions. It's Halsey's worst body of work this far.
  23. chlorin
    Feb 14, 2020
    0
    why do ppl like this album?? it's overrated af it only has 2 good songs meh
  24. Viralviraj
    Feb 17, 2020
    0
    Worst album ever like spoiled everything in it. Only without me is a good tract rest everything is ****
  25. TheAxl
    May 22, 2020
    2
    No this is a Slow Rendimiento of Part of Manic, The album is Very Hard!, The only Good Song are Without me
  26. TeamGoulding
    Jul 19, 2020
    0
    #StreamBrightestBlue, #StreamBrightestBlue, #StreamBrightestBlue, #StreamBrightestBlue,
  27. Beauschamp
    Jun 27, 2021
    3
    It’s a little drab. Met with overused concepts of heartbreak and fore lorn love. “Without Me” is the only memorable song which is sad in that it’s a single. I just wish there was more intense songwriting and more intentional production than what is there. Like what was on Badlands, which(in my opinion is her best/my favorite album from her).

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#19 Most Discussed Album of 2020

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Q Magazine
    Feb 11, 2020
    80
    Freighted by unflinching lyrics, Manic is a magnificent - and magnificently raw - pop confessional. [Apr 2020, p.110]
  2. No Ripcord
    Feb 4, 2020
    40
    The real problem is that the best ideas are outvoted by frustrating ones, leaving us with little touches like the short, yelping-like sound in the second verse of More or the distorted vocals that end killing boys. There are some good moments here, but even the best of them can’t help Halsey get out of her own way.
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  3. Paste Magazine
    Jan 29, 2020
    68
    Manic is a rich and often confounding listen, an expansive album filled to the brim with the imagined worlds Halsey’s built for herself in the real one. It’s also sincerely, indefatigably Halsey: She puts her loves and ambitions on wholly earnest display, even if it doesn’t always make for the most consistent listen.
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