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Salvador
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8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length release for the London-based experimental producer includes songs about mental health, alcoholism and relationships.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Paste Magazine
    Mar 4, 2020
    85
    Throughout Salvador, Navarrete uses the lexicon of modern club music and intimate, reflexive lyrics to create an astonishingly confessional art-pop album. There’s a self-awareness to the themes that bind Salvador which prevent it from straying into braggadocious territory.
  2. The Quietus
    Mar 4, 2020
    80
    Navarrete is a versatile artist, and Salvador is a rare thing: an emotionally candid, melancholic album full of bangers.
  3. Resident Advisor
    Mar 9, 2020
    80
    The complexities of romance, alcohol dependence, the fragility of life and untimely death weave in and out of intricate arrangements of manipulated vocals and bold melodies.
  4. Pitchfork
    Mar 4, 2020
    72
    If self*care showed someone in youthful fluctuation, searching for his identity, Salvador is a self-portrait of an artist in turmoil. What makes the record click is that it feels relatable, yet entirely on Sega Bodega’s terms: ambitious, lonely, and aching for intimacy.
  5. PopMatters
    Mar 4, 2020
    50
    Navarrete occasionally tries some self-deprecation in these songs, but actual self-awareness is harder to come by.

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  1. victxr
    Sep 5, 2020
    10
    Uno de mis lanzamientos favoritos de 2020 sin duda. La producción y la idea detrás de este me resulta muy atractiva e innovadora.
  2. RobertoDiamandi
    Mar 5, 2020
    10
    A great album, I can't stop playing it since it came out.
  4. jvandead
    May 15, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Álbum turístico, estremecedor que da todo en un ambiente obscuro tal vez apocalíptico… Expand
  5. Evic21
    Mar 6, 2020
    7
    The experimentation isn't always addictingly digestible, but when he pushes these songs to their limits, they hit hard with maximum potency,The experimentation isn't always addictingly digestible, but when he pushes these songs to their limits, they hit hard with maximum potency, and the content and subject matter aren't like anything you've heard before.… Expand