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69

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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length studio release for Swedish house music trio Swedish House Mafia features guest appearances from 070 Shake, A$AP Rocky, Connie Constance, Mapei, Jacob Mühlrad, Seinabo Sey, Sting, The Weeknd, Ty Dolla $ign.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. 80
    Rather than sounding like a vintage group struggling to find their identity, though, Swedish House Mafia’s debut album sees the trio flexing their musical and emotional muscles across 17 brilliant, fearless and often surprising tracks. The kings of dance music are very much back.
  2. May 3, 2022
    70
    Clocking in at over an hour, there's enough here for all types of fans to enjoy and rejoice that the guys have returned.
  3. Apr 18, 2022
    62
    The group is at its best when it balances excess and exuberance, when its sparse snippets of quiet feel like clarity, not compromise.
  4. Apr 18, 2022
    60
    At its worst, Paradise Again is derivative and dated. Tracks play like pastiches. ... In its livelier moments, the album tries to revive sounds in new contexts. ... Most of the record is palatable but unremarkable – an algorithmic play for radio airtime.
  5. Apr 18, 2022
    50
    At best a fiery evocation of the electronic elements that team thrive on, ‘Paradise Again’ isn’t hell-on-Earth, but it doesn’t leave you enraptured.
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  1. Oct 28, 2022
    10
    After 2 compilations release over 10 years ago this is what some Swedish House Mafia fans are looking for!
    It doesn’t relate so much with
    After 2 compilations release over 10 years ago this is what some Swedish House Mafia fans are looking for!
    It doesn’t relate so much with previous works as Swedish House Mafia but takes its risks to explore new sounds that resemble the prime days of Axwell, Sebastian and Steve.
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  2. Jun 10, 2022
    7
    Club Music Experts.
    Maybe not that exactly album to start exploring SHM, but old school fans will be glad, I think.
  3. Apr 18, 2022
    5
    While containing a pretty high variety in house music, this album is still quite boring. Album opens absolutely awful, with some very "cateredWhile containing a pretty high variety in house music, this album is still quite boring. Album opens absolutely awful, with some very "catered to the width public" dance tracks, nothing that you haven't heard before. Album takes a shift after the absolute menacing track "Mafia". With "Frankenstein" and "Dont Go Mad" being decent tracks. "Paradise Again" feels a little roughly mixed, but the composition passes the test. After that the album goes downhill. With "Redlight" being one of the worst tracks I've heard in a while. I'm a big fan of The Police and "Roxanne". And hearing this sample butchered like this made me cringe. Some decent highs and awfully boring lows. Expand
  4. Apr 18, 2022
    4
    repetitive as hell in most of its track, sometimes offereing some interesting beats, but it doesent work for most of the time, plus the lyricsrepetitive as hell in most of its track, sometimes offereing some interesting beats, but it doesent work for most of the time, plus the lyrics are pretty superficial Expand