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Jul 27, 2016As ephemeral and powerful as a crush, Nothing's Real marks Shura as the kind of smart pop star the 2010s need.
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Jul 18, 2016Sonically and lyrically, Shura is at her most urgent and incisive.
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Jul 13, 2016Shura is at the center of this album, and though the results aren’t always revelatory, she herself remains hugely engaging.
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Jul 5, 2016It’s a statement packed with masses of future potential, and that’s all you can really ask for from a debut record.
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Jul 7, 2016A neon sugar rush that occasionally fizzles out with filler tracks, Nothing's Real ultimately leaves a lasting impression.
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Jul 11, 2016The sound might be ’80s, but this is undeniably now, and Shura a new star in 2016’s increasingly bible-black night.
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Jul 13, 2016The album’s bittersweet introspection is complemented by samples of audio recorded by her and her documentary-maker dad.
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Aug 10, 2016Sonically, Nothing's Real is in line with the gliding, easy-listening 80s pop that's back en vogue thanks to Blood Orange, Haim and La Roux.
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Jul 15, 2016Nothing’s Real offers a fresh vision for pop’s new reality.
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Sep 2, 2016It’s difficult to choose just three or four songs as standouts, since at least nine of the tracks are strong candidates.
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Q MagazineJul 5, 2016Was [Nothing's Real] worth the wait? At points, yes. [Aug 2016, p.117]
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Aug 2, 2016Her videos make clear the subjects of these songs are often women, but on record her work is open-ended--a map to a treasure that's just never there.
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Jul 7, 2016Her more uptempo moments are especially promising; melodies so satisfying she should consider handing them to a major-league artist in need of a reboot.
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Jul 5, 2016As with the best pop albums, it sounds like a greatest hits record. The songs flow into each other seamlessly as well as standing on their two own feet, which is an astonishing achievement.
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Jul 6, 2016There’s something knowing and clever, but never gratingly so, in the way she’s balancing ideas of newness and collective memory.
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Jul 11, 2016Peppered throughout with snippets of audio from old home videos, Nothing’s Real feels like a properly curated album, and one of the year’s best.
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Jul 20, 2016Nothing’s Real is proof that Shura has carved out a name for herself in a distinctly oversaturated market. Here is a pop star that has undoubtedly arrived.
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Jul 5, 2016Nothing’s Real, the finished product in question, is imbued with the type of honesty that lends credence to the former [effacing, tongue-in-cheek hubris].
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 74 out of 83
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Mixed: 4 out of 83
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Negative: 5 out of 83
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