Second Line
by Dawn Richard
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Apr 30, 2021
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
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  1. JEFERSOMDUCK
    May 3, 2021
    10
    Amzing as always . Everything in this album is connected and sonically perfect

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. PopMatters
    Jun 11, 2021
    90
    Second Line is an important record in that it brings deep humanity and emotion to dance and club music. It’s a deeply personal album, one that brings to mind the soulful singer-songwriter albums of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, or Syreeta Wright but marries the confessional, candid sentiment with a self-consciously synthetic soundscape of house.
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  2. Beats Per Minute
    May 5, 2021
    78
    Yet another impressive and experimental addition to Dawn’s discography, Second Line proves that this prolific artist is not running out of steam or fresh ideas any time soon.
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  3. Pitchfork
    May 3, 2021
    80
    The beats are decadent, but so too are the liberties she takes as an independent artist beholden to nothing but her own satisfaction.
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