We Will Always Love You
by The Avalanches
User Score
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
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  1. The_Equalizer
    Dec 12, 2020
    6
    The singles were definitely the high point for me. And that's rare as I tend to be a "deep cut" gal. I was SO looking forward to the Karen Carpenter sample and was stoked to see names like Karen O in the credits, but both seemed criminally underused... more of an afterthought than a feature. 25 songs is a bit bloated, though many of them are talking/short skits. Which was anotherThe singles were definitely the high point for me. And that's rare as I tend to be a "deep cut" gal. I was SO looking forward to the Karen Carpenter sample and was stoked to see names like Karen O in the credits, but both seemed criminally underused... more of an afterthought than a feature. 25 songs is a bit bloated, though many of them are talking/short skits. Which was another drawback for me. There just wasn't a lot of 'oomph' or emotion at least in the first 1/3rd of the album. I was proper BORED until about track 8 or so. The tracklist seems like it was poorly ordered.

    High points for me on first listen: Oh the Sunn!, Reflecting Light, Wherever You Go, We Will Always Love You, Always Black & Music Is the Light. They definitely chose the right songs for singles. Maybe I'm just spoiled after hearing their previous work (including the singles from this album, lol). I don't know what I was expecting but this album just felt a bit pretentious. (The last track "Weightless" is just 2:57 minutes of beeping!) It's absolutely gorgeous compared to 95% of today's popular fare; don't get me wrong. But by Avalanches standards it's not my favorite.    … Expand

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#40 Best Album of 2020
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#74 Most Discussed Album of 2020

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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
  1. No Ripcord
    Jan 4, 2021
    80
    We Will Always Love You is an impressive mediation on everything that matters, and of letting go of what doesn’t.
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  2. Mojo
    Dec 21, 2020
    80
    This never feels thrown-together, which is some achievement. Instead, the album feels like one to spend ample amounts of time with as you travel its far-flung corners as it reaches for the stars. [Feb 2021, p.84]
  3. musicOMH.com
    Dec 18, 2020
    80
    We Will Always Love You is an emotional rollercoaster, and a lovingly put-together tapestry that signals The Avalanches entering the 2020s as vibrant as ever.
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