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Q MagazineMay 20, 2014It's all done with a cheeky girl's charm. [Jun 2014, p.115]
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MojoMay 15, 2014Sheezus makes for the slightest of returns rather than a glorious resurrection. [Jun 2014, p.93]
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May 15, 2014The brilliantly titled Sheezus has loads of great punch lines. But Allen also rocks a sisterly warmth.
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May 9, 2014What really makes Sheezus so frustrating, though, is that among the dross there are some genuinely interesting tracks here.
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May 9, 2014The sledgehammer approach makes sense, in a way, but only if the satire is sharp and coherent. Too often on Sheezus, it’s not.
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May 8, 2014Sheezus has a few good points and some admirable intentions, but too often it misses the point.
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May 8, 2014Her attempt at convincing us she's a loving wife and mother of two, a savvy feminist, and a satirical mastermind mostly comes off as disingenuous.
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May 7, 2014As a Lily Allen record, it’s a sneering, vapid imitation: a Lily Allen stereotype.
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May 5, 2014Kanye West-referencing record, Sheezus, which is at its strongest when it cops to more details and weakens considerably when the London-born singer-songwriter falls back on generalities.
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May 5, 2014Allen does indeed rally at unexpected moments--"Insincerely Yours" slides along to a yacht-soul groove, "Life for Me" cleverly twists Vampire Weekend's Graceland obsessions, and although the target of an Internet troll is beneath her, the barbs on "URL Badman" are at least sharpened--but these songs only put the rest of Sheezus in dreary relief.
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May 2, 2014Ultimately, there are some really strong pop moments on here, but they’re overshadowed by inane, inert, insignificant drama-queening of the highest degree.
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May 1, 2014Her domestic bliss songs are predictably the most boring, the exception being L8 CMMR, the dancehall-esque, Auto-Tuned track in which she sings of her husband’s virility.
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May 1, 2014There are moments that serve to remind you that pop music didn't really come up with anyone to replace Allen during her sabbatical.... Elsewhere, you can sense a certain indecision in the way Allen keeps trying on different musical styles.
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UncutApr 28, 2014Plenty of mouth, then, but lacking in trousers. [Jun 2014, p.69]
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Apr 28, 2014While it has it moments, Sheezus is largely devoid of Allen’s pragmatic charm of 10 years ago.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 119 out of 176
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Mixed: 34 out of 176
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Negative: 23 out of 176
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