• Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Sep 17, 2021
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 465 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 54 out of 465
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  1. Sep 20, 2021
    0
    SIMPLESMENTE P E R F E I T O. O álbum do ano, sem sombra de dúvidas. Amei mais que tudo
  2. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    The most amazing rap album from 2021! He does it amazing!!! Love him! So deep and funny!
  3. Sep 17, 2021
    8
    Montero is a really well producted album. Lil Nas X proves us to be more than a meme, but and artist here to stay and a beautiful person with deep sentiment and struggles. Really strong chorus in almost all the songs. All the songs are enjoyable to listen to. However, sometimes the lyrics can be improved.
  4. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    Absolute bops. Amazing marketing that pissed off conservatives (very good form of entertainment) and really helped LGBTQ people, including myself, accept themselves and feel proud of who they are. Amazing features too btw, shame Elton didn’t sing but he absolutely slayed the piano tho.
  5. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    After years of hiatus, that's what pop needed. Extremely extraordinary. You won, Lil nas X. You know you won!
  6. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    Best Album of the year hands down. Every song has a great arc and it ties to the main message of acceptance.
  7. Feb 23, 2022
    0
    This music is genuine crap. It's filthy trash designed to shock with little musical design. Lil Nas X's music is mediocre as always.
  8. Sep 17, 2021
    5
    for me the only song worth returning to is the singles. the other songs were eh
  9. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    Melhor álbum da minha vidaaa, nasceu pra ser aclamado. Amei o rap, os feats, as músicas, arrasou
  10. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    Génial, aucunes musiques ne déçoit, c'est un album rempli de bop, un plaisir à écouter en entier
  11. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    With this album Nas really proves he deserves a place among the greats!!!!!! Aoty for sure.
  12. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    loved it!! lil nas x serving one of the best rap/pop albums of the century.
  13. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    um álbum incrível: letras profundas e inesperadas, feats sensacionais e produção no ponto
  14. Sep 18, 2021
    10
    "MONTERO" truly lived up to my expectations, and I might even say that the album even surpassed them. As a debut album, this is truly impressive!

    Favourite tracks: "Montero (Call Me By Your Name"), "Dead Right Now", "Industry Baby", "That's What I Want", "Sun Goes Down", "Void", "Don't Want It", "Life After Salem" and "Am I Dreaming".
  15. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    This is literally the best album of 2021 and I'm so proud of him. MONTERO for me represents freedom, the effervescence of being yourself, the sincerity and at the same time the mocking responses to the terrible criticisms of being lil nas x. He's a pure genius and this album has no skips!! I hope to meet him someday cuz i love this man!!
  16. Sep 18, 2021
    10
    Good job Lil nasX so good yee so fan cool and big premier woow Im crazy because I see this song
  17. Sep 18, 2021
    10
    An incredible debut album, with a lot of contagious choirs and beats. Incredible feats and a structured massage beyond.
  18. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    On song 11 and I've made the decision. Lil Nas X has been cooking this up for too long and it came out like a good ass steak on a Saturday, or like the adrenaline after going down the steep part of a roller coaster.
  19. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    I'm specially impressed by Life After Salem, Dolla Sign Slime and Dead Right Now, the album is fire and super personal, it definitely lived up to expectations.
  20. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    An incredible album! This is pure art, Lil Nas X is a real artist. Kanye and Drake fall short after this album. I already loved Lil Nas, but this album was beyond my expectations. This deserves Album Of The Year, no doubt. I thank you, Lil Nas X, for everything you do, the hardwork you invest in every song, this is so beautiful, vulnerable, honest, and ICONIC! I can see the charts filledAn incredible album! This is pure art, Lil Nas X is a real artist. Kanye and Drake fall short after this album. I already loved Lil Nas, but this album was beyond my expectations. This deserves Album Of The Year, no doubt. I thank you, Lil Nas X, for everything you do, the hardwork you invest in every song, this is so beautiful, vulnerable, honest, and ICONIC! I can see the charts filled with Lil Nas. Every song is a full new experience, and at the same time they are all related. This is what an album must be like. Expand
  21. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    he is the moment, every track on the album have a story and raw emotions behind them. certainly AOTY .
  22. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    Unique all around. The build up to release, the teasers, promotion, videos, and hype around the album was lived up to. The album consisted of 14 full tracks (minus the Art Of Realization as it isn’t a song) and none of them disappointed. From songs that could get you emotional: Tales of Dominica, Void, Am I Dreaming, and One of me— to hype songs like: Dolla Sign Slime, Industry Baby, andUnique all around. The build up to release, the teasers, promotion, videos, and hype around the album was lived up to. The album consisted of 14 full tracks (minus the Art Of Realization as it isn’t a song) and none of them disappointed. From songs that could get you emotional: Tales of Dominica, Void, Am I Dreaming, and One of me— to hype songs like: Dolla Sign Slime, Industry Baby, and Don’t Want It— all songs came together to form an unforgettable and memorable album.

    One of my favorites this year.
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  23. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    Love "Am I dreaming", "Void", "Tales of Domenica"...Cant wait for the Deluxe Edition with Sam Smith, Kid Cudi. Chears...
  24. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    It is a varied album, it has different interesting rhythms but all focused on trap and r & b,
  25. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    never been a fan of lil nas but this new project he released has me literally pissing, **** and cumming.
  26. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    The album is really good, its a mix of happy and sad songs, everything for everyone. His voice is really good, the beats are great, lyrics are great and the fact that every song has a music video is awesome. Really good album worth all the hype!
  27. Sep 18, 2021
    4
    There’s nothing special or revolutionary about this album. It’s weird that all these critics keep calling it a rap album when there’s barely any rap on it, it’s clearly a pop album and should be rated as such, it’s also weird that Metacritic won’t show the user scores
  28. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    Not a really big fan of rappers, but this man has everything to succeed. He mixes style, profound lyrics and sticky sounds. I absolutely adore Montero and the transition from the first six tracks, to the rest of the album is magnificent. Mature and beautiful, this first baby is incredible.
  29. Sep 17, 2021
    9
    The wait was indeed worth it. This album is filled with music that transcends genres. What an amazing debut album from a talented individual. Can’t wait for to watch him explode.
  30. Sep 17, 2021
    10
    A great album, a great production and great features for the songs, all the thematic matches with the lyrics, and the rythm its so good. Definitely the AOTY. Thanks as well to Elton John to produce 4 songs, those are for me the best songs of the album, well produced and great vocals. "Life After Salem" is from another world, incredible song. Montero has wrote his name on the hip-hopA great album, a great production and great features for the songs, all the thematic matches with the lyrics, and the rythm its so good. Definitely the AOTY. Thanks as well to Elton John to produce 4 songs, those are for me the best songs of the album, well produced and great vocals. "Life After Salem" is from another world, incredible song. Montero has wrote his name on the hip-hop industry with golden letters. Expand
Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Oct 13, 2021
    78
    The end result sounds like a distillation of contemporary popular music, the kind of blockbuster pop album following the much larger footsteps of Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman or Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream, albeit not as polished.
  2. Sep 28, 2021
    80
    Lil Nas X set out to make a crossover pop album with “MONTERO” and succeeded.
  3. Sep 23, 2021
    75
    Everything’s he’s done has led to this engaging debut record, a work that allows his inner self to shine.