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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 26
  2. Negative: 1 out of 26
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  1. Sep 13, 2019
    7
    It's an interstellar record hitting, of course, bigger audiences. A brave step from the beloved Norwegian Jenny Hval. Well done! :)
  2. Sep 21, 2019
    10
    This is a bit different to her previous record but ai like it and that is my review
  3. Nov 29, 2021
    7
    deals in big cerebral questions, but these songs--intimate, intricately fleshed out--have roots in both body and mind

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 17
  2. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Oct 31, 2019
    80
    The Practice of Love is short, but not if you repeat it three times. It becomes superhuman, a passage into Hval's brain. It gives off energy while telling a story of how honesty sucks blood from love.
  2. Sep 30, 2019
    80
    The Practice of Love reveals the sensitive humane core that was always behind Hval’s practice of enlightened dissent. The album develops an elegant approach to solving the existential problems of love, care and intimacy from the position of otherness.
  3. Sep 30, 2019
    80
    This is head music in more ways than one, and listening to The Practice of Love is just as enjoyable as making sense of it once it's over. I'm still far from the bottom of this thing, but the journey there is something I look forward to.