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Step 2: A Different Kind of Human
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 157 Ratings

  • Summary: The third full-length release for Norwegian electronic pop artist is the follow-up to 2018's Step 1: Infections of a Different Kind.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. The Line of Best Fit
    Jun 7, 2019
    90
    It is an album as confident as its predecessor and just as able to deliver upon it. It is Aksnes’ finest release to date and guarantees the essentiality of her artistic duologue.
  2. musicOMH.com
    Jun 10, 2019
    80
    It is pop music for the future – unpredictable, forceful, winsome and primal in equal measure. As long as Aurora is allowed to keep her eyes wide open, the sky really is the limit for this powerful creative force.
  3. The Guardian
    Jun 7, 2019
    80
    This is a curious, wilfully inventive album that deserves wider attention.
  4. New Musical Express (NME)
    Jun 10, 2019
    80
    The album shines with crisp production, a dynamic of extremes and Aurora’s unflinchingly confident performance and message.
  5. AllMusic
    Jun 7, 2019
    70
    While uneven, it's an album that sticks, both for its theatrical melodies and uncommon benevolence.
  6. Clash Music
    Jun 14, 2019
    70
    Even as the production’s impact dips in the midst of playtime, when the final note of ‘The Seed’ plays what’s left in one’s memory is only the good, and for that Aurora’s latest album succeeds.
  7. The Independent (UK)
    Jun 7, 2019
    60
    There’s a focus on tribal percussion and a multitude of vocal techniques you don’t expect on a pop album: folky vocables, angular melodies, overdubbing, a male choir. This is more enthralling on some tracks than others.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. LFCidreia
    Jun 8, 2019
    10
    BEST ALBUM EVER IN THIS YEAR. Aurora melhor cantora. Músicas que te fazem refletir sobre nós mesmos, sobre nossa alma, sobre nossa natureza...
  2. aagusosa
    Jun 7, 2019
    10
    Aurora outdid herself, experimented a lot and it turned out to be great. She is such a great songwriter and producer too
  4. RuidrArt
    Nov 8, 2019
    10
    Y Dios dijo: Dales Arte a estos humanos perdidos en música sin un sentido, y nos regaló otra Biblia Amen
  5. JooJ_45
    Jul 19, 2019
    10
    The River 8/10

    Animal 9/10 Dance on the Moon 7/10 Daydreamer 7/10 Hunger 8/10 Soulless Creatures 8/10 In Bottles 10/10 A    The River 8/10

    Animal 9/10

    Dance on the Moon 7/10

    Daydreamer 7/10

    Hunger 8/10

    Soulless Creatures 8/10

    In Bottles 10/10

    A Different Kind of Human 10/10

    Apple Tree 9/10

    The Seed 10/10

    Mothership 10/10

    Bizarro, emocionante em muitas partes e muito divertido de se ouvir. Esse álbum tem umas das melhores produções que eu já vi, lindos vocais, melodias grudantes, letras poderosas, e o significado desse álbum e de seu 1 LP (Inffections of a Different Kind), não é escrito em letras ou ouvidas pela voz dela, deixando para os fãs terem suas próprias interpretações ... AURORA é uma artista do futuro, que pode trazer muitas músicas boas para nossos ouvidos.    … Expand
  6. GentleEarthquak
    Nov 4, 2020
    10
    Aurora never fails to deliver. Just as good as her debut, but not as good as Ioadk. Still, an amazing body of work
  7. gabi9
    Apr 25, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O 2° MELHOR ALBUM NA TERRA(porquê o 1° é o outro album dela), serio, as músicas me trazem uma vibe tão boa, vocais INCRÍVEIS, e o instrumental maravilhoso, A MELHOR ARTISTA DE TODOS OS TEMPOS, sem contar que as letras das faixas refletem muito o que está acontecendo no mundo, sobre o desmatamento, sobre veganismo, sobre preconceitos, e se você gostar desse álbum você vai gostar de tudo que ela posta… Expand
  8. Bnaha
    Jun 11, 2019
    6
    I really love her voice and her style, however a lot of the album sounds really similar to her previous work, both steps sound like they wereI really love her voice and her style, however a lot of the album sounds really similar to her previous work, both steps sound like they were detached from Queendom, really looking for what she can experiment with her unique style.… Expand

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