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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 129 Ratings

  • Summary: The rapper turns toward pop-punk on his fifth full-length release executive produced by Travis Barker and featuring guest appearances from Blackbear, Iann Dior, Halsey, and Trippie Redd.
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  • Record Label: Interscope
  • Genre(s): Rap, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Hardcore Rap, Midwest Rap, Contemporary Rap, Pop Punk
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Concert for Aliens
The headlines say, "the world is over" Whatever happened to a fairy tale ending You can't pass if you don't know the code word I'm inside of a UFO... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Sep 28, 2020
    80
    Not only is Tickets To My Downfall a slick sideways hop from what you might be expecting from Machine Gun Kelly, it’s done excellently. It celebrates everything great about pop-punk without feeling cookie-cutter or third division. It also finds its energy from the knots Kells works through in the lyrics.
  2. 80
    Boisterous, full of sincerity and exciting enough to make you jump on a table in the middle of a board meeting, ‘Tickets To My Downfall’ is an album that not only proves MGK can do whatever the hell he likes, but that also maybe pop-punk still has something important to offer the world.
  3. Sep 28, 2020
    70
    While some songs are more interesting than others and some tend too close to blink-182 worship, Tickets to My Downfall succeeds more than it falters. While it would rank as a slightly above average album for any given pop-punk band, there's an added excitement in how risky this about-face is for a multi-platinum artist who could have easily turned in the same record he made last time.
  4. Oct 1, 2020
    70
    he annoying melodrama that made his rap material so exhausting is what gives his new music some real power. For the first time ever, the instrumentation suits Baker’s natural whine.
  5. Oct 2, 2020
    70
    On Tickets To My Downfall he tries a new gambit that works surprisingly well, switching to late-Nineties/early-2000s pop punk, with Blink 182’s Travis Barker producing and playing drums. Trashily lachrymose and full of easily digestible angst.
  6. Sep 30, 2020
    67
    Thematically, Tickets to My Downfall is hardly a departure from MGK’s past work, but the new surroundings lightens his music up considerably even amidst the hormones and histrionics. With Travis Barker on his side, he might win over skeptics accusing him of trend-hopping, but the best part of Downfall is that he doesn’t take the whole endeavor too seriously.
  7. Sep 28, 2020
    30
    Despite its competence musically, Tickets to My Downfall’s cookie-cutter, antiquated presentation and MGK’s blatant ignorance make it a truly punishing experience to sit through. Punk by definition is supposed to be something that comes straight from the heart in all its raw ugliness, but this album is the anthesis of that and doesn’t even try to hide its overt shallowness.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 45
  2. Negative: 8 out of 45
  1. Oct 1, 2020
    10
    One of the best Albums I have heart every song is catchy. Some of the songs are very emotional but every single song brings you in a goodOne of the best Albums I have heart every song is catchy. Some of the songs are very emotional but every single song brings you in a good mood. I have listen to this album literally 15 times and it doesn't bore me at all. Must hear for me Expand
  2. Jan 24, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. omg i love this man his genre shift is perfect cuz rock just fits his voice so right. hes born to rock. i fell in love with the tracks in this album and my fav would be "play this when im gone" i cant believe how sweet the melody is and how much love a human can contain in his chest. MGK I LOVE YOU FOREVER. Expand
  3. Oct 2, 2020
    10
    Love this album. I don't skip any songs on it I've always been a huge fan, but seems like he is super happy and it shows.
  4. May 16, 2022
    10
    I have been a pop-punk simp since I was in diapers. The last enjoyable emo/pop-punk album I ever enjoyed was Brand New Eyes by Paramore. 2020I have been a pop-punk simp since I was in diapers. The last enjoyable emo/pop-punk album I ever enjoyed was Brand New Eyes by Paramore. 2020 was the year Travis Barker decided to spoil every single emo/pop-punk simp known to man. He gave Machine Gun Kelly every piece of pop-punk talent he could give him. Without a doubt, Tickets To My Downfall is the best pop-punk album the entire 2020's will EVER see. If you want to listen to one of the best pop-punk albums of your lifetime, this is it. Expand
  5. Mar 20, 2021
    9
    MGK made me like this genre! I'm inlove with him and to all of the songs. The features are not force as well.
  6. May 30, 2021
    8
    MGK does a solid job at not only bouncing back from mass criticism from previous years, but also creating a nostalgia wave of Punk Rock music,MGK does a solid job at not only bouncing back from mass criticism from previous years, but also creating a nostalgia wave of Punk Rock music, featuring great production and song writing. Travis Barker is a great help on this album, helping to polish it. Colson Baker has a great future following this.

    FAV TRACK: concert for aliens
    LEAST FAV TRACK: forget me too
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  7. Apr 25, 2021
    0
    All the songs were appalling couldn't even hear the lyrics with such loud background music

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