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8.0
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8.0 |
The FT
Collaboration with Aaron Dessner of The National puts the singer’s friends first
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
On Autumn Variations, the storytelling skills that paved the way for Sheeran’s mainstream success are on full display
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Independent
Inspired by the divisive composer Edward Elgar, Sheeran goes into his mellow, misty-eyed mode for his seventh studio album
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6.0
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6.0 |
All Music
An album that sustains a mellow, melancholy mood without quite distinguishing itself as a collection of individual songs. Then again, that's kind of the point of the album: it's a pensive soundtrack for a specific season, nothing more and nothing less
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4.0
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4.0 |
NME
Four months after the soul-baring ‘Subtract’, Sheeran returns with a cloying, seasonal-themed endeavour
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Guardian
Plodding, genre-hopping songs all end up as unimaginative ballads, their dreary lyrics littered with gibberish – though Sheeran’s hooks remain strong on his second album this year
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Arts Desk
Autumn Variations lacks the nuance or excitement to make this worth revisiting for a newcomer, but it will certainly go down well with his regulars
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Irish Times
This is not so much a companion piece to Subtract, from just four months ago, as an ugly stepsister
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