We Will Always Love You
by The Avalanches
Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
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  1. PopMatters
    Dec 14, 2020
    60
    We Will Always Love You is less poignant when it's about "politicians calculated, in the tower insulated"—as Cherry raps on "Wherever You Go"—than when it's about that lonely signal bouncing around among the stars, anxious to reach a distant planet before its source self-destructs.

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#74 Most Discussed Album of 2020

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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 85 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 74 out of 85
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 85
  3. Negative: 6 out of 85
  1. WhiskeyFalcon
    Dec 11, 2020
    10
    Off-the-charts creativity packaged in such a lovely, satisfying way. If aliens one day ask us what "music" is, we'll just send them this.
  2. brennando67
    Dec 11, 2020
    10
    Wildflower is one of my most favorite albums of all time, and when the first single for The Avalanches' upcoming album We Will Always Love YouWildflower is one of my most favorite albums of all time, and when the first single for The Avalanches' upcoming album We Will Always Love You dropped in mid-February, I already had a feeling it would be just as good, if not better than their last two albums. Somehow my expectations were surpassed, making this quite possibly my most favorite album by The Avalanches... Not that there's many albums to pick from.… Full Review »
  3. gobitoe
    Dec 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. I don't know where to begin with this album. When the singles first dropped back in February and March, I wasn't as hyped as I was with Wildflower (Even though that album had its downs, I think it was still a really good album). When the second and third sets of singles dropped this summer, I was kind of getting an idea of the direction they were going, but I could not have ever expected this is how the completed project would turn out.

    With the full album in my hands, the singles make a lot more sense now and I am able to appreciate them much more. They finally feel part of a whole, and not just a 3 mins song with random noises in them. With this album, they once again are able to capture some feeling, take you somewhere you never expected you could even go.

    In my own opinion, the only place they kind of get scrambled up, like on Wildflower, is that the last couple tracks (Born To Lose, Music Is The Light), seem really isolated from the general mood of the album, featuring more electronic musicians as features.

    The last track, while I was expecting it to be a full song (with a 3 mins run time) surprised me once I figured out what it actually was, and though it's not really music to listen to I feel like it seals the deal for this album pretty well, just like how Saturday Night Inside Out did. It kind of sums up what it's all about, and says good night.    … Full Review »
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