- Record Label: Republic
- Release Date: Nov 17, 2014
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Dec 4, 2014[A] lovingly crafted, adventurous soundtrack that easily stands on its own merits.
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Nov 19, 2014This is more than just a superior soundtrack album, and the 18-year-old prodigy can mark it off as another job expertly done. Her approach to alternative pop music is frighteningly adventurous.
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Nov 18, 2014Thanks to [Lorde's] vision, and her grip on the series' most important thematic elements, the 50 minutes of music behind Mockingjay Part 1 ably function as both a glance at 2014's finest purveyors of complex, downcast pop and a complement to the start of the series' chaotic, brutal conclusion.
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Nov 18, 2014Though not everything works on its own (the flat electropop of XO's "Animal" is one dud) Mockingjay adds up to a fun pastiche of modern sounds. In conclusion, three fingers out of five.
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Nov 18, 2014Like the best of such collections, it connects enough dots to leave a listener sated and educated when it's over.
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Dec 18, 2014What ties it all together is a brooding intensity that fits perfectly with The Hunger Games' dystopic mood.
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Dec 8, 2014Standouts are plentiful, with Lorde herself contributing both the propulsive centerpiece "Yellow Flicker Beat" and a cover of Bright Eyes' "Ladder Song." "Yellow Flicker Beat" also gets the remix treatment from Kanye West, his more minimal reworking of the song credited as "Flicker."
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Nov 18, 2014Mockingjay has a distinct ’80s feel, evident in its more-is-more approach.
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Positive: 68 out of 80
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Mixed: 4 out of 80
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Negative: 8 out of 80
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