The Afterlove
by James Blunt
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Mar 24, 2017
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 3 out of 16
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Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Q Magazine
    Mar 27, 2017
    40
    It struggles to hold attention because even Blunt's poppiest songs start the same way as his ballads: a downbeat vocal about ghosting, love or how Twitter hates him. [May 2017, p.100]
  2. AllMusic
    Mar 27, 2017
    80
    Afterlove is a brave bid for contemporary relevance in 2017, a wonderful step outside his comfort zone that is more memorable and exciting than much of his output this decade.
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  3. The Guardian
    Mar 27, 2017
    40
    While the lyrics may be banal and inoffensive--bar a few moments of pause-and-rewind strangeness including references to “modern friends” and “beautiful” mothers (not his)--the music is actively risible, with Blunt having adopted a watered-down version of Justin Bieber’s asinine tropical house.
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