Paula
by Robin Thicke
Metascore
49

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
Buy Now
Buy on
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Jul 3, 2014
    67
    There's a breathlessness here, as though these songs rushed out of Thicke uncontrollably. That energy is welcome--Paula is not all sad-piano ballads--but it also leads to some incomplete thoughts.
  2. Billboard.com
    Jun 27, 2014
    64
    After the devil-may-care disco of "Blurred Lines," Thicke's career peak, Paula's introspection seems half-baked. It is Thicke's personal love letter for Patton--and comes off as relevant mostly just to the two of them.
  3. The Telegraph (UK)
    Jul 11, 2014
    60
    It is genuinely embarrassing at times, compounded by the intrusive sense that the songs were really written for an audience of one (who, like the rest of the world, has reportedly shown no interest in listening to it).
  5. New York Daily News (Jim Faber)
    Jul 1, 2014
    60
    Thicke’s considerable vocal skills can’t wipe away the sneaking feeling that he’s always doing an impersonation of someone else. Listening, you never feel you can entirely trust the guy, which may be the album’s most revealing aspect of all.
  6. Rolling Stone
    Jul 9, 2014
    50
    His soft falsetto is sumptuous, but too many tracks veer into uncomfortable parody.
  7. Boston Globe
    Jun 30, 2014
    50
    While still frequently predictable lyrically, Thicke also occasionally takes a couple of steps away from his formula. But even cursory knowledge of their split makes this public and emotionally messy and revealing ploy for reconciliation teeter on, and sometimes fall over, the borderline into creepy territory.
  8. Slant Magazine
    Jun 26, 2014
    50
    Robin Thicke texts his estranged wife, Paula Patton, in the music video for the pointedly titled "Get Her Back," the lead single from said album, Paula. "I don't care," she replies. And it's likely no one else will either.
  9. DJ Booth
    Jul 3, 2014
    40
    It's an odd, disjointed album that, despite scattered high points, leaves one wondering what Thicke was thinking when he put it together. Paula Patton deserves better, and so do listeners.
  10. AllMusic
    Jun 30, 2014
    40
    Along with empty flash like "Something Bad" and "Time of Your Life," they're all part of Thicke's least appealing album.
  11. Los Angeles Times
    Jul 2, 2014
    37
    The record is a failure, a virtual what-not-to-do guide for both songwriters and spurned lovers.
  12. NOW Magazine
    Jul 3, 2014
    20
    The album wobbles between Timberlake-style sexy-time R&B, Bublé-light standards and flat attempts at sincere John Legend-type balladry.

Awards & Rankings

87
#87 Most Discussed Album of 2014

User Reviews

All reviews »
User Score
1.5

Overwhelming dislike- based on 102 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 102
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 102
  3. Negative: 84 out of 102
  1. thaleslucas
    Jul 1, 2014
    4
    It's a good album, but he could do it better. I just listen a man who's crying for a woman that don't want him anyway. All the beats sound theIt's a good album, but he could do it better. I just listen a man who's crying for a woman that don't want him anyway. All the beats sound the same, that make a homogenic album. Repeating, he could do it better.… Full Review »
  2. dipto
    Jul 1, 2014
    3
    the songs are not that good. I've heard that he made this album to get his ex wife back, but that doesn't excuse how bad it is. songs arethe songs are not that good. I've heard that he made this album to get his ex wife back, but that doesn't excuse how bad it is. songs are repetitive, and cheesy. there are some great songs, but that doesn't excuse the bad. this album is not that good, despite having good intentions… Full Review »
  3. ultraviolenmilk
    Nov 9, 2014
    3
    Në verën e vitit të kaluar , Robin Thicke gjeti të re gjetur famë me linjat e paqartë e cila u bë një këngë të madhe të verës . PavarësishtNë verën e vitit të kaluar , Robin Thicke gjeti të re gjetur famë me linjat e paqartë e cila u bë një këngë të madhe të verës . Pavarësisht kësaj, albumi i tij ( i paqartë Lines ) u bë një dështim i madh për një shans për të dalë me rrjedhë . Duket sikur muzika e tij nuk do të marrë ndonjë të mirë në qoftë se ai i bën këto vendime të këqija . Jo duke thënë se ky album është i dëshpëruar për vëmendje të zakonshëm , por duke bërë një album të tërë të tërë dedikuar për ish - gruan tuaj ?! Unë me të vërtetë të ndjehen keq për Paula . Në vend të fituar atë gjatë me një album të ëmbël jazz , kjo LP britmat u përpjekur të jetë serioze . Në vend të kësaj ajo është e mbushur me tekst djathë dhe instrumentale gjenerike . Edhe pse nuk është një përbërës nga këto albumit më pëlqen , është vokal Robin -it . Ai ka lindur zërin e një këngëtari të vërtetë jazz . Në përgjithësi kjo është ajo që ruan këtë album nga të qenit një dështim i madh .

    3/10    … Full Review »
See all user reviews »