Paranoïa, Angels, True Love
by Christine and the Queens
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. Lajaleaa
    Jul 9, 2023
    6
    It is a very frustrating project for what Christine's promises since their first album. And with Madonna all along. Jees.
    I'm very confused. Almost all the songs are rendered incomplete, and yet, they last too long getting somewhere that, overall, this ended up being one of the most empty, unfocused, adrift and in several ways, pointless experience. There are peaces of ambientation here    It is a very frustrating project for what Christine's promises since their first album. And with Madonna all along. Jees.
    I'm very confused. Almost all the songs are rendered incomplete, and yet, they last too long getting somewhere that, overall, this ended up being one of the most empty, unfocused, adrift and in several ways, pointless experience. There are peaces of ambientation here that would've been interesting to see evolve and take form, and I can admire the talent of the composition to put peaces of an ambient or a concept in each song of something that felt at least interesting. Instead, we have a great wall, blurring out everything that would've truly meant something for this album. Christine just needed a clearer direction, but we have a long long, very long way to a nowhere loop, really.    … Expand

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. musicOMH.com
    Jul 7, 2023
    60
    It’s possibly an album that’s easier to admire than to enjoy, but you can’t fault his ambition.
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  2. Clash Music
    Jun 15, 2023
    80
    A record composed of experimental dissonance and slick pop bravery, ‘PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE’ ranks as the boldest aspect of his career to date. A project that searches for honesty, it places Christine and the Queens in a quite singular lane of alt-pop abstraction.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Jun 14, 2023
    68
    At its very best, Paranoïa, Angels, True Love captures this feverish lightning-in-a-bottle energy. But where Kushner’s many moving parts lock into place, spurring each other on toward a harrowing, rapturous climax, the songs of Chris’s album never quite cohere.
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