Music for People in Trouble
by Susanne Sundfør
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. PopMatters
    Oct 4, 2017
    80
    Music for People in Trouble is poetry without being poetry. It is one of the gentlest excursions of art pop to come this year. Susanne Sundfør might have perfected a sound she has been searching for.
  2. Clash Music
    Sep 18, 2017
    80
    The end product is another outstanding record, executed with fearlessness and grace.
  3. The 405
    Sep 7, 2017
    80
    Music For People in Trouble led Sundfør away from euphoria but, in its own way, also gave her the tools to find herself again in music. Ultimately this directed her down path, through singing in the purest of forms and composing, to finding tenderness in love and matters of the heart.
  5. The Quietus
    Sep 5, 2017
    80
    She turns experience into art with a painter’s eye and a warrior’s heart, and Music For People In Trouble is a profoundly humanist work: her finest by some distance.
  6. musicOMH.com
    Sep 5, 2017
    80
    Music For People In Trouble will perhaps be a surprise for those who came to Sundfør via her last album, but they won’t be disappointed. This is an album full of hidden depths, stark emotion, and most importantly, absolutely beautiful songs.
  7. Q Magazine
    Aug 29, 2017
    80
    A beautifully unsettling album. [Oct 2017, p.111]
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  8. The Guardian
    Aug 24, 2017
    80
    Another triumph for Sundfør, who delivers complex, maudlin subjects with lightness and majesty.
  9. Mojo
    Aug 24, 2017
    80
    As striking as her career-defining 2010 album, The Brothel. [Sep 2017, p.92]
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  10. The Line of Best Fit
    Aug 24, 2017
    80
    Music for People in Trouble perhaps doesn’t have the crossover appeal that Ten Love Songs had, and its head-on engagement with contemporary struggles will certainly not be for everyone. But for those who are done with escapism, at least for an hour or so, its sustained mood brings rich rewards.
  11. AllMusic
    Aug 24, 2017
    80
    Music for People in Trouble is rooted in empathy, and even at its most cynical--the woebegone "No One Believes in Love Anymore" comes to mind--the warmth of its core radiates outward.
  12. The Observer (UK)
    Aug 28, 2017
    60
    Sundfør wishes to pour oil on the choppy waters of a weary world, and the warm clarity of her voice offers beautiful moments of respite.
  13. Uncut
    Aug 24, 2017
    60
    Sundfor's first for Bella Union suffers from an occasional excess of affectations, her melismatic vocal style an acquired taste. Fortunately, she's best at her most intimate, this sixth collection's dominate quality. [Sep 2017, p.38]
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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 63
  3. Negative: 6 out of 63
  1. christodoulakis
    Sep 9, 2017
    9
    Music for people in trouble is an album full of feelings, simplicity and atmospheric parts.
    The album is different from her previous one, but    Music for people in trouble is an album full of feelings, simplicity and atmospheric parts.
    The album is different from her previous one, but Susanne Sundfør's voice is there: sensitive, kind and "wavy".
    The Sound of war is a great song, while No one believes in Love anymore is more than a song: it is a FEELING FOR THE BEING...    … Full Review »
  2. CholiXCX
    Sep 8, 2017
    10
    Parabéns menina mulher, eu to muito emocionada, você realmente foi muito forte perante tudo o que você passou, aproveita agora, aproveita queParabéns menina mulher, eu to muito emocionada, você realmente foi muito forte perante tudo o que você passou, aproveita agora, aproveita que esse momento é só seu menina
    Maravilhoso, 10
    Nota 10    … Full Review »
  3. DenefRobles
    Sep 27, 2020
    10
    Creo que es de los mejores discos jamaaaaas creados, me ayuda a hacer la tarea, viajar en el metro, dormir, a reflexionar, cuando estoyCreo que es de los mejores discos jamaaaaas creados, me ayuda a hacer la tarea, viajar en el metro, dormir, a reflexionar, cuando estoy triste, feliz, etc. tqm susanne.… Full Review »
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