Uptown Special
by Mark Ronson
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Jan 13, 2015
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 85 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 85
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 85
  3. Negative: 19 out of 85
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  1. xxxxxi
    Mar 2, 2015
    0
    it's the worst album ever made, uptown funk is so awful and thinking out loud by ed sheeran is so much better
    i can't believe someone buy a **** like this
  2. RickyReviews
    Feb 19, 2016
    0
    And here we have it: Wannabe '80s music in the 21st century. Tsk tsk tsk. Uptown Funk is perhaps the biggest mistake I have ever heard. I rarely give 0's, but this album truly deserves it. 0/10
  3. WANGWEST
    May 30, 2016
    3
    I really don't like the mainstream song of the album, Uptown Funk, it's so overplayed! The album is full of 70's revivals and doesn't sound like you listen to it a lot. This is an album that you play once and throw in the trash!Mark Ronson is such a one-hit wonder and Bruno Mars doesn't make any new and good music anymore! I really don't suggest buying the album or wasting your time on this album!

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#74 Most Discussed Album of 2015

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Under The Radar
    Feb 26, 2015
    70
    For all the technical charm that Ronson is able to pull off on this album, a lyrically nimble one with the employment of Pulitzer Prize winning author Michael Chabon, it never reaches sexy.
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  2. No Ripcord
    Feb 24, 2015
    40
    Somehow, because Uptown Funk is so, so good, Uptown Special is even more disappointing.
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  3. Uncut
    Feb 3, 2015
    60
    Novelist Michael Chabon's lyrics fail to illuminate the theme, while the music settles for tasteful reverence. [Mar 2015, p.81]
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