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Apr 3, 2017This is unabashedly a pop album, full of big melodies and simple metaphors, that adds just a bit of analog fuzz to her usually pristine sound.
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Mar 30, 2017The result is a better-than-most modern pop record filtered through an indie aesthetic that nevertheless lacks the forward-thinking drive of the best of either genres.
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Apr 5, 2017The problem with The Ride is just that it’s a lot duller than it should be, and it feels even more disappointing given that her most successful work is also her most eccentric.
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Apr 10, 2017Longevity is often characterised by reinvention in music, yet The Ride stalls in its attempted inventiveness, instead finding success in its most pared down and familiar moments.
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Mar 30, 2017It’s difficult to avoid making endless comparisons when an album feels so miserably storyboarded--the sad fallout of commercial pop that just patchworks trendy styles together. But at least The Rise does so with zeal.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 62 out of 73
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Mixed: 5 out of 73
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Negative: 6 out of 73
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Oct 8, 2017
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Apr 13, 2017
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Apr 10, 2017