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What We Say in Private Image
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82

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  • Summary: The debut full-length release for the Canadian artist was co-produced by Tim Gowdy.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Jul 15, 2019
    100
    With a multi-layered narrative, Levy sings between abstract and Auto-Tuned clippings of her purchasing a dove, and in this proves the success of her experimentalist artistry. By welcoming the world into her record, Alexandra Levy has created something much more whole and warm than perhaps it might have been.
  2. 90
    Not a single moment is out of place. Everything is crafted to induce a reaction. ... Ada Lea has a musical mind that pushes so much further than just some melodies and words.
  3. Mojo
    Jul 15, 2019
    80
    There's an artful intricacy to her lo-fi pop. [Aug 2019, p.92]
  4. Jul 19, 2019
    80
    With graceful lyricism and intense instrumental juxtaposition, Levy manages to surprise listeners only two tracks in. ... It’s a showcase of Levy allowing herself to feel and explore as many emotions as she can, no matter how they manifest.
  5. Jul 17, 2019
    73
    Ada Lea vacillates between timidity and aggression, are what make what we say in private so exciting. But it’s Levy’s willingness to wrestle with her own vulnerability that leads the album to its highest peaks.
  6. Jul 19, 2019
    70
    Each song presents itself as a story-in-miniature; a perfectly crafted beginning, middle, end (albeit sometimes the artistry of the track makes the listening experience more middle, end, beginning).
  7. Aug 12, 2019
    65
    Songs rise and sink, her guitar sounds clearly, volume changes, uncertainty reigns, transcended by moments of beauty that disintegrate on contact with brutal lyrics drawn from a journal Levy poured her feelings into.

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  1. Jul 19, 2019
    10
    Álbum perfeito, além de ter uma incrível composição e construção, as faixas interludes fazem á conexão do álbum ao filme sem estragar aÁlbum perfeito, além de ter uma incrível composição e construção, as faixas interludes fazem á conexão do álbum ao filme sem estragar a experiência exclusiva das músicas. Expand