Shangri La
by Jake Bugg
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
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  1. Los Angeles Times
    Nov 19, 2013
    37
    The result isn't the clean-up job it might've been; Bugg, 19, still sings with a nasal edge that wouldn't last more than a round on "American Idol." Yet the songwriting here feels more evened-out, less appealingly pugnacious than it did last time.

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 74 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 74
  3. Negative: 7 out of 74
  1. Teodoro
    Jun 20, 2014
    10
    A crítica pode não ter o aclamado como aclamou seu album de estréia,mas o album não foi descepcionante,veio com mais guitarra,menos folk,RickA crítica pode não ter o aclamado como aclamou seu album de estréia,mas o album não foi descepcionante,veio com mais guitarra,menos folk,Rick Rubin soube manusear esse menino.
    Tinha medo de ele vir com um péssimo album,mas veio com um tão bom quanto o primeiro.    … Full Review »
  2. CriticoDubioso
    May 26, 2014
    3
    Jake Bugg loves to spout off about the superficiality of modern music while peddling social commentary so facile it makes Taio Cruz sound likeJake Bugg loves to spout off about the superficiality of modern music while peddling social commentary so facile it makes Taio Cruz sound like Chomsky. "The messed up kids are on the corner with no money/ Beautiful girls with eyes so dark beneath their sockets," whines Bugg, as if poverty was something he discovered after reading Junk in year 10. Jake Bugg claims to be an enemy of contemporary culture, but he's really an enemy of complexity and anything that isn't just bashing a guitar going "It's **** isn't it" ?… Full Review »
  3. suweor
    Apr 27, 2014
    10
    Nada más que decir sobre el álbum de Jake Bugg, Shangri La, ha superado totalmente mis expectativas, va de un tono más eléctrico en cancionesNada más que decir sobre el álbum de Jake Bugg, Shangri La, ha superado totalmente mis expectativas, va de un tono más eléctrico en canciones como Slumville Sunrise o What Doesn't Kill You a canciones como Simple Pleasures o Pine Trees o Kitchen Table, e incluso algo más country como Storm Passes Away. Sin duda de los mejores álbumes del año.… Full Review »
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