Sex & Cigarettes
by Toni Braxton
  • Record Label: Def Jam
  • Release Date: Mar 23, 2018
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 31
  3. Negative: 3 out of 31
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  1. h4andy
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Estou até agora esperando as reviews de Spell My Name e ate agora nada, vão ignorar mesmo o hinario?
  2. Icaront
    Jan 11, 2020
    9
    Amei o disco um trabalho sólido que não deixando de perder sua essência que a trouxe até aqui!
  3. Ernest0425
    Nov 22, 2018
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is totally a R&B album that is a Masterpiece that deserves way more recognition. This is a great example of how a real heartbreak can sound from women's perspective, that Toni's voice make it sound sexy, deep and smooth. Personally i think this album deserves a higher qualification and in a future, i would love to see this album winning categories like ''Best R&B Album.… Expand
  4. diego_braxton
    Mar 28, 2018
    10
    Um trabalho maduro que traz a diva toni braxton com sua voz profunda, sexy e marcante. Fica provado que o tempo só ajudou em seu trabalho
  5. EagerViewer
    Mar 28, 2018
    7
    Glossy tracks, shame there are only 8 tracks when Toni confirmed she had recorded 15. It isn't as instant as her previous albums and could have done with a "bop" but some gorgeous tracks still. Particularly 'Long as i live'

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Pitchfork
    Mar 29, 2018
    68
    There is palpable anger in her voice on Sex & Cigarettes, but beneath it is a deep sea of tranquility, and it’s the latter tone that defines her performances on this album.
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  2. Spin
    Mar 28, 2018
    50
    Braxton’s tunes here rarely warrant her gusto, and the coupling of virtuoso performances with rather mediocre material squares with Sex & Cigarettes’s larger theme of the dissatisfaction that results from pouring one’s heart into an undeserving relationship. It’s a depressing album, but not quite in the way that’s intended.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Mar 26, 2018
    80
    If Braxton, 50, collaborates more broadly on Sex & Cigarettes, she's still zeroed in on the rich emotional territory she explored on "Love, Marriage & Divorce."
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