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  • Summary: The first album for the R&B group in 15 years features the two surviving members: Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, and a guest appearance from Snoop Dogg.
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Look in the broken mirror I see the pieces of my face on the floor What's it gonna take not to feel like this anymore? Livin' for the outside but... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. The Guardian
    Jun 30, 2017
    80
    TLC are the second most successful girl group of all time (after the Spice Girls) and this record proves that their winning formula still works.
  2. Pitchfork
    Jul 6, 2017
    74
    TLC's letting-go is bittersweet and good, a sometimes somber, sometimes playful requiem for their time together (and with us).
  3. Prefix Magazine
    Jul 6, 2017
    70
    Sure, it’s nowhere in the same league as the seminal CrazySexyCool and the innovative concept album FanMail, and the absence of Left Eye--apart from a touching brief posthumous appearance on “Interlude”--is still keenly felt. But there are still a handful of tracks here which can sit comfortably alongside their incredible mid-late 90s canon.
  4. Mojo
    Jun 29, 2017
    60
    2017's TLC are clearly more comfortable reminiscing, making their good-natured fifth less futureshock, more time machine. [Aug 2017, p.89]
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  5. Q Magazine
    Jul 6, 2017
    60
    There's a cheesy feel to many tracks but it's good fun, delivered with Chilli's soaring harmonies tempering T-Boz's throaty growl. [Aug 2017, p.112]
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  6. The Observer (UK)
    Jul 5, 2017
    60
    Overall, a solid album, just not quite up to the legacy.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Jul 5, 2017
    40
    TLC succeeds only to the extent that it captures the sound and style of the group's golden era, but absent of Left Eye's signature swagger; though T-Boz and Chilli are in fine voice, the group's success largely relied on the delicate balance of all three members.

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  1. LispectorLTX
    Nov 23, 2017
    10
    In this LP, TLC prove that they can continue with their essence from the 90's, even without one of the stars of the group, Lisa "Left Eye"In this LP, TLC prove that they can continue with their essence from the 90's, even without one of the stars of the group, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. At the same time, tracks like "Way Back" and "American Gold" seems very actual and good for the charts. It's not their best album, of course, but it's very TLC!… Expand
  2. Nobilis1984
    Jul 2, 2017
    7
    Finally, a new album of one of the best Girlbands of the 90th.
    The hits of 90th (here as a remastered version) still are virtually on the    Finally, a new album of one of the best Girlbands of the 90th.
    The hits of 90th (here as a remastered version) still are virtually on the first day. The new songs sway between enough and property. This pulls the album under it, however a good comeback remains at the end.    … Expand