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Oct 4, 2017It's the sound of a promising young singer who tried and failed to produce compelling music on the margins, turning back and self-consciously striking a more conservative pose. It's not as interesting a story, maybe, but it's also not as problematic.
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Oct 2, 2017Younger Now isn’t a failure exactly--just the sound of Cyrus, or her record company, panicking and hitting “reset.”
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Sep 28, 2017Sshe has taken control of the songwriting and production and emerges as a conservative, big-lunged, country-tinged pop star with songs about breaking free. ... It’s all really rather lovely, although too soon to know whether this, finally, is the “real” Miley standing up.
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Sep 27, 2017In truth, the move towards country music made on Younger Now is fraught with potholes that she and producer Oren Yoel rarely manage to avoid. The main problem is the half-heartedness of the move.
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Sep 29, 2017Cyrus’ voice has scarcely been more expressive, and there’s no question that she means what she sings. That said, you might long for a more inspired metaphor (or eight).
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Oct 2, 2017At its worst, Younger Now is inoffensively bland, wasted Dolly Parton talent aside. Songs like "Love Someone" are dead on arrival with their lifeless energy and forgettable hooks.
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Oct 4, 2017Where her past albums felt messy but painfully sincere, Younger Now comes off as safe and overly sanitized, with the frisson that made Cyrus a star all but entirely blasted away. ... Still, the album has some plainly good songs.
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Sep 29, 2017Younger Now blends pop-rock and pablum country fare that is so restrained, so thinly produced, it seems like her lovably goofy personality was hobbled throughout the recording process.
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Oct 2, 2017Just as things seem a little promising, the limp “Thinkin'” struts in like a Carrie Underwood c-side and firmly sets the tone for the record’s toothless closing third.
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Oct 2, 2017Cyrus’ self-styled country album might be the most weakly considered event record of the year, with lumpy melodies, slapdash rhythms and lyrics that border on self-parody (and not in the way that Nashville’s finest know how to do).
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 504 out of 749
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Mixed: 105 out of 749
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Negative: 140 out of 749
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