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Generally favorable reviews- based on 111 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 76 out of 111
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Mixed: 2 out of 111
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Negative: 33 out of 111
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Jun 17, 2015
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Jun 17, 2015After hearing the single Octahate I was quite excited for Ryn's debut album, I think we were all expecting something great. But sadly, The Fool isn't what we call excellent. The album is filled with fillers and the songs have awful production. It ranges from awful songs like Runaway to terrible songs like The Fool
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Jun 17, 2015Hate to sound awful, but this album might be one of the worst albums of all time. It has nothing going for it. Even the rendition of the title track "The Fool" had poor production. I am embarrassed To even have this on my phone. The vocals are weak and the production sounds as bad as Kids Bop. Don't waste your time. I recommend Beyonce's self titled album. A much better album enjoy.
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Jun 17, 2015
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Jun 17, 2015This album is simply atrocious; I could talk about how awful and terrible this album is, but the maximum account of characters that can be used in this review is 5000, and that is definitely not enough to describe this chaotic album.
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Jun 17, 2015If this passes as music today, I'm afraid of the future. This is some of the worst drivel I've ever heard. If you heard one song on this album, you practically can say you heard them all. Octahate is stuck in my head and that's not a good thing at all. I'm pretty sure the critics are either paid off or they have no taste in music because a 4.0 is TOO much for this PILE of FILTH.
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Jun 17, 2015I was so excited for this album, constantly expressing on my Twitter that it would sell out everyones faves and be the summer anthem but in actual fact this album is absolute trash, and I don't even like this lady. It is the worst album of the year, ARTFLOP which flopped pretty hard is even better than this garbage.
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Jun 20, 2015Horrible. This album is just a full-length HEADACHE, not an album. I used to stan for her on Twitter because of the bop Octahate, but obviously her style of music changed since then. Garbage. Atrocious vocals, she wants to be a folk singer so bad. Do NOT buy this.
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Jun 17, 2015hey metacritic i think you guys need to update the scores because even giving this piece of **** album a 0 is already too high. i am laughing at how bad this album is. LAUGHING.
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Jun 17, 2015
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Jun 17, 2015
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Jun 17, 2015this so called 'art' is nothing but filth. her vocals are atrocious and her lyrics are corny. I honestly feel sorry for all the producers, engineers, mixers and everyone that participated and wasted their time in the creation of this album. I would rather listen to ARTPOP.
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Jun 17, 2015
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Aug 29, 2015
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Jun 17, 2015I guess 'indie' is the new excuse when a debut album flops and is full of pathetic attempts of 'good' music. Ryn weaver tried so hard to make songs like Octahate that the whole album sounds the same, her music is just noises and her voice is basic and flat.
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Sep 1, 2015Drivel, garbage, terrible, trash, nasty, ugly, vile, I can keep going on. OctaHate is really something special. It really is. But I wish it was the only song that actually made it out of the studio and onto the album....
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Aug 28, 2015This is album is unholy. The writing is as complex as a Dr.Suess book. The production sounds like it was made on a 3 dollar mac program. Ryn vocals sounds like a dying cow. It was a displeasure from start to finish.
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Jun 20, 2015People call this garbage music? I'm losing faith in humanity. She sounds like a goat and her vocals are not good at all. This will be her first & last album. She's over.
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Oct 28, 2015RYAN WEBBER IS FAT!!!!!! Marina is so much better lol ryn wants to be indie so bad but she will forever be a wannabe florence and the machine. #sorrynotsorry
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Jul 23, 2016This is just... not a good album. OctaHate and Sail On are pretty good songs, but the rest are very average. Ryn sounds a lot like Sara Bareilles, but that quivering thing she does with her voice is really annoying. I understand she's a talented vocalist and some people like they way she sings, but I find it irritating. Anyway, this was a pretty disappointing album. Not much else to say.
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Aug 25, 2022Instead of utilizing the talented crew’s many particular strengths to create a unique and unified sound, The Fool comes out feeling like nobody in particular and everyone at once.
Awards & Rankings
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Sep 3, 2015At times, as on Free, there’s a danger of things crossing into the formulaic big-pop sound the Mumfords have spread through the charts. But more often, these songs – written with Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos among others--are imbued with enough subtle strangeness to remain beguiling.
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Aug 25, 2015The Fool is full of promise, and though it just barely misses the mark as far as greatness is concerned, Weaver’s established that she’s on the right track for deserved potential superstardom.
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Jun 30, 2015The biggest highlights on The Fool ("Here Is Home") balance both of those instincts, tempering folky ache with subtle, twinkly beats.