• Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Jul 6, 2015
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Jul 6, 2015
    80
    she’s written a brilliantly fun pop record in the process.
  2. 75
    There are a few duds in there where the dynamism and the delicacy clash ineffectively, but they are outnumbered by the surprising number of triumphs.
  3. Jul 13, 2015
    70
    Engaging songwriting, with lyrics mostly of the love variety here, also anchor her solidly in worthwhile territory--Work It Out is far from a sellout-type effort.
  4. Uncut
    Jul 2, 2015
    70
    In places she sounds surprisingly like Andrea Corr, but she;s a winningly melodic songwriter. [Aug 2015, p.78]
  5. Q Magazine
    Jul 2, 2015
    60
    Not all the songs are as well-defined as the skittish pop of Our Eyes, however, and while beautifully enunciated melancholy is her default setting, this record could do with more sharp edges. [Aug 2015, p.111]
  6. What Work It Out never quite manages to do, however, is leave any sort of lasting impression: the album’s near 45-minute runtime passes with the agreeable impermanence of a mid-afternoon reverie, a pleasing diversion that melts imperceptibly away as soon as it’s over.
  7. Jul 14, 2015
    40
    Rose's voice is always likeable, accessible and expressive, sadly in the case of Work It Out it rarely has anything very interesting to express.
  8. 40
    All the elements of solid indie pop are here, but too often it amounts to a familiar and underwhelming sound.
  9. Jul 2, 2015
    40
    This album is the blandest of aural wallpaper.
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Jan 4, 2016
    8
    Underrated, soft, beautiful, lyrical, understated. She has an understanding of where her voice performs best. The opening songs are definitelyUnderrated, soft, beautiful, lyrical, understated. She has an understanding of where her voice performs best. The opening songs are definitely the strongest and the standard dips slightly however she maintains focus and the closing song (Into the Wild) is a beautiful cherry on a Lucy Rose cake! Full Review »