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70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length release from the producer and songwriter features the Zombies' Colin Blunstone, Lana Del Rey, Father John Misty, Lykke Li, Randy Newman, Nate Ruess, Sampha, Rufus Wainwright, Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and Fires of Rome's Andrew Wyatt.
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  • Record Label: Interscope
  • Genre(s): Pop, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Left-Field Pop
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Falling Apart
Why you make me work so hard to put on the evening show? When you know that all I want is to make your money grow? You're like a baby who don't got... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Mar 23, 2015
    80
    With We Fall, Haynie puts all of his eclectic skills and stylistic tastes together, showcasing his studio prowess and compositional talent, as well as his knack for bringing disparate talents together to create new and serendipitously effective songs.
  2. Mar 23, 2015
    70
    Other appearances by Sampha, in the spacey “A Kiss Goodbye,” and Rufus Wainwright, in the stately “Little Ballerina,” bring out additional qualities in the music even as they advance Haynie’s love-gone-wrong narrative.
  3. Mar 23, 2015
    70
    The arrangements provide a plush, tuneful backdrop for lyrics that proffer sympathy but also twist the knife.
  4. Apr 17, 2015
    70
    I think it’s safe to say that We Fall will be nothing if not one of the year’s more focused pop efforts. That focus sometimes gets in its own way, wanting to be a hit record where it would’ve been smarter to be a cult one, but it appears that may be its fate anyway.
  5. Apr 20, 2015
    70
    At its best, We Fall treats its revolving door of guests less like a cavalcade of strangers than a band of familiar colleagues.
  6. Mar 23, 2015
    50
    The ornate tracks are as wow-worthy as the guest list--so it's surprising how same-y the mood of wallowing grandeur can get.
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  1. Jul 25, 2015
    6
    Don't let the lavish and vast collaborations and nicely harmonic tuned sounds blur your view: this is by no means a fantastic -or even good-Don't let the lavish and vast collaborations and nicely harmonic tuned sounds blur your view: this is by no means a fantastic -or even good- record. 6.1/10 Expand