Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. Jul 23, 2015
    60
    The whole thing is a little cheap, but clever, making it so much fun to be on the receiving end.
  2. Mojo
    Jul 6, 2015
    60
    Much of the remainder, however, plays a depressingly straight bat with mainstream thrills. [Aug 2015, p.96]
  3. Q Magazine
    Jun 2, 2015
    60
    Peace Is The Mission feels like too much of a splurge to be enjoyable right through. [Jul 2015, p.109]
  4. Jun 2, 2015
    60
    Peace Is The Mission is equal parts tepid and garrulous, making it hard to get an overall read on this project. Probably best to not overthink it.
  5. 60
    The more restrained moments, such as hit single Lean On, nicely accentuate the crazed moombahton intensity of tracks such as Blaze up the Fire.
  6. Jun 4, 2015
    50
    Diplo and Co. threw everything at the wall and turned around, pretending it stuck when all that’s really left is the splatter from undercooked leftovers.
  7. 50
    The third studio album from Major Lazer, Diplo's project inspired by Jamaican dancehall music, features a few hot tracks and a few so tepid that we need reminders about what made Diplo interesting in the first place.
  8. 42
    The fun here is manufactured beyond belief, sometimes for better, but more often for worse.
  9. Jul 21, 2015
    40
    Some of the material threatens to drown in a mire of painfully bland songwriting and sleepwalking guest appearances.
  10. Jun 11, 2015
    40
    There are some glimmers of pop gold.... But those moments are overshadowed by dated cheeseball synth presets, uninspired choruses, goofy samples and clunky rhythm programming.
  11. Jun 1, 2015
    40
    This sound is now not only jaded--though still remarkably popular--but its ubiquity serves as a reminder of how sights have lowered since Major Lazer was first conceived.
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 58 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 58
  2. Negative: 4 out of 58
  1. Jan 23, 2021
    6
    Nostalgia might be a bias while measuring it up, but I do feel like this is quite a good DJ album. It's got some of the better radio hits youNostalgia might be a bias while measuring it up, but I do feel like this is quite a good DJ album. It's got some of the better radio hits you would've listened from the mainstream radio stations in 2015, so even if it sounds dated, you can still appreciate it as a time capsule full of bops. Full Review »